Hebrews 9:23–28 (NAS): Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood that is not his own. Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.
Thought; This passage is full of intriguing hints of celestial truth. I will just touch on some of these. Just notice, again, that the earthly tabernacle is only a type of what really exists in heaven. Jesus really was presented as our sacrifice for sin before the Father in the heavenly holy place. Notice also that it was at the culmination of the age. This means the battle of the universe, the real Super Bowl, if you will, has already been won. This reminds me of the Tampa Bay-Kansa City Super Bowl. Remember how it felt, Tampa Bay won that game quickly. In retrospect we came to realize there was no chance for KC to win—it just wasn’t going to happen. So it is in this age, as we look around at the contemporary struggles, we wonder as we did throughout the game—when would the vaunted KC offense take off. Then it was over. Today, in the real world, there are real and profound struggles in the trenches of life, as mammoth forces wrestle for control, but why do the nations rage and imagine a vain thing. It’s over, Christ has won. We eagerly await Him. So cool.
Live as one who knows the victory is won.