Hebrews - worksheet 16

Hebrews - worksheet 16
Jesus’ house - Hebrews 9:1-15
NKJV headings are The Earthly Sanctuary and Limitations of the Earthly Service

Teaching video by David Guzik

Hebrews chapter 9 context
Chapter 9 continues the writer’s explanation of the superiority of Christ. In chapter 8, this focused on the idea that God had promised a new covenant, even as the old covenant was still in effect. This not only means that the new covenant must be different, but that the old covenant must be flawed. Here in chapter 9, the writer focuses on the fact that the old covenant featured aspects which were meant only as symbols of the true high priesthood of Christ. Since Christ’s sacrifice is more powerful, and performed in a better place, it is more effective in securing our salvation than the sacrifices of animals. Chapter 10 will continue this discussion by wrapping up these various ideas about the superiority of the new covenant (BibleRef).

Hebrews 9:1-15 (NKJV) says ¹Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the

. ²For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary; ³and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, ⁴which had the golden censer and the

overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and

; ⁵and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. ⁶Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. ⁷But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without

, which he offered for himself and for the people’s sins committed in ignorance; ⁸the Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing. ⁹It was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which

in regard to the conscience — ¹⁰concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation. ¹¹But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and

not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. ¹²Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with

He entered the Most Holy Place

, having obtained

redemption. ¹³For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the

, ¹⁴how much more shall the

, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your

from dead works to serve the living God? ¹⁵And for this reason He is the Mediator of the

, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions

, that those who are called may receive the promise of the

.

The first 10 verses are about how the Tabernacle was used. Only once a year the High Priest went in into the Holy of Holies to offer a blood sacrifice for himself and the people. It was a ritual for one person, once a year. Kind of exclusive. This exclusivity (verse 8) and the symbol (verse 9) were replaced when the new covenant was given in Jesus, when finally all people could enter into the presence of God.

Q1 What is the more perfect tabernacle (verse 11)?

Q2 How the use of blood and the cleansing different under the Old Covenant and the New Covenant (verses 12-15)? What is temporal and what is eternal?

Q3 What were/are the differences in the sacrifices/atonements (video from 19:25 min)?

Q4 The title of this study is “Jesus’ House”. He invites us in. Have we entered in and passed the torn veil? Is there any reason to not being connected and serving our living God (verse 14)?

Is Jesus’ sacrifice for you also forever? If so, sing this song.