Hebrews 9:1-5
THE OLD TESTAMENT CULT INFERIOR TO THE PERFECTION OF CHRIST'S SACRIFICE. Description of the Tabernacle and its appointments:... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OLD TESTAMENT CULT INFERIOR TO THE PERFECTION OF CHRIST'S SACRIFICE. Description of the Tabernacle and its appointments:... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN, VERILY, THE FIRST COVENANT HAD ALSO ORDINANCES OF DIVINE SERVICE AND A WORLDLY SANCTUARY.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THERE WAS A TABERNACLE MADE; THE FIRST, WHEREIN WAS THE CANDLESTICK AND THE TABLE AND THE SHOWBREAD, WHICH IS CALLED THE SANCTUARY.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AFTER THE SECOND VEIL THE TABERNACLE, WHICH IS CALLED THE HOLIEST OF ALL;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH HAD THE GOLDEN CENSER, AND THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OVERLAID ROUND ABOUT WITH GOLD, WHEREIN WAS THE GOLDEN POT THAT HAD MANNA, AND AARON'S ROD THAT BUDDED, AND THE TABLES OF THE COVENANT;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND OVER IT THE CHERUBIMS OF GLORY SHADOWING THE MERCY-SEAT; OF WHICH WE CANNOT NOW SPEAK PARTICULARLY. In this chapter the points which had been discussed but briefly in the foregoing paragraphs are taken up in greater detail, the first half of the chapter bringing the proof of the superiority of C... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW, WHEN THESE THINGS WERE THUS ORDAINED, THE PRIESTS WENT ALWAYS INTO THE FIRST TABERNACLE, ACCOMPLISHING THE SERVICE OF GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
The ministry of the Old Testament priests imperfect:... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT INTO THE SECOND WENT THE HIGH PRIEST ALONE ONCE EVERY YEAR, NOT WITHOUT BLOOD, WHICH HE OFFERED FOR HIMSELF AND FOR THE ERRORS OF THE PEOPLE;... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HOLY GHOST THIS SIGNIFYING, THAT THE WAY INTO THE HOLIEST OF ALL WAS NOT YET MADE MANIFEST WHILE AS THE FIRST TABERNACLE WAS YET STANDING;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH WAS A FIGURE FOR THE TIME THEN PRESENT, IN WHICH WERE OFFERED BOTH GIFTS AND SACRIFICES, THAT COULD NOT MAKE HIM THAT DID THE SERVICE PERFECT, AS PERTAINING TO THE CONSCIENCE;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH STOOD ONLY IN MEATS AND DRINKS, AND DIVERS WASHINGS, AND CARNAL ORDINANCES, IMPOSED ON THEM UNTIL THE TIME OF REFORMATION. The sacred writer now refers to the form of worship in these two parts of the Tabernacle: These matters having been thus arranged, into the fore tent, indeed, the priests... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT CHRIST BEING COME AN HIGH PRIEST OF GOOD THINGS TO COME, BY A GREATER AND MORE PERFECT TABERNACLE, NOT MADE WITH HANDS, THAT IS TO SAY, NOT OF THIS BUILDING,... [ Continue Reading ]
The perfection of Christ's sacrifice:... [ Continue Reading ]
NEITHER BY THE BLOOD OF GOATS AND CALVES, BUT BY HIS OWN BLOOD HE ENTERED IN ONCE IN TO THE HOLY PLACE, HAVING OBTAINED ETERNAL REDEMPTION FOR US.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IF THE BLOOD OF BULLS AND OF GOATS, AND THE ASHES OF AN HEIFER SPRINKLING THE UNCLEAN, SANCTIFETH TO THE PURIFYING OF THE FLESH,... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW MUCH MORE SHALL THE BLOOD OF CHRIST, WHO THROUGH THE ETERNAL SPIRIT OFFERED HIMSELF WITHOUT SPOT TO GOD, PURGE YOUR CONSCIENCE FROM DEAD WORKS TO SERVE THE LIVING GOD! This paragraph embodies a conclusion which covers practically the discussion of the entire letter, as Luther remarks: "For the p... [ Continue Reading ]
AND FOR THIS CAUSE HE IS THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, THAT BY MEANS OF DEATH, FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THE TRANSGRESSIONS THAT WERE UNDER THE FIRST TESTAMENT, THEY WHICH ARE CALLED MIGHT RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF ETERNAL INHERITANCE.... [ Continue Reading ]
The necessity of Christ's death:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WHERE A TESTAMENT IS, THERE MUST ALSO OF NECESSITY BE THE DEATH OF THE TESTATOR.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR A TESTAMENT IS OF FORCE AFTER MEN ARE DEAD; OTHERWISE IT IS OF NO STRENGTH AT ALL WHILE THE TESTATOR LIVETH. Having shown that the high-priestly office of Christ was in every respect more excellent than that of the Old Testament high priests, the author in the second part of the chapter furnishe... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREUPON NEITHER THE FIRST TESTAMENT WAS DEDICATED WITHOUT BLOOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
The type of the Old Testament sacrifices:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WHEN MOSES HAD SPOKEN EVERY PRECEPT TO ALL THE PEOPLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW, HE TOOK THE BLOOD OF CALVES AND OF GOATS, WITH WATER AND SCARLET WOOL AND HYSSOP, AND SPRINKLED BOTH THE BOOK AND ALL THE PEOPLE,... [ Continue Reading ]
SAYING, THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE TESTAMENT WHICH GOD HATH ENJOINED UNTO YOU.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOREOVER, HE SPRINKLED WITH BLOOD BOTH THE TABERNACLE AND ALL THE VESSELS OF THE MINISTRY.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ALMOST ALL THINGS ARE BY THE LAW PURGED WITH BLOOD; AND WITHOUT SHEDDING OF BLOOD IS NO REMISSION. The statement of the preceding paragraph, that Christ became the Mediator of the New Testament by His death, by the shedding of His blood, is here substantiated by a reference to the type of the O... [ Continue Reading ]
IT WAS THEREFORE NECESSARY THAT THE PATTERNS OF THINGS IN THE HEAVENS SHOULD BE PURIFIED WITH THESE, BUT THE HEAVENLY THINGS THEMSELVES WITH BETTER SACRIFICES THAN THESE.... [ Continue Reading ]
The demands of the new covenant satisfied by Christ's perfect sacrifice:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR CHRIST IS NOT ENTERED INTO THE HOLY PLACES MADE WITH HANDS, WHICH ARE THE FIGURES OF THE TRUE, BUT INTO HEAVEN ITSELF, NOW TO APPEAR IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD FOR US;... [ Continue Reading ]
NOR YET THAT HE SHOULD OFFER HIMSELF OFTEN, AS THE HIGH PRIEST ENTERETH INTO THE HOLY PLACE EVERY YEAR WITH THE BLOOD OF OTHERS;... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THEN MUST HE OFTEN HAVE SUFFERED SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD; BUT NOW ONCE IN THE END OF THE WORLD HATH HE APPEARED TO PUT AWAY SIN BY THE SACRIFICE OF HIMSELF.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AS IT IS APPOINTED UNTO MEN ONCE TO DIE, BUT AFTER THIS THE JUDGMENT,... [ Continue Reading ]
SO CHRIST WAS ONCE OFFERED TO BEAR THE SINS OF MANY; AND UNTO THEM THAT LOOK FOR HIM SHALL HE APPEAR THE SECOND TIME WITHOUT SIN UNTO SALVATION. Here the necessity of cleansing the heavenly sanctuary, as well as the efficiency and the finality of Christ's one sacrifice, is emphasized. Of the first p... [ Continue Reading ]