Hebrews 9:25 meaning and explanation

Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.

Hebrews 9:25, Berean Standard Bible

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The writer compares Christ's heavenly ministry with the Day of Atonement, when Israel's high priest entered the Most Holy Place once a year with blood that was not his own (Leviticus 16). That ritual had to be repeated because the blood came from an animal.

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