… ²⁸ so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.

Singularity is a key theme of this letter to the Hebrews and is contrasted with the multiplicity, the repetition, of the Levitical sacrificial system. But, this singularity is repeatedly marked out. We would do well to meditate on the “once” verses of Hebrews. Let them sink into your spirit; let your soul marinate in their truths. Allow the words to strain through the sieve of your life. Let these thoughts be, “more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb (Psalm 19:10). “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer” (Psalm 19:14).

… who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself (Heb 7:27).

… and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption (Heb 9:12).

He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself (Heb 9:26).

And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment (Heb 9:27).

Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him (Heb 9:28).

By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all (Heb 10:10).

There can be no mistake about this, the ultimate singularity of God’s universe. He Who is timeless and beyond space sent His Son to offer a sacrifice in time and space, that is anchored beyond time and space to apply to all men everywhere and throughout all time. When God says “once,” He means an eternal, all-existing “once.” By definition, it cannot be duplicated, because it would not then be “once.” It is a complete and absolutely sufficient, perfect sacrifice and it takes away our sin, once and for all. God is once and for all, eternally satisfied!

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer” (Psalm 19:14).