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I. We see Him ON THE EARTH; and this is what He is said to have done here — "He offered one sacrifice for sins." The apostle, we must remember, is both comparing and contrasting Him with the Jewish priests. His object is to show us that He is all to the Church these priests ever were, and all in a much higher degree. He compares Him with them. Now one part of their office was to make reconciliation or atonement for the sins of the people. Thus far then our Lord resembles the Jewish priests — He really offered a sacrifice. But the apostle also contrasts Him with them. He made, he says, one sacrifice only. There was in His case no perpetual standing by the altar, no daily ministering, no multiplying of victims. His precious blood once shed, all is over; the fire on the altar goes out, and the altar itself is soon thrown down and destroyed. And here become evident; two blessed truths.

1. One sacrifice serves for all God's Church — not only one priest, but one offering.

2. This one offering of Christ serves effectually for all God's Church. Not only are all His people cleansed, they are all fully and eternally cleansed, by it.

II. We must now follow our Lord INTO HEAVEN. The text carries Him there in His human nature; and more than that — in the character He bore here in His human nature, the great Expiator of our sins. The apostle's language intimates to us —

1. The repose of Christ in heaven, a repose indicating the completeness and perfection of the work He had performed on earth.

2. The high exaltation of Christ in heaven.

(C. Bradley, M. A.)

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KJV: And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

WEB: Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins,