Hebrews Chapter Ten Verses 1-10

HEBREWS CHAPTER TEN VS 1-10 (USING KING JAMES STUDY TEXT, STUDY BOOK WILL REFERENCE A DIFFERENT VERSION FOR READING)

Heb 10:1  For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. 

Heb 10:2  For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. 

Heb 10:3  But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. 

Heb 10:4  For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. 

Heb 10:5  Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 

Heb 10:6  In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 

Heb 10:7  Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. 

Heb 10:8  Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; 

Heb 10:9  Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 

Heb 10:10  By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 

Main Point: There is a distinct purpose for the old law, reminder of sin. There are distinct purposes for the covenant through Jesus: removal of the “consciousness of sins (2)” – “taking away of sins (4)” – “sanctification (10)”.

1.   Why was it not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins? Carefully read the text. Who remembered their sins each year because of the sacrifices? Verse 2 states there should have been “no more conscience of sin” to be perfected. Those sacrifices were not designed to do that. Atonement is a covering, nor a removal. Remember God’s oath to not “remember their sins” and be merciful. Both the one machining the offering and God. Though we understand that God knows all things, this action brought man to God under a cloud of guilt and judgment.

2.   Compare the quotation of verses 5-7 with the original writing in Psalm 40. Notice the obvious difference in the old testament rendering and this quotation. Though different, how do these two statements tell us more about what God desired in Christ and still desires in us? Psa 40:6  Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. 

Psa 40:7  Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, 

Psa 40:8  I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
  The simplest explanation is that an obedient life is what God is looking for. More intensely is the concept that God’s will lives within the life of his children. It is not a chore of “checkmarks”. It becomes a matter of trust, loyalty and love.

3.   What does God mean when He said He did not desire sacrifice and offering nor had pleasure in them?  It was not God’s goal for Israel to become proficient at sacrifices as much as He wanted THEM to see HIM for the provisional Father He is. David says: ”Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened” (then) “thy law is within my heart”. This message is a continuation of what he writer has been trying to get across. Most specifically, to become active hearers of God’s words/works.

4.   Explain the following statements in verses 9-10:
“I have come to do your will, oh God”: The will is directly connected the heart. It is far and above the connection to sin. (See below for more)

“He takes away the first that He may establish the second”: This appears to be the argument that the law as a perceived means to God is removed (for reasons stated).

“By that will we have been sanctified”: Aligning our will to God’s will. Doing things that will delight the Father.

“through the offering of the body of Jesus once for all”: This thought completes the opening argument against the system that required repeated sacrifices that did not necessarily lead a soul to God. The “for all” is used (interpreted) in its broadest tense. It is available to all, but as the writer has already confirmed one must be “called”, must “draw near”, be an effectual hearer as well as align the will to be part of the “all”.

Additional:

(2) Conscience – G4893 -From a prolonged form of G4894; co-perception, that is, moral consciousness: - conscience.

Root words mean “together” – “see” (be aware)

(3) KJ  “should take away”  G851 - From G575 and G138; to remove (literally or figuratively): - cut (smite) off, take away.

Root words mean “off” – “to take for oneself” – (To lift)

(9) Take away G337 - From G303 and (the active of) G138; to take up, that is, adopt; by implication to take away (violently), that is, abolish, murder: - put to death, kill, slay, take away, take up.

Root words mean: “up” – “to take for oneself”

Will – G2307 From the prolonged form of G2309; a determination (properly the thing), that is, (actively) choice (specifically purpose, decree; abstractly volition) or (passively) inclination: - desire, pleasure, will.
Old Testament – H7522 - Delight

Sanctified: G37 - From G40; to make holy, that is, (ceremonially) purify or consecrate; (mentally) to venerate: - hallow, be holy, sanctify.

(Root means something awe-ful)

Hebrews Chapter Nine Verses 19-28

HEBREWS CHAPTER NINE VS 19-28 (USING KING JAMES STUDY TEXT, STUDY BOOK WILL REFERENCE A DIFFERENT VERSION FOR READING)

Heb 9:19  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, 

Heb 9:20  Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. 

Heb 9:21  Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. 

Heb 9:22  And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. 

Heb 9:23  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. 

Heb 9:24  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: 

Heb 9:25  Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; 

Heb 9:26  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. 

Heb 9:27  And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 

Heb 9:28  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. 

Main Point: 24  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 28 Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many;

5. What is the reference to “the blood of the covenant” come from? What does this mean for us today? Ex. 24:8 – This was an action taken by Moses to seal the covenant between God and Israel after he had read the law and the people had promised to obey. It was also just before he and Aaron, Nadab, Abihu and the 70 elders “saw God”….and dined in His presence. The reason for the importance of blood can be found in Lev. 17:10-12. The implications of a blood covenant is witnessed/shared between God/Abraham in Genesis 15.

The penalty for breaking the covenant can be found in Jeremiah 34:8-22. Although Jeremiah’s account is terrifying, the point of this letter is to understand that Jesus established a new, stronger covenant. The components found in this new covenant exclude the law as the system since law was never supposed to accomplish what only Jesus could.
As indicated however, there will be a judgment. Right?   Or, Maybe not?

6. What aspects of Christ’s sacrifice are superior to the Mosaic sacrifice system?  Not a copy, but the real deal. Jesus dwells in the eternal, with God. His has not a physical, limited priesthood. As indicated in earlier chapters, it is eternal. Because He was found suitable for the sacrifice, He only needed to be sacrificed once.  The sacrifice of Jesus will “put away” or cancel sin. This concept of course is extended to those found in the covenant. The wording states “many” (28), not all. This wording should have sent shivers up the spines of those refusing this ministry.

Additional:

20) Commanded – (enjoined) From G1722 and the base of G5056; to enjoin: - (give) charge, (give) command(-ments), injoin. – Root words mean
Fixed-Point

26) Put/Away: 1519/115  - TO/CANCELLATION

Sin: hamartia

ham-ar-tee'-ah

From G264; sin (properly abstract): - offence, sin (-ful).

It is important to note that HAMARTIA is typically used in the narrative of sin that is or can be forgiven. hamartanō (Strong’s 264) is typically used to denote willful sin that still requires forgiveness.

28) Many: 4183 - Including the forms from the alternate “pollos”; (singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverb largely; neuter

(Not All)

Hebrews Chapter Nine Verses 11-18

HEBREWS CHAPTER NINE VS 11-18 (USING KING JAMES STUDY TEXT, STUDY BOOK WILL REFERENCE A DIFFERENT VERSION FOR READING)

Heb 9:11  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; 

Heb 9:12  Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 

Heb 9:13  For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 

Heb 9:14  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? 

Heb 9:15  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. 

Heb 9:16  For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 

Heb 9:17  For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. 

Heb 9:18  Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. 

Main Point: See underlined contrast in verses 14/15. The wriere distinguishes the differences between the law of old (dead works), that must be dispensed for the new.

2. This section contains a number of contrasts between the system surrounding the tabernacle of old and the offering of Christ. List as many of these contrasts as you can see that shows how better Christ is with His offering:

Old Action	Old Result	New Action	New Result
Tabernacle	Built by men, only a foreshadow	New Tabernacle	Built by God –(thus) Perfect -
Entered the holy place –through the blood of animals	Short term atonement	Entered into the tabernacle built by God – with His own blood	Provides ETERNAL redemption
	Purifying the physical body		Transformed to serve God
	Short term resolution		Receive the promise of ETERNAL INHERITANCE

3. What does verse 15 teach? “he is the mediator of the new testament… for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament”

First, he is the mediator (3319) – Go between of a new testament (1242) disposition, or contract

Some teach this is how Jesus saves those who have already died. That interpretation appears valid on first review. It also eases the Christian mind to reconcile how it is that David or Moses might end up with God in heaven. However, the context is speaking of covenants, not (necessarily) of those under the covenants. It could also mean that what the first covenant could not accomplish “redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament”….the Covenant with Jesus DOES! Either interpretation is valid. Note “that were” is added. It could dimply mean that the sins that the old law could not redeem….Jesus can. Remember he just said that Jesus can save to the UTTERMOST!

4. According to this passage, when did the new covenant take affect? Why is this knowledge important?  (Read Barry Stephen’s notes in the lesson book). The covenant is takes affect after the physical death of Jesus, which would fit with the narrative of Jesus’ blood inaugurating the need for a new – stronger - covenant. Even like the old covenant, blood was required for its ratification. Barry’s notes show the issues with using the word “will” in the physical sense. Jesus is still alive, a will speaks for the dead, and that is just not the case for this new covenant.

Additional:

Redemption – 3085 - From G3084; a ransoming (figuratively): - + redeemed, redemption. – This has a few root words that ultimately means “to loosen” ….
Purge – 2511 From G2513; to cleanse (literally or figuratively): - (make) clean (-se), purge, purify.

Conscience – 4893  From a prolonged form of G4894; co-perception, that is, moral consciousness: (to be aware)

Called – 2564- Akin to the base of G2753; to “call” (properly aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise): - bid, call (forth)
2573- Adverb from G2570; well (usually morally): - (in a) good (place),
2570 - Of uncertain affinity; properly beautiful, but chiefly (figuratively) good (literally or morally), that is, valuable or virtuous

Inheritance – 2817- From G2818; heirship, that is, (concretely) a patrimony or (generally) a possession: - inheritance.- Root words – inherit by lot

Testament – 1242 – disposition – contract from 1303

Testator -1303  middle voice from G1223 and G5087; to put apart, that is, (figuratively) dispose (by assignment, compact or bequest): - appoint, make, testator. 

Do you remember how the Hebrew understands redemption and its application to physical life? Now, how does the term “inheritance” bring an even heavier…more beautiful message?

Hebrews Chapter Nine Verses 1-10

HEBREWS CHAPTER NINE VS 1-10 (USING KING JAMES STUDY TEXT, STUDY BOOK WILL REFERENCE A DIFFERENT VERSION FOR READING)

Heb 9:1  Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. 

Heb 9:2  For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. 

Heb 9:3  And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; 

Heb 9:4  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; 

Heb 9:5  And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. 

Heb 9:6  Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. 

Heb 9:7  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: 

Heb 9:8  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: 

Heb 9:9  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; 

Heb 9:10  Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. 

Main Point: The tabernacle was a symbol of what was to come…(see end of verse 10).

1.   In the space below draw a representation of the tabernacle of the Old Testament with the various articles of worship listed in this chapter. Verse 9 says these things are symbolic. Can you identify the symbolism of the articles of worship in the tabernacle?

wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. 

the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all

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; 

over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat