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2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, God.” He takes away the first that He may
So the LORD surrounds His people establish the second. By that will we have
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From this time forth and forever.
3 For the scepter of wickedness
shall not rest
On the land allotted to the righteous, 10:5,6 You did not desire. God was not
Lest the righteous reach out their pleased with sacrifices given by a person who
hands to iniquity. did not give them out of a sincere heart (Ps.
51:17;Is.1:11;Jer.6:20;Hos.6:6;Amos 5:21–25).
4 Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, To sacrifice only as a ritual,without obedience,
And to those who are upright in their was a mockery and worse than no sacrifice at
hearts. all (Is. 1:11–18).
5 As for such as turn aside to their
crooked ways,
The LORD shall lead them away been sanctified through the offering of the
With the workers of iniquity.
body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Peace be upon Israel! 11 And every priest stands ministering daily
and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices,
Proverbs 28:22
which can never take away sins. But this Man,
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22 A man with an evil eye hastens after after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for-
riches, ever, sat down at the right hand of God, from
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And does not consider that poverty will that time waiting till His enemies are made His
come upon him. footstool. For by one offering He has perfect-
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ed forever those who are being sanctified.
Hebrews 10:1–18
15 But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for
For the law, having a shadow of the good after He had said before,
10 things to come, and not the very image of 16 “This is the covenant that I will make with
the things, can never with these same sacri- them after those days, says the LORD: I will put
fices, which they offer continually year by year, My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I
make those who approach perfect. For then will write them,” then He adds, “Their sins
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would they not have ceased to be offered? For and their lawless deeds I will remember no
the worshipers, once purified, would have had more.” 18 Now where there is remission of
no more consciousness of sins. But in those these, there is no longer an offering for sin.
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sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every
year. For it is not possible that the blood of
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bulls and goats could take away sins.
Therefore, when He came into the world,
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He said: 10:10 sanctified. “Sanctify” means to “make
holy,”to be set apart from sin for God (1 Thess.
“Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, 4:3). When Christ fulfilled the will of God, He
But a body You have prepared for Me. provided for the believer a continuing,perma-
In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin
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You had no pleasure. 3:13). This is the believer’s positional sanctifi-
Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come—
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In the volume of the book it is written cation that results from daily walking by the
of Me— will of God (Rom.6:19; 12:1,2; 2 Cor.7:1).body.
To do Your will, O God.’ ” Refers to His atoning death, as the term
“blood”has been used to do (9:7,12,14,18,22).
Previously saying, “Sacrifice and offering,
8 Mention of the body of Christ in such a state-
burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did ment is unusual in the New Testament,but it is
not desire, nor had pleasure in them” (which logically derived from the quotation from
are offered according to the law), then He Psalm 40:6.
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said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will, O
DAY 14:What was the problem with the Old Testament sacrificial system?
“For the law,having a shadow of the good things to come,and not the very image”(Heb.10:1).
The Greek term translated “shadow” refers to a pale reflection, as contrasted with a sharp, distinct
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