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Hebrews 9:23-25
New Catholic Bible
Hebrews 9:23-25
New Catholic Bible
23 Therefore, it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves required still greater sacrifices.
24 Once and for All.[a] For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, so that he now appears in the presence of God on our behalf.
25 Nor was it his purpose to offer himself again and again, as the high priest enters into the sanctuary year after year with the blood that is not his own.
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- Hebrews 9:24 Everything that could envisage priesthood, rites, and cults, without in fact obtaining them, is now a reality in Christ: sin is forgiven, access to God is available, reconciliation is realized, and the Paschal event is living, efficacious, and eternal. Christ, who offered himself, is at God’s right hand for the benefit of human beings. There is no need of new sacrifices, and so he will not return for that but for the complete fulfillment of his promise of life and love.
