Les Feldick Bible Study

Did Christ enter the holy place once a year or once for all time?

Christ entered the holy place once for all time, not merely once a year. He went through a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, into heaven's Holy of Holies, by His own blood, not the blood of goats and calves. He thereby obtained eternal redemption for us.

Les explains that a high priest was necessary, with Aaron as Israel's high priest and Melchizedek as a picture of Christ our high priest. Christ, the greater high priest, went by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation, but into heaven's Holy of Holies. He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood. He entered in once, not just once a year, but once for all time, into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. What He presented in the Holy of Holies in heaven was His own blood.

Hebrews 9:12

Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

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What did Christ obtain for us by entering the holy place?

Christ obtained eternal redemption for us when He entered the holy place once for all time.