Hebrews 8-10
The book of Hebrews is a good reminder of the Old Testament law
and the old covenant, and what became of that when Jesus died on the
cross. We are reminded that in the
old covenant the high priest would have to make atonement for his own sins as
well as the sins of all the people.
The priest would have to use the blood of animals in order for there to
be cleansing. He would have to do
this sacrifice in the Most Holy Place in the tabernacle every year.
Jesus is the High Priest of a new covenant. He made the ultimate sacrifice as a
perfect offering without sin, with His own blood. This was the sacrifice that was to be made once and for
all. “He did not enter by means of
the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all
by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer
sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are
outwardly clean. How much more,
then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself
unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so
that we may serve the living God!”
It says that the law was only a shadow of the good things to come,
and that the tabernacle and their system of worship was only a copy of the
heavenly one. If I have learned
one thing this year through reading the entire Bible it would be that
everything points to Jesus. This
was God’s plan all along and it came from His great love for us.
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