The Old and The New

Friday May 3^rd-Heb. 9:12

Read Heb. 9

The Old Tabernacle

Exodus 25:8-9

The Lord commanded Moses to build a sanctuary. It was to be a tabernacle or movable tent which would be suitable for Israel’s nomadic life.  The Levites would have responsibility for it [Num. 8:2-4]. It was to be a dwelling place for the Lord among His people. It was filled with His glory and by His presence there He would personally lead the children of Israel on their journey.[Ex. 40:34-38]

With the old tabernacle the priests offered sacrifices every single day, but only once a year the high priest was to enter into the holy of holies with blood, which he offers to God to cover his own sins and the sins the people have committed in ignorance. By these regulations the Holy Spirit revealed that the Most Holy Place was not open to the people as long as the first room and the entire system it represents were still in use. By these regulations the Holy Spirit revealed that the entrance to the Most Holy Place was not freely open as long as the Tabernacle and the system it represented were still in use.
This is an illustration pointing to the present time. For the gifts and sacrifices that the priests offer are not able to cleanse the consciences of the people who bring them. For that old system deals only with food and drink and various cleansing ceremonies—physical regulations that were in effect only until a better system could be established Heb. 9:7-10

The New Tabernacle

So Christ has now become the High Priest over all the good things that have come. He has entered that greater, more perfect Tabernacle in heaven, which was not made by human hands and is not part of this created world. With his own blood—not the blood of goats and calves—he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption 9:11-12

Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins. 9:14

And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment, so also Christ died once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him.   9:27-28

I am so thankful that Jesus came to earth to live as we live.  Therefore, it was necessary for him to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters, so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. Then he could offer a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people. Since he himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested.   Heb. 2:17-18

He is coming back again! 

He who is the faithful witness to all these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon!”
Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!  Rev. 22:20