1. Summer 2013

2.  Worship under the Old Covenant (9:1-10)  Tabernacle – two compartments (tents)  Holy Place  Lampstand, table, bread of Presence  Most Holy Place (Holy of Holies)  Golden altar of incense, ark of the covenant Holy PlaceHoly of Holies Outer tentInner (second) tent PriestsHigh priest only Go continuallyOnce a year Ritual dutiesBlood

3.  Hebrews 9:11-14 – “The Heart of Hebrews”  Day of Christ’s coming, as high priest  Through a greater and more perfect tent  Not made with hands – not of this creation  Not through the blood of goats and calves  Through His own blood  He entered once for all into the Holy Place, securing eternal redemption  Cleansing was “so that we might serve”

4.  Hebrews 9:15-22 – Christ’s Sacrifice and the New Covenant  Christ’s death inaugurated the new covenant  Christ’s death redeemed the sins of those who lived under the first covenant  Christ’s death makes it possible for those who are called to receive the eternal inheritance

5.  Hebrews 9:23-28 – The Finality of Christ’s Sacrifice  If earthly things needed to be cleansed by sacrifice, the heavenly things needed to be cleansed as well  Better sacrifices  Christ is now in heaven for us!  Once, for all time, not repeatedly  Illustrated by the fact that man dies only once, Jesus dies only once to “bear the sins of many”  Christ will appear a second time, not to die, but to save those who are waiting for Him

6.  If apart from sacrificial blood there is no forgiveness  And it is impossible for animal blood to provide that forgiveness  Christ offering Himself is the only remedy for sin

7.  Hebrews 10:1-4 – Shadow and Reality  The Law was only a shadow of the good things to come  The ceaseless repetition of the Levitical sacrifices could never “make perfect” the former worshipers  The Day of Atonement didn’t provide relief from their sins, but actually emphasized the enormity of sin  Animal sacrifices cannot remove the guilt of sin

8.  Hebrews 10:5-10 – The Perfect Sacrifice  Psalm 40:6-8  Burnt and sin offerings could not atone, so the Son will accomplish God’s perfect will by using the “body” provided for Him  Christ became a man to take care of the ineffective sacrificial system and replace it with a new one  He has, once for all, annihilated the Levitical system of sacrifice

9.  Hebrews 10:11-18 – Seated at God’s Right Hand  The Jewish priest stood daily, repeatedly offering the same sacrifices—which could NEVER take away sin  When Christ offered, for all time, a single sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God  He was humbled on earth, He is exalted in heaven  Where there is forgiveness of sin, there is no longer any offering for sin!

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