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NOVEMBER 13
Who has not given us as prey to their make him who performed the service perfect
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teeth. in regard to the conscience— concerned only
Our soul has escaped as a bird from with foods and drinks, various washings, and
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the snare of the fowlers; fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of
The snare is broken, and we have reformation.
escaped. 11 But Christ came as High Priest of the good
Our help is in the name of the LORD, things to come, with the greater and more per-
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Who made heaven and earth. fect tabernacle not made with hands, that is,
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not of this creation. Not with the blood of
Proverbs 28:21
goats and calves, but with His own blood He
21 To show partiality is not good, entered the Most Holy Place once for all, hav-
Because for a piece of bread a man will ing obtained eternal redemption. For if the
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transgress. blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a
heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the
Hebrews 9:1–28
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purifying of the flesh, how much more shall
Then indeed, even the first covenant had the blood of Christ, who through the eternal
9 ordinances of divine service and the earth- Spirit offered Himself without spot to God,
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ly sanctuary. For a tabernacle was prepared: cleanse your conscience from dead works to
the first part, in which was the lampstand, the serve the living God? And for this reason He
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table, and the showbread, which is called the is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of
sanctuary; and behind the second veil, the part death, for the redemption of the transgressions
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of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of under the first covenant, that those who are
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All, which had the golden censer and the ark called may receive the promise of the eternal
of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, inheritance.
in which were the golden pot that had the 16 For where there is a testament, there must
manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tab- also of necessity be the death of the testator.
lets of the covenant; and above it were the 17 For a testament is in force after men are dead,
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cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy since it has no power at all while the testator
seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in lives. Therefore not even the first covenant
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detail. was dedicated without blood. For when Mo-
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6 Now when these things had been thus pre- ses had spoken every precept to all the people
pared, the priests always went into the first according to the law, he took the blood of
part of the tabernacle, performing the servic- calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and
es. But into the second part the high priest hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and
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went alone once a year, not without blood, all the people, saying, “This is the blood of the
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which he offered for himself and for the peo- covenant which God has commanded you.”
ple’s sins committed in ignorance; the Holy 21 Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the
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Spirit indicating this, that the way into the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry.
Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while 22 And according to the law almost all things are
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the first tabernacle was still standing. It was
symbolic for the present time in which both
gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot
9:27 to die once. This is a general rule for all
mankind. There have been very rare excep-
9:8 The Levitical system did not provide any tions (e.g., Lazarus died twice, John 11:43,44).
direct access into God’s presence for His peo- Those, like Lazarus, who were raised from the
ple.Rather,it kept them away.Nearness had to dead by a miraculous act of our Lord were not
be provided by another way (v. 12).This is the resurrected to a glorified body and unending
primary lesson which the Holy Spirit taught life. They only experienced resuscitation.
concerning the tabernacle. It teaches how Another exception will be those who don’t die
inaccessible God is apart from the death of even once, but who will be “caught up…to
Jesus Christ. Holy Spirit. By the Spirit-inspired meet the Lord in the air”(1 Thess. 4:17; Enoch,
instruction given for the Holiest of All, He was Gen. 5:24; Elijah, 2 Kin. 2:11). the judgment. A
indicating that there was no way to God in the general term encompassing the judgment of
ceremonial system.Only Christ could open the all people,believers (2 Cor.5:10) and unbeliev-
way (John 14:6). ers (Rev. 20:11–15).
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