HEB. x. 12.
“But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever,
sat down on the right hand of God.”
WHEN I drew your attention to this text on Sunday last, I pointed out the
two great subjects contained in it, viz. the work of atonement completed
by our blessed Lord on earth, and His present session at the right hand
of God. The latter of these we studied on Sunday last, but the former is
of such vast importance to every one of us that it would be wrong to
leave the passage without devoting this morning to the careful
examination of it.
The text stands very near the conclusion of a most important argument, in
which the Apostle has been drawing the contrast between the Jewish
sacrifices under the ceremonial law and the one perfect sacrifice wrought
out for us by the Son of God on the cross. The contrast commences with
the 25th verse of the 9th chapter, and extends to the 14th verse of the
10th; after which we are led to the practical application of the whole
epistle. Let us, then, first, carefully study the point of contrast, and
then the reason of it.