<p>9:26 <i>Or else he must often have suffered since the foundation of the world; but now once at the end of the ages has he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself</i>- &quot;The foundation of the world&quot; surely refers to the beginning of the Mosaic system; the &quot;end&quot; of that world is the end of the Mosaic system at the Lord's death. He sacrificed not animals, but &quot;Himself&quot;.</p><p>On the cross, the Lord Jesus was &lsquo;manifested&rsquo;, shown as He really and essentially is (Heb. 9:26; 1 Pet. 1:19,20; 1 Jn. 3:5,8; 1 Tim. 3:16). But the same word is also used about the final manifesting of the Lord Jesus at His return (Col. 3:4; 1 Pet. 5:4; 1 Jn. 2:28; 3:2). This explains the link between the cross and His return; who He was then will be who He will be when He comes in judgment. There He endured the spitting and hatred of men in order to save them. And the same gracious spirit will be extended to all His true people, whatever their inadequacies.</p><p>The Lord's sacrifice &quot;put away sin&quot;; the same word has been used in 7:18 about the &quot;disannulling&quot; of the law. The whole concept of sin has been disannulled in that the law has been disannulled. In this sense His death &quot;made an end of sins&quot; (Dan. 9:24- perhaps Paul has this passage in mind here). For those in Him, sin is no longer a barrier between God and man; we stand &quot;in Him&quot; before God's very face / presence, counted as the sinless Lord Jesus.</p>