إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا10/من17حتى21/أَلآبُ يُحِبُّنِي لأَنِّي أَبْذُلُ نَفْسِي، لِكَيْ أَعُودَ فَأَسْتَرجِعَهَا. لا أَحَدَ يَنْتَزِعُهَا مِنِّي، بَلْ أَنَا أَبْذُلُهَا مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ نَفْسِي
“قالَ الرَبُّ يَسوع: «أَلآبُ يُحِبُّنِي لأَنِّي أَبْذُلُ نَفْسِي، لِكَيْ أَعُودَ فَأَسْتَرجِعَهَا. لا أَحَدَ يَنْتَزِعُهَا مِنِّي، بَلْ أَنَا أَبْذُلُهَا مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ نَفْسِي. لِي سُلْطَانٌ أَنْ أَبْذُلَهَا، ولِي سُلْطَانٌ أَنْ أَعُودَ فَأَسْتَرْجِعَهَا. هذِهِ الوَصِيَّةُ قَبِلْتُهَا مِنْ أَبِي». فَحَدَثَ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ شِقَاقٌ بِينَ اليَهُودِ بِسَبَبِ هذَا الكَلام. وكَانَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنْهُم يَقُولُون: «بِهِ شَيْطَان، وهُوَ يَهْذِي. فَلِمَاذَا تَسْمَعُونَ لَهُ؟». وآخَرُونَ يَقُولُون: «هذِهِ الأَقْوَالُ لَيْسَتْ أَقْوَالَ مَنْ بِهِ شَيْطَان! هَلْ يَقْدِرُ شَيْطَانٌ أَنْ يَفْتَحَ عُيُونَ العُمْيَان؟».
الرسالة إلى العبرانيّين09/من24حتى28/الْمَسِيحُ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ إِلى قُدْسِ أَقْدَاسٍ مَصْنُوعٍ بِالأَيْدِي، هُوَ رَمزٌ إِلى القُدْسِ الحَقِيقِيّ، بَلْ دَخَلَ إِلى السَّماءِ عَيْنِهَا، لِيَظْهَرَ الآنَ أَمَامَ وَجْهِ اللهِ مِنْ أَجْلِنَا
“يا إِخوَتِي، الْمَسِيحُ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ إِلى قُدْسِ أَقْدَاسٍ مَصْنُوعٍ بِالأَيْدِي، هُوَ رَمزٌ إِلى القُدْسِ الحَقِيقِيّ، بَلْ دَخَلَ إِلى السَّماءِ عَيْنِهَا، لِيَظْهَرَ الآنَ أَمَامَ وَجْهِ اللهِ مِنْ أَجْلِنَا. ولَمْ يَدخُلْ لِيُقَرِّبَ نَفْسَهُ مِرَارًا، كَمَا يَدْخُلُ عَظِيمُ الأَحْبَارِ إِلى قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ كُلَّ سَنَة، بِدَمٍ غَيْرِ دَمِهِ، وإِلاَّ لَكَانَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَتَأَلَّمَ مِرَارًا مُنْذُ إِنْشَاءِ العَالَم. لكِنَّهُ ظَهَرَ الآنَ مَرَّةً واحِدَة، في مُنْتَهَى الدُّهُور، لِيُبْطِلَ الخَطِيئَةَ بِذَبِيحَةِ نَفْسِهِ. وكَمَا هُوَ مَحْتُومٌ على النَّاسِ أَنْ يَمُوتُوا مَرَّةً واحِدَة، وبَعْدَ ذلِكَ تَكُونُ الدَّيْنُونَة، كَذلِكَ المَسِيحُ قَرَّبَ نَفْسَهُ مَرَّةً واحِدَة، لِيَحْمِلَ خَطايَا الكَثِيرِين؛ وَسَيَظْهَرُ ثَانِيَةً، بِمَعْزِلٍ عَنِ الخَطِيئَة، لِيُخَلِّصَ الَّذِينَ يَنْتَظِرُونَهُ”.
Bible Quotation For Today/For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again
John 10/17-21: “For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.’ Again the Jews were divided because of these words. Many of them were saying, ‘He has a demon and is out of his mind. Why listen to him?’ Others were saying, ‘These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?’”
Bible Quotation For Today/Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf
Letter to the Hebrews 09/24-28: “For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Nor was it to offer himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Holy Place year after year with blood that is not his own; for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the age to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself. And just as it is appointed for mortals to die once, and after that the judgement, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.”