Hebrews 9
Christ Opens The Inner Sanctuary
Christ came as a priest of the New Covenant, called “the good things that have come” (v. 11). Under the Old Covenant, sins were covered by the blood of bulls and goats (vv. 12-13). If you are carrying a load of guilt because you are finding that you can’t be good enough to please God, take …
Christ’s Death is Necessary
The author uses the illustration of a will (vv. 16-17). A will requires the death of its own maker. It can be changed many times, so long as its maker lives; but his death sets it in force. Christ’s death put into effect the will and covenant He had made for all who have fulfilled its requirements. Wills …
Christ is The Perfect Sacrifice
The writer seeks to show the superiority of Christ by giving comparisons between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant …
Limitation in the Earthly Sanctuary
Some fifty chapters in the Bible focus on the tabernacle. This ninth chapter of Hebrews describes the Tabernacle and its sacrifices and regulations in rather close detail (vv. 1-28). A description of the Tabernacle is that it was one hundred fifty feet long and seventy-five feet wide. Its single gate …