Left Without a Sin-Offering
R. W. Dale, LL. D. Hebrews 10:26-27 For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,… For those that abandon their Christian profession — "sin wilfully after" that they "have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins." They could not return to the temple, and plead with God for mercy over the offerings which their fathers had presented to Him. The old covenant had passed away. Its priests had lost their consecration. Its altars had lost their sanctity. Its sacrifices had lost their power with God. There was now only one atonement for sin which God would regard; and if they turned away from that, there was nothing for them " but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries." For a Jew to be left with all his sins upon him, and no sin-offering by which to invoke the Divine pardon, was for him to be condemned to intolerable despair. (R. W. Dale, LL. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, WEB: For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,