An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus ChristTaylor, John
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An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
Taylor, John
Atonement -- Mormon Church; Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines
"For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled,
separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; who needeth
not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his
own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he
offered up himself. For the law maketh men high priests which have
infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh
the Son, who is consecrated forevermore."--Heb., vii, 26-28.
There is something peculiar pertaining to the expression here used,
"forevermore," which manifestly exhibits an eternal principle. We
find the same expression (as elsewhere alluded to) in the Pearl of
Great Price. To Adam it was said, "Thou shalt do all that thou doest,
in the name of the Son. And thou shalt repent, and call upon God, in
the name of the Son forevermore." The same principle continued both on
the Asiatic and on this continent; and was recognized by all men of
God holding the Melchisedec Priesthood, and will be recognized
throughout all time until the final consummation of all things, when
every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus is the
Christ, to the glory of God, the Father.
"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. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the
ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the
purifying of the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who
through the eternal spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge
your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? * * * And
almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without
shedding of blood is no remission."--Heb., ix, 12-14, 22.
"By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body
of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily
ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can
never take away sins: but this man, after he had offered one sacrifice
for sins, forever sat down on the right hand of God: from henceforth
expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering
he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified."--Heb., x, 10-14.
Or, as the thirteenth and fourteenth verses are rendered in the
inspired translation: "But this man, after he had offered one
sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; from
henceforth to reign until his enemies be made his footstool."
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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