The ALL TIME Sacrifice!
Jesus Died Once for All, And for ALL TIME
When Hebrews says that Christ died “once for all,” most readers assume that means “for all people.” And that’s correct. But the full revelation comes when we examine the second part: He died once for all time.
That phrase, often overlooked, is the deathblow to every theology that teaches salvation ends at death. If the sacrifice of Christ is effective for all time, then it cannot expire. There is no time limit. No stopwatch. No ticking clock of grace.
The sacrifice of Jesus is eternally available because He is eternal. And that means death is not the deadline, it’s simply another moment inside the time Christ already filled.
Hebrews 10 Says It Plain
Hebrews 10:10 says, “We have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”
And Hebrews 10:12 goes further:
“But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God.”
This isn’t just poetic language. The phrase “for all time” is a translation of the Greek phrase eis to dienekes, which means continually, perpetually, without interruption. The writer is intentionally contrasting Jesus with the priests of the old covenant who had to offer sacrifices again and again. But Jesus’ offering is once, and its effect is forever.
This makes it clear: Jesus doesn’t keep dying, but the application of His blood never stops.
Retroactive and Future-Active Grace
Romans 3:25 reveals a profound truth:
“God presented him as an atoning sacrifice… to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His restraint God passed over the sins previously committed.”
God passed over sins before the cross because He already had the cross in view. Christ’s blood was effective before He died.
That’s retroactive grace.
But if Christ’s blood was effective before the crucifixion, it is even more surely effective after. To say otherwise is to say that grace had more reach before the cross than after.
The logic is simple:
- If Christ’s blood flowed backward in time…
- And He is eternal, outside of time…
- Then that same blood flows forward through time without end.
He died once, for all, for all time.
All Time Means All Time
“All time” includes both the past and the future. There’s nothing outside of all time, only eternity stands beyond it, and that’s where Christ already reigns.
To say “He died for all time” is as close to saying “He died eternally” as Scripture dares to say. The sacrifice was made in time, but the Lamb is outside time, slain before the foundation of the world (Revelation 13:8).
So then, how can anyone say, “Time’s up”?
What About “It Is Appointed Once to Die”?
Those pushing the idea of Eternal Conscious Torment or Annihilationism love to quote Hebrews 9:27:
“It is appointed for man to die once, and after this comes judgment.”
They claim this means that once someone dies, the mercy of God ends and judgment seals their fate forever.
But that verse does not say: “It is appointed for man to die once, and after this comes eternal conscious torment.” Nor does it say, “After death, there is no more hope.” It simply says that judgment follows death, which is true.
But judgment is not the enemy of grace. In Scripture, judgment often leads to restoration.
In John 5:28 Jesus says,
“The hour is coming when all who are in the graves will hear his voice and come out.”
That’s post-death hearing. Resurrection is not fiction. If the dead can hear the voice of Jesus after death, then grace is still speaking.
Appointed Times Belong to God, Not to Man’s Deadlines
There are appointed times. There are seasons. There are windows of repentance and open doors. But these are under the authority of Christ, not religious fear tactics.
The appointed time of salvation is not limited to a few short years of earthly life. Scripture says:
“Now is the acceptable time. Now is the day of salvation.” (2 Corinthians 6:2)
Wherever grace meets the human heart, that is the appointed time. And for those who die in darkness, grace still meets them in judgment.
As Isaiah 26:9 says, “When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.”
Judgment teaches righteousness, not finalizes annihilation.
There Is No “Times Up”
This is the truth that shatters the illusion of damnation:
There is no “times up” with Christ’s blood.
He died once, for all, for all time. That means:
- The application never ends
- The grace never expires
- The blood never dries up
The idea that God runs out of mercy because you ran out of breath is a heresy invented by fearful men, not the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Conclusion: An Eternal Priest with an Eternal Sacrifice
Hebrews 7:24–25 says:
“Because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.”
He always lives to intercede. That’s not limited to time. That’s not cut off by death. That’s forever.
If He can save completely, then He must save those who are still in darkness, even after death.
This is the gospel of Universal Reconciliation:
That Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest, made a once-for-all, all-time-effective, never-ending sacrifice. He will not stop until the last lost sheep is found, the last prodigal comes home, and the Father is truly “all in all” (1 Corinthians 15:28).
To say otherwise is to shame the cross, shrink the Savior, and slander the love of God.
Let every fearful theology be silenced by the words:
He died once, for all, for all time.
And there is no time’s up.
