Today's short thoughts come from the final two verses of Hebrews chapter nine. Here, in verses 27 and 28 we read, "And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him."
Perhaps to all, these are sobering words. Perhaps to some, they are words that promote fear and uncertainty. "It is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment". But within the verse the Gospel rings out! Christ was "offered once to bear the sins of many" and in Him we find hope. Because He bore my sins on Calvary's cross I need not bear my own.
And what now awaits those who "eagerly await Him", those who find themselves "hidden with Christ in God"? When He appears again, and He will, our salvation will take that final step beyond positional truth and be realized in its fullest sense when we see Him, "face to face". "When this perishable will have put on the imperishable and this mortal will have put on immortality", then we will know fully our victory in Jesus!
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