Originally posted by Willis Deal
Point 2) Assume for a moment that Jesus DID ascend into the heavenly holy of holies to sprinkle the sacrifical blood on the heavenly altar shortly after speaking to Martha. As you point out, as high priest he must reappear to announce the sacrifice for sin was accepted. So what happens after his conversation with Martha? Joh 20:21 Then Jesus said to them again, Peace to you. As My Father has sent Me, even so I send you. Joh 20:22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit.
Joh 20:23 Of whomever sins you remit, they are remitted to them. Of whomever sins you retain, they are retained. (MKJV)
The sacrifice for sin was accepted!! Problem 2 solved.
Willis, some interesting difficulties with that view have been brought to my attention, and I'd like to bring them to yours:
Hebrews 9:23-28 was written in the 60sAD and it so clearly states
that the day-of-atonement priestly work was AT THAT TIME being done by
our High Priest in the Heavenly Holy of Holies. The High Priest had not
yet returned back out of the heavenly Holy of Holies to bring salvation
to the people:
So the writer of Hebrews, writing in AD65 or so, sees Jesus AT THAT TIME
performing the day-of-atonement work in the TRUE Temple to put away sin
and then return back out of the true Holy of Holies to bring salvation.
This is why the apostles preached that all the following aspects of
salvation were not fully accomplished yet, but were to be expected and
hoped for in the future:
* Salvation - (Romans 13:11, 1 Peter 1:5, Heb 9:28, Heb 10:36-39, Rom.
8:24-25, Rev 12:10, Rom 5:10-11, Acts 15:11, Matt 10:22, 1 Thess 5:8)
* Eternal Life - (1 Tim 6:19, Titus 1:2, Titus 3:7, Luke 18:30, Jude
1:21, 1 John 2:25, Col 3:3-4)
* Redemption - (Luke 21:28, 1 Tim 2:6, Eph 4:30 and 1:14, Titus 2:13-14)
* Righteousness by Faith - (Gal 5:5; Gal 2:17*)
* Becoming Christ's Body and partakers with him - (Heb 3:6,14)
* Becoming The New Covenant Temple of God - (Heb 3:6)
* The Adoption of the sons of God - (Romans 8:23-25, Rom 8:19,)
* The blotting out of sins - (Acts 3:19 along with Heb 8:13 that shows
the O.T. system still in place)
* The inheritance in Heaven - (1 Pet 1:3-4; John 14:1-3)
* The End of the Old Testament Age and Law of Moses - (Heb 10:9 taken
along with Heb 8:13; 2 Cor 3:6-12; 1 Cor 15:56; Matt 5:17-19)
All these verses explicitly show the many incomplete aspects of our
salvation until Christ gets back out of the Holy of Holies in heaven
where he is performing the day-of-atonement work on our behalf (in the
futurist scheme). No one is in Heaven's mansions yet if Christ has not
yet returned (John 14:1-3).
YBIC,
P70