ASHAMED:

For whoever is ASHAMED of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ASHAMED when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels.” – Luke 9:26

All born-again, elect Christians have a secure salvation in the New Covenant spiritual, and gospel, Kingdom after 70ad. There is a difference between those transitional period saints and those saints who live after Christ’s Parousia, ending in 70ad.

The warning by Christ regarding those who were ASHAMED of Him and His second coming was applicable to those whom He was referring as “this adulterous and sinful generation” of the first century Jews. His being ASHAMED of them would only occur at His Parousia, “when He comes in Glory with His angels”, which took place in 66-70ad.

For whoever is ASHAMED of Me and My words, this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man will be ASHAMED when He comes in His glory of His Father with the holy angels.”- Mark 8:38

The denial of Christ in the above verses refers to a continuing denial. It is permanent state of mind of unbelieving first century Jews, who rejected Jesus as the Messiah. It is not a temporary act such as Peter’s denial when the rooster crowed. -Matt 26:34-35

ATONEMENT:

Under the Old Covenant Jewish religious system, God required priests to continually make atonement in the first part of the temple for sins of the people. This involved animal sacrifices and ceremonies of the animal’s blood sprinkled on the altar of God. (Example: Lev 9:7,12,18,23-24). Once a year, the ‘high priest’ went in and made a blood offering for himself and for the sins of the people in the holy of holies, second part, or inner part of the temple.

“…the priests always went int the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and the people’s sins committed in ignorance”. -Heb 9:6-7

Jesus Christ was the True High Priest, who made the final sacrifices for the sins of His people. He was crucified, buried, and resurrected for the grave. He completed His ATONEMENT work in the heavenly Holy of Holies after His ascension forty days later.

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscious from the dead works to serve the living God? And for this reason, He is the Meditator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that t hose who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance’.- Heb 9:14-15

The blood of Christ is the eternal offering to cleanse the sins of God’s elect believers, that they may receive the promise of eternal life. It was necessary for His blood to be shed and offered as the FINAL ATONEMENT. Otherwise, there would be no eternal remission of sin.

“And according to the law almost all things are purified with the blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission. – Heb 9:22

Christ’s ATONEMENT work was completed behind the second veil, in the part of the heavenly temple, which is called the Holiest of All. – Heb 9:3. He did not offer Himself often, as the Jewish high priest was required to do every year with the blood of animals in the Most Holy Place of the earthly temple.

For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another. He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.” – Heb 9:23-26

The Lord has accomplished the ATONEMENT for His elect saints of the first century in 30ad. However, the salvation of His people and their eternal access into the Holy of Holies presence of god was not yet consummated UNTIL two things occurred.

First, He had to come back out a second time to show that His atonement had been accepted by God. He accomplished this at His second coming Parousia in 66-70 ad. “So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. to those who eagerly wait for Him (first century saints) He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for SALVATION (of all of His elect). Heb 9:28

Second, the first tabernacle had to be destroyed. He accomplished this in 70ad. with the destruction of the earthly temple in Jerusalem. “The Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest (for His people) WHILE THE FIRST TABERNACLE WAS STILL STANDING.” -Heb 9:8

It was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience – concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.”- Heb 9:9-10

*Are we starting to see how worthless going back to OT is? The seriousness of sacrificing of animals only to show there is ONE TRUE SACRIFICE-AND THAT IS CHRIST AND CHRIST ALONE! No more worthless ‘traditions of men’ because in Christ IT IS FINISHED!!

All my fully redeemed love, Diana ❤ XO 🙂

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