SINLESS, AS THE LAMB OF GOD, HE BECAME SIN. The sinless one was made to be sin for us. How great and measureless is the love of the Lord, that Deity, the sinless one would become sin for the sinner. Taking upon Himself all the filth and corruption of unrighteousness, that the sinner might be cleansed and forgiven. Therefore, made worth of life everlasting. 2 Cor. 5:21 The cleansing, the forgiveness, the pardon which He purchased for us by His atoning work on Calvary is ABSOLUTE. It is the perfect sacrifice. It is the only acceptable offering. It is completely effective and prepares the way for the Lord to dwell in our body and our spirit which is His temple. He sanctifies, and then He occupies that which He has cleansed.
THE GREATEST AND THE ONLY HIGH PRIEST. Though Christ lived a sinless and perfect life, He was still flesh and blood, a man born of a woman. Under the Law, everything born of flesh, if it were the first born it had to be redeemed. Num. 18:15 Jesus as man and as the firstborn must be redeemed, that is His human body and soul. The high priest was ordered to offer sacrifice, first for Himself and then the people. Heb. 5:3 In Christ Jesus the daily offerings ceased. His sacrifice on the cross was sufficient, being a once for all sacrifice. There is no reason, nor will there ever be, a cause for any further sacrifice to be made. God cannot accept any sort of animal sacrifices (including human). To offer animal sacrifices to Him now, after the once for all sacrifice of Christ is an insult and blasphemy. Isa. 66:5
JESUS IS OUR HIGH PRIEST, SITUATED IN THE HOLY OF HOLIES. Only the high priest could enter in to the most holy place and that on only one day of the year. The day of Atonement. He was to lay aside his regular garments of Beauty and Glory and wear only the fine linen as he ministered before the Lord. These garments typified righteousness. Lev. 16:4 He was to first make atonement for himself and his family. Lev. 16:6 He was then to make atonement for the people. Lev. 16:15 And for the whole of the Tabernacle and its furnishings. Lev. 16:16 Entrance into the real, the eternal, the heavenly Most Holy was attained by the Lord Jesus with the presentation of His OWN blood. In so doing He obtained an eternal redemption for us. Heb. 9:12 This accomplishment of salvation for man was not constituted in a building made with the hands of man but in the eternal heavens. Not in a place which was a replica but in the real domicile of the Lord. Jesus has entered in once, having obtained eternal redemption for us. This is the real thing and nothing will ever replace it. Heb. 9:24-25
HE HAS OPENED UP A NEW AND LIVING WAY FOR HIS PEOPLE. Through the veil, the curtain, separating the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place, which is His body we are free to enter in to His very throne presence as kings and priest unto the Lord. We come, with full and complete access, because we have been cleansed by His precious blood and have been washed in the waters of baptism and by the washing of the Word. Heb. 10:20-22 We may now draw near to the Lord without fear of rejection, but having great confidence that we will be accepted by Him. Eph. 3:12 The Lord has not given us a spirit of fear or doubt and timidity but of full confidence in His finished work. The spirit that we now have from him is the Spirit of power, His power and might. That which enables us to do all things in the name of the Lord, through faith. The spirit of love, His love working in us causing us to love one another and in turn loving Him with everything that is within us. Having given us a spiritual mind. A mind which responds to the Word of the Lord. A disciplined and obedient mind. 2 Tim.1:7