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the two victims

Hebrews 12:22-24 (JDV)

Hebrews 12:22 Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God (the sky Jerusalem), to myriads of agents, a festive gathering,
Hebrews 12:23 to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written in the sky, to a Judge, who is God of all, to the breaths of righteous people made perfect,
Hebrews 12:24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which says better things than the blood of Abel.

the two victims

Abel was a righteous man who died an unwilling victim of his brother’s envy and hatred. But Jesus was a willing victim whose death purchased a new future for those who put their trust in him. His blood speaks today and calls us to put our faith in him so that we can inherit that destiny.