intercession of christ

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intercession of christ - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Intercession of Christ
  Christ's priestly office consists of these two parts, (1) the
  offering up of himself as a sacrifice, and (2) making continual
  intercession for us.
  
    When on earth he made intercession for his people (Luke 23:34;
  John 17:20; Heb. 5:7); but now he exercises this function of his
  priesthood in heaven, where he is said to appear in the presence
  of God for us (Heb. 9:12,24).
  
    His advocacy with the Father for his people rests on the basis
  of his own all-perfect sacrifice. Thus he pleads for and obtains
  the fulfilment of all the promises of the everlasting covenant
  (1 John 2:1; John 17:24; Heb. 7:25). He can be "touched with the
  feeling of our infirmities," and is both a merciful and a
  faithful high priest (Heb. 2:17, 18; 4:15, 16). This
  intercession is an essential part of his mediatorial work.
  Through him we have "access" to the Father (John 14:6; Eph.
  2:18; 3:12). "The communion of his people with the Father will
  ever be sustained through him as mediatorial Priest" (Ps. 110:4;
  Rev. 7:17).