Better Things

BETTER THINGS

Summer 2013

HEBREWS 9:1-28: JESUS, THE BETTER SACRIFICE

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 Place Holy of Holies

Outer tent Inner (second) tent

Priests High priest only

Go continually Once a year

Ritual duties Blood


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”


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


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

HEBREWS 10:1-18: JESUS THE BETTER SACRIFICE

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


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


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


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!

BETTER THINGS

Summer 2013

Better Things

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