Hi Gene and Carol,
Now you've got think thinking on this scripture
Heb 9:28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.(NKJV)
The part of this verse that says "apart from sin," this could only be speaking of the elect.
Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
v. 2 But the Law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me
(all the elect) free from the law of sin and death.
v. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh;
v. 4 so that the righteousness of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Only the elect that are awaiting and will receive
salvation at His appearing.
Col 3:1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
v. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
v. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
v. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
mercy, peace, and love
Kat