{"id":28942,"date":"2023-11-28T22:00:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T05:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/hebrews-8_1-13-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T16:02:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T23:02:45","slug":"hebrews-9_1-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/hebrews-9_1-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus’ Blood \u2013 Your Key to a Clean Conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hebrews 9:1-14 <\/strong>\u00a0(CLICK HERE FOR\u00a0BIBLE VERSES)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s passage is\u00a0Hebrews\u00a09:1-14.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Hebrews 9:1-14 (NIV)<\/em><\/strong>
\n1\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand, the table and the consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place.
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0which had the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry.
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
\n9\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper.
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings–external regulations applying until the time of the new order.
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation.
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He 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.
\n13\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The 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.
\n14\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0How 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!<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses\u00a01-14: Verses\u00a01-7 give us a good visual of what worshiping at the tabernacle in the Old Testament looked like. Only the high priest could enter the Most Holy Place, an inner room representing God\u2019s presence. There he would offer the blood of bulls and goats as a sacrifice for his sins and the people\u2019s sins (v7).<\/p>\n

As detailed, ornate, and organized as this Old Testament system was, the writer of\u00a0Hebrews\u00a0points out an important fact: there was a curtain that separated the people from the Most Holy Place (v3). Other than the high priest, people could not see or enter the Most Holy Place because of the curtain. Despite the priests sacrificing hundreds of thousands of bulls and goats over the centuries, that curtain never opened. No one could access the Most Holy Place except the high priest. It wasn\u2019t until Jesus sacrificed Himself and shed His blood that the curtain supernaturally tore in two and everyone in the temple could now see into the Most Holy Place (Matthew 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45).<\/p>\n

The fact that the curtain did not tear when bulls and goats were sacrificed but only tore when Jesus shed his blood shows us that the blood of goats and bulls had no real cleansing effect on people\u2019s consciences (v9).\u00a0\u00a0 These sacrifices of bulls and goats only had a ceremonial, external purpose (v10, 13) but they failed to show us the way to truly enter God\u2019s presence.\u00a0\u00a0As verse 8 says, \u201cThe Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.\u201d<\/p>\n

In contrast, when Jesus Christ died, the curtain was torn and we now know how to access God\u2019s holy presence: it\u2019s through Jesus\u2019 blood.<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0Through Jesus\u2019 blood you now have full access to God\u2019s presence.<\/strong>\u00a0When you trust that the blood of Jesus has paid for your sins, it has a cleansing effect on our conscience (v14), knowing that God no longer holds our sins against us. As verse 14 says, \u201cHow 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!\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s another point worth mentioning. A big theme in\u00a0Hebrews\u00a0is that the Old Testament worship system is just a shadow and an imperfect copy of the real thing in heaven. Whereas the high priest entered the tabernacle\u2019s Most Holy Place, which was a symbol of God\u2019s holy presence, Jesus actually entered heaven itself (v24) for us.\u00a0\u00a0As verse 11 says, \u201cWhen Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lord Jesus, thank You for shedding Your precious blood for me. Your precious blood is my key into God\u2019s presence and my key to a clear conscience.\u00a0\u00a0Thank You that because of Your blood the curtain has been torn and I can access God\u2019s presence.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Copyright \u00a9 2021 Justin Lim. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is\u00a0Hebrews\u00a09:1-14.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Hebrews 9:1-14 (NIV)
\n1\u00a0\u00a0Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.
\n2\u00a0\u00a0A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand, the table and the consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place.
\n3\u00a0\u00a0Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,
\n4\u00a0\u00a0which had the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.<\/p>\n

On verses\u00a01-14: Verses\u00a01-7 give us a good visual of what worshiping at the tabernacle in the Old Testament looked like. Only the high priest could enter the Most Holy Place, an inner room representing God\u2019s presence. There he would offer the blood of bulls and goats as a sacrifice for his sins and the people\u2019s sins (v7).<\/p>\n

As detailed, ornate, and organized as this Old Testament system was, the writer of\u00a0Hebrews\u00a0points out an important fact: there was a curtain that separated the people from the Most Holy Place (v3).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28942"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28945,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28942\/revisions\/28945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}