Eternal Redemption
“…with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption” (Hebrews 9:12). Send article as PDF
Category: Hebrews
The Superiority of Christ’s Atonement
“But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the…
The Holy Spirit Indicates
“Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for…
The Inferior Sanctuary
“Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary. For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary; and behind the second veil, the part…
Jesus’ Superior Sanctuary
The focus of Hebrews 9:1-15 is on the superiority of Jesus’ workplace (i.e., sanctuary) as the new covenant’s High Priest. Send article as PDF
Preliminary Reading
A common reason many people find the book of Hebrews a daunting challenge is because they are not sufficiently familiar with the Old Testament books of Exodus and Leviticus. Trying to study Hebrews without a sturdy, working knowledge of Exodus 20-40 and all of Leviticus…
Old and New
“In that He says, ‘A new covenant,’ He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away” (Hebrews 8:13). Send article as PDF
Double Negatives
“None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds…
The New New Covenant
“Because finding fault with them, He says: ‘Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant…In that He says, ‘A new covenant’…And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant…to Jesus the Mediator of the new…
God’s Covenants
“Because finding fault with them, He says: ‘Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the…