Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer, suffered ONCE for the sins of mankind even though He was completely without sin. His purpose in doing this was to reconcile us to His Father God, and Jesus completed the task that He was given. (see Joh 19:30) Praise God!
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit . . . (1 Pet 3:18, underscoring added)
Jesus was made alive by the Spirit because the Holy Spirit’s power raised Jesus from the dead. (Rom 8:11) And the same Spirit also dwells within each and every believer. Think of it! Resurrection power abides within every believer!
. . . so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. (Heb 9:28)
As I mentioned above, Jesus completed His assignment when He lived a sinless life, suffered and bled and died, and was resurrected from the grave. Jesus was offered, by His Father even as Abraham offered his son, Isaac, on the altar in Genesis 22:9-13. Since Jesus dealt with the sins of mankind already, He NEVER needs to have anything more to do with sin.
God gave Jesus to die for our sins, and he raised him to life, so that we would be made acceptable to God. (Rom 4:25 CEV)
Through Jesus’ atoning sacrifice, all who accept Him as their own Savior and Lord have been justified and made acceptable to God. Glory to God! Now, since we have been born again and made righteous through faith in Jesus Christ, we may joyously look forward to seeing Jesus face-to-face in heaven when our life on earth has been fulfilled. Or a praiseworthy alternative to that will be when Jesus returns to earth to rapture His church. (Dan 12:1-2; Mt 24:30-31; Mk 13:24-27; 1 Cor 15:51-53; 1 Thes 4:16-18; Rev 3:10) Hallelujah!
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