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Hebrews 9:28 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. "
Hebrews 9:28
Verse in Context
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26 or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27 Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,
28 so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
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Hebrews 9:1
"Now indeed even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and an earthly sanctuary."
Hebrews 9:2
"For a tabernacle was prepared. In the first part were the lamp stand, the table, and the show bread, which is called the Holy Place."
Hebrews 9:3
"After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,"
Hebrews 9:4
"having a golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant;"
Hebrews 9:5
"and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail."
Hebrews 9:6
"Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services,"
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