Day 28: October 4, 2025 – Leviticus 17-20 and Hebrews 9-10

These chapters in Hebrews contain the very meat of what we believe in regards to the atonement. What is the atonement?, you say. The atonement is what we believe in regards to why Jesus had to die for us. Here in Hebrews is calls us back to the sacrifices that were necessary in order to fulfill the law. You know, the law that we have been reading that contains so many do nots. The priest in the Old Testament, Hebrews remind us, is not capable of forgiving once and for all, but has to continuously provide forgiveness for every sin every single time.

Not so with Jesus. Because Jesus is the Son of God his voluntary single sacrifice is sufficient once and for all because the blood that he shed on the cross was sufficient for a sacrifice that needed to be done once and for all. The necessary sacrifice was found in Jesus himself and this sacrifice is able to remove our sin for all times. There is no continual sacrifice that was needed because of the blood of Jesus like there used to have to be continual sacrifices in the Old Testament. There is no clearer explanation as to why we are forgiven through the blood of Jesus. These are incredibly powerful and meaningful chapters or us understanding our status before God. We are forgiven, period. There is no need of continual and yearly or periodic forgiveness.