"To Perfect Some Very Imperfect People"

“Every priest goes to work at the altar each day, offers the same old sacrifices year in, year out, and never makes a dent in the sin problem. As a priest, Christ made a single sacrifice for sins, and that was it! Then he sat down right beside God and waited for his enemies to cave in. It was a perfect sacrifice by a perfect person to perfect some very imperfect people. By that single offering, he did everything that needed to be done for everyone who takes part in the purifying process.” (Hebrews 10:11–14, The Message) 

I love the way The Message paraphrases this passage in Heb. 10.  The priests never make a dent in the sin problem...Christ made a single sacrifice for sins, and that was it!...It was a perfect sacrifice by a perfect person to perfect some very imperfect people.  

Just so.

The work of the priests was something that had to be done year after year after year.  It was not permanent because the world was awaiting the permanent work of Christ.  Christ died once—a single sacrifice—and the sin problem was resolved for good.  He made perfect some very imperfect people.

That means me...and you, if we believe that Christ died for sins according to the scriptures (1 Cor 15.3).