And inasmuch as not without an oath He was made priest... And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: But this man, because He continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. (Hebrews 7:20, 23-25)

What sort of person is the high priest referred to here? He is the One who offered up His own body as an eternal sin offering. Jesus was crucified and died two thousand years ago in order to atone for our sins. When He was crucified, He did not just take the sins of everyone else upon Himself and leave your sins as they are. He took upon Himself all the sins of all the people in the world, including you. In that case, has He forgiven all of your sins eternally? Or has He only forgiven about half of your sins? There are often people who give themselves a really hard time as they believe in Jesus, acting as though Jesus has said, "I've forgiven about half of your sins, so you take care of the other half and follow Me." They have a harder time than people who do not believe at all.

The Bible, however, says, "Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him" (Hebrews 7:25). The reason He is able to "save them to the uttermost" is that Jesus is praying for us as our eternal High Priest at the right hand of God. The Bible also describes Jesus as "the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world" (John 1:29). If it says, "the world," it must, of course, include my sins and the sins of each one of you individually.

There is a hymn that includes the lines:

It is not that I wash away my sin with my own strength. As it says in this hymn, it is the blood of Jesus that washes away my sin. So the Bible says that it is fitting that we should have such a High Priest (See Hebrews 7:26).

What were the last words that Jesus said as He hung on the cross? They were, "It is finished." The people who hammered the nails through Jesus' hands and feet did not then put down their hammers, wipe their hands, and say, "Now that's finished." They did not say a word. It was Jesus, nailed to the cross, who said, "It is finished." All the sins of all mankind, who had become sinners when Adam sinned, were borne upon the body of Jesus, who had no sin or wickedness in Him. The cross reveals that all the sins of mankind have been removed.

When Melchizedek blessed Abraham, weren't all of Abraham's descendants inside Abraham? In the same way, my sins and the sins of every one of you were included in the burden of all the sin of mankind that Jesus took upon Himself on the cross. It is a big problem if you think that only the sins of certain special people were included in the burden of sin that Jesus took upon Himself. Whether you believe it or not, your sins, my sins, and the sins of all the people in this world were included. It is because of non-belief that people will later be judged in front of God.

As it says here, when Jesus was crucified and died, God cast the sins of everyone behind His back.