This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: Atonement is to be made once a year for all the sins of the Israelites. (Leviticus 16:34)
The old system had atonement once a year. Once a year the High Priest would bring the blood of the sacrificial lamb into the temple and release the scapegoat into the wilderness. Only then was atonement accomplished. But it was limited atonement, only good for a short time.
But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. (Romans 3:21-24)
With Jesus we have perpetual atonement. He made that sacrifice of his life so that we could keep ours. He was the perfect lamb slain for our sins. In him w have continual release of sin and continual salvation.
He is the only way to God and his is the only salvation. He is our Lord.
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