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“But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God” (Hebrews 10:12).
In Israel in the Old Testament the worship of God was connected first with the tabernacle, and then later with the temple that Solomon built. Perhaps you have never thought of it before, but neither in the tabernacle nor in the temple was there any chair on which the priests could sit down. Whatever they did there, whether offering incense to the Lord, replacing the shewbread on the table, lighting the candlestick, or even going into the “holy of holies” once a year, they were always standing up. Why was this?
It was because the work of putting away sin was never finished. The animal sacrifices were a picture of the Lord Jesus and His work on the cross, but they had to be repeated time after time. But when the Lord Jesus had suffered for sin in the three hours of darkness, He could cry out triumphantly, “It is finished!” Now that His work is done, the Lord Jesus can sit down at God’s right hand. The work is complete, and nothing more can be added to it.
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