God offered him. Blood is often the symbol of death, and it is by the death of Christ the totality of his sacrifice that he is the means [propitiation = means] by which sins are forgiven. Christ died so that we could live (see 2 Corinthians 5:14-21; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Corinthians 15:3; Galatians 2:20). What God has given to the world in Christ, infinitely great and absolutely free, is literally nothing unless it is taken. We must reach out through faith to seize the sacrifice of Christ and make ourselves part of it! God did this. The Jew despised God's patience with sinners (see Romans 2:4 and note). But Hebrews 9:15 shows it was on the basis of what Jesus would do that God was patient.

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