Hebrews 9:25

Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place year by year with blood not his own; else must he have suffered since the foundation of the world; but now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

For the significance of [@hapax] as used here, see under Hebrews 7:27. Its meaning is "once for all." The glory of Christ's sacrifice as set forth here consists of the complete, final, and irrevocable nature of the offering. It was not a repeated thing as were the offerings and sacrifices under Judaism but was a "once for all" accomplishment. As pointed out earlier, this eliminates any notion that the church should have something to offer or sacrifice, in such a thing as the mass, for example; for the one and only efficacious sacrifice has already been offered in heaven, where alone it could do any good and by the only one capable of doing it, Jesus the Lord.

Implicit in this place is also the revelation of the true purpose of Jesus' coming into this world. It was not to begin an earthly kingdom, nor to erect an earthly throne, nor to restore a literal kingdom to Israel, but to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Those who view the crucifixion of Christ as otherwise than something God planned and envisioned from the beginning have failed to grasp the most fundamental fact in all the scriptures. God's offering of himself in the person of his Son upon the cross is the sine qua non of all human forgiveness and salvation.