Hebrews 10:18

Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

Where remission of these is - as there is under the Gospel covenant (). 'Here ends the finale (Hebrews 10:1) of the tripartite arrangement (Hebrews 7:1; Hebrews 7:26; Hebrews 9:13) of the middle portion of the letter. Its great theme was Christ, a High Priest forever after the order of Melchisedek. What it is to be this is set forth, Hebrews 7:1, as contrasted with the Aaronic order. That Christ, however, as High Priest, is Aaron's antitype in the true holy place, by virtue of His self-sacrifice on earth, and Mediator of a better covenant, whose essence the old only typified, we learn, Hebrews 7:26; Hebrews 8:1; Hebrews 9:1. And that Christ's self-sacrifice, offered through the eternal Spirit, is of everlasting power, as contrasted with the unavailing cycle of legal offerings, is established in the third part, Hebrews 9:13; Hebrews 10:1; the first half of this last portion, Hebrews 9:13, showing that both our present possession of salvation and our future completion of it are as certain as that He is with God, ruling as a Priest and reigning as a King, once more to appear, no more as bearer of our sins, but in glory as Judge. The second half, Hebrews 10:1, reiterating the main position, the High Priesthood of Christ, grounded on His offering of Himself, its kingly character, its eternal accomplishment of its end, confirmed by Psalms 40:1 and Psalms 110:1, and Jeremiah 31:1.' (Delitzsch in Alford).