Jesus: High Priest, Perfect Sacrifice, Resurrection Assurance

When he said it's finished, it mirrors the task of the high priest on Yom Kippur. The blood has been offered once and for all. That was finished. His task was finished. His mission was completed. And now this changes everything for us. If Jesus entered the presence of God like the high priest, accomplished the once and for all sacrifice, tears the curtain open, then it only means one thing. You can come in. You don't need a priest anymore. You don't need to bring a sacrifice. You don't need to earn your way in. You simply step in because he already cleared the way. And that changes everything for us. [00:58:53] (52 seconds)  #FinishedSacrifice

What does sitting down means? Sitting down is kind of is kind of foreign to a priest because priests don't sit down. The only time a priest sits down is when he completes the job, exits the temple, and goes home. He can sit down. You know who sits down? The king. The king is the one who sits down. And that's what Jesus did after he offered, after he performed his last and final sacrifice, he sat down at the right hand of God. The right hand of God is a figure of speech for authority, power, and glory. He sat down as king. He started reigning as king. [00:55:52] (49 seconds)  #JesusSitsAsKing

On Good Friday, Jesus became the high priest and the sacrifice. You see, in the old system, the high priest enters the tent. On Good Friday, Jesus enters heaven itself. The high priest in the old system brings animal blood. On Good Friday, Jesus brings his innocent blood. In the old system, the high priest performs the ritual and he comes out alive. That ends the ceremony. But on Good Friday, Jesus enters and dies. There's something there that's not quite right. Verse eight says this, Isaiah 53, for he was cut off from the land of the living for the transgression of my people, he was punished. [00:49:47] (54 seconds)  #HighPriestAndSacrifice

The highlight of the whole ceremony is not the blood sprinkled inside. It's the high priest coming out alive. When Jesus offered his own blood, he died. But the fact that he rose from the dead Sunday morning proves that this high priest who offered his life once and for all lived. He came out alive. See, the problem of sin has been dealt with completely. How do we know that? Hebrews chapter 10 verse 11 says this, day after day, every priest stands and performs his religious duties. Again and again, he offers the same sacrifices which can never take away sins. [00:52:45] (47 seconds)  #ResurrectionValidatesSacrifice

Why? Because year after year, the priest repeats the process. Blood is offered, sanctuary is cleansed, people are restored. But the cycle continues again next year. Because sin keeps coming back. So does our guilt. So does our shame. And if we're honest, you feel the same cycle in your life. You feel it in your life. You'll say, I'll do better this time. But then you fall in the same crisis, in the same dilemma. You'll say, I'll change for the better. But the same pattern returns. You clean the surface, but something deeper remains untouched. You sin again and again and again. [00:47:48] (45 seconds)  #EndlessSinCycle

Question is what kind of a man would do such thing? Only a man who's in love with us. Only a man who's willing to sacrifice his own life for sinners like us. That means your sin is not ignored. God doesn't just say, let's just forget what you did. It's just a small thing. You're just a sinner. It's okay. No. Jesus paid it in blood, which means your guilt is not minimized. It's carried. Jesus knew the price he had to pay, and he did it willingly with his own life. [00:46:30] (41 seconds)  #LoveThatPaidThePrice

See, Jesus was executed in the most one of the most one of the most violent painful deaths a person could endure. The bible says that on the first day of the week, that is Sunday, the women went to visit the grave. When they arrived, the tomb was already empty. And instead of Jesus, they saw angels who said, he's not here. He's risen. So either this resurrection is true or this is a lie. Either this resurrection is true or this is a lie. I mean, it cannot be both. We have to make up our minds. We have to make a decision. [00:27:15] (43 seconds)  #ResurrectionChoice

Now today is Easter. But there's something that happened last Friday that is related today. In Christian tradition, what happened last Friday, we call it the Good Friday. But you see, nothing on that day looks really good because an innocent man died publicly, violently, shamefully. So the question is is not why we call it good. The question should be what happened that could make something like that good? In other words, what makes Good Friday good? [00:26:30] (46 seconds)  #WhyGoodFridayIsGood