Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Hebrews 9:11-15, 23-28
by: Margaret Taylor.
The first covenant God made with His people dealt with sacrifices offered from the blood of other mortal beings, not their own. The value was temporary and external—therefore incomplete and unable to perfect or fulfill the Law’s requirement. Only past sins were atoned for and the conscience remained unchanged. Jesus took up the sins of all mankind upon His own perfect self as the one and only human qualified to enter heaven’s holy place offering His own blood as atonement for all people and all time. We are His new covenant benefactors forever.