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Heb 9:27-28 (ASV)

27 And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment; 28 so Christ
also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time, apart from sin, to
them that wait for him, unto salvation.

9:27 This verse surely rejects any notion of the transmigration of souls, the wheel of kharma, or
previous lives, which is a horrible doctrine for fallen, sinful humanaity! It is the Christian worldview of
"one life, then judgment" that fuels the urgency of evangelism; that destroys the theological concept of
universalism (all humans will be saved in the end); that demands the great commission (cf. Matt. 28:19-
20) not be turned into a good suggestion or the great option!

9:28 "to bear the sins of many" This may be an allusion to Isa. 53:12 (cf. 1 Pet. 2:24). The term "many" is
not exclusive (some), but parallel to "all" of 53:6 (cf. Rom. 5:18, "all"; 5:19, "many").

The term "bear" may also be an allusion to Isa. 53:4,11,12. The Hebrew verb means "to bear" or "take
away" (cf. 1 Pet. 2:24). "Jesus paid a debt He did not owe; we owed a debt we could not pay."

"to those who eagerly await Him" This may be another allusion to the ceremony of the Day of
Atonement, where the Israelites eagerly waited for the High Priest to come out of the Holy of Holies
alive, which symbolized YHWH's acceptance of his intercessory ministry.

11.4 Let’s Practice…

1. Hebrews 9 focuses on the rituals of more than any other chapter in
the NT.

2-3. Yom Kippur, is the Hebrew term for the Day of Atonement (cf. Lev. 16). "Kipper" means "
"; the Akkadian cognate means " “.

4. What name is given to a false doctrine which teaches that all humans will be saved at the end?

5-6. Name the two heretical teachings which 9:27 clearly refutes?

7-8. How is the new covenant in Christ better?

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