hebrews – lesson 10 a better sacrifice hebrews 9:15-10:18

Hebrews – Lesson 10

A Better SacrificeHebrews 9:15-10:18

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ReviewA Better Sanctuary and a Clean A Better Sanctuary and a Clean ConscienceConscienceThe Tabernacle was the site of numerous, never-ending sacrifices – none of which could clean the conscienceJesus’ sacrifice of His own blood, ONCE FOR ONCE FOR ALLALL, forgives sin, cleans the conscience and paves the way into God’s presence – eliminating the need for ongoing sacrificeThe atoning death of Christ gives us right relationship with God; it also provides the purification that enables authentic relationship with God


Salvation Under the LawA question left over from last week:How were people saved under the Old Law?

The same way we areBy faith, through the finished work of Christ

A difficult concept for our linear-thinking Western minds

They sinned before Jesus’ sacrifice

A visual analogy …


The Coming of the New Covenant

Read Hebrews 9:15-18Why did Jesus have to die?From one commentator:

A testament demands deathForgiveness demands bloodJudgment demands a substitute


What His Death AccomplishedWhat was achieved by Jesus death?

Freedom!Freedom from what?Sins committed under the Old Covenant

Who has been set free?All those who are calledThose who were held hostage by the Old Covenant


The Need for Jesus’ DeathAccording to this passage, why did Jesus have to die?

The writer transitions from the concept of the covenant as a promise to the concept of the covenant as a willThe covenant (will, testament) could not be implemented without the death of the one who made itDeath activates the promises!


Jesus’ Death (cont.)Read Hebrews 7:27Read Hebrews 9:12What is the purpose of Jesus’ death according to these passages?Is the concept presented here inconsistent with the writer’s new concept?In a sense, Jesus’ death is both the promise and the activator the promise


The First CovenantRead Hebrews 9:19-22

Compare with Exodus 24:1-8

What stands out in the writer’s description of the implementation of the First Covenant?

“the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood”Blood was everywhere


Purification by BloodMoses sprinkled the blood of the sacrifice on:

The scroll (Heb 9)The people (Ex 24, Heb 9)The Tabernacle (Heb 9)Everything used in the ceremonies (Heb 9)The altar (Ex 24)

How does blood cleanse anything?


Without Blood …What is significance of the statement that “without blood there is no forgiveness of sins”?

Read Romans 6:23Sin REQUIRES death• Animal sacrifices were a demonstration and

reminder of this inescapable fact

MY sin requires MY death, MY blood – justice is done, but it only compensates for MY sinJesus shed HIS blood for ALL sin


The Second CovenantRead Hebrews 9:23-28Copies of the heavenly things were purified by imperfect sacrifices (animals)

Not because the things were unclean, but because of the uncleanness of the people

The heavenly things themselves purified with a better sacrifice (Jesus)

Why would the heavenly things require purification?


Purification by BloodIt is not the heavenly things that require purification

It is us who need purification for the heavenly realm and this requires the better sacrifice

Read Matthew 26:28Read Luke 22:20Read John 19:28-30Read 1 Peter 1:1-2Read 1 Peter 2:24


One Might Say …Jesus consecrated with His blood:

The Book (scroll) of the New CovenantThe Christian Sanctuary (Tabernacle) of the Heavenly ZionThe New Israel (people) of His church


Jesus’ Sacrifice – Once for AllThe author stresses AGAIN that Jesus sacrificed:

HimselfOnceFor All

Jesus’ first appearance was to bear sinsHis second appearance will not be to bear sin, but to bring salvation to His children

Sacrifice accepted!


Limitations of the Old LawRead Hebrews 10:1-4What are the limitations of the First Covenant?

It is only a shadow of what is to comeSacrifices can never make anything perfectRepeated continuously as a resultSacrifices were a reminder of sinNo freedom from guiltPaul says that the Law brought death


The Heart of the Matter …The writer’s argument reaches a crescendo in verse 4:

“It is IMPOSSIBLEIMPOSSIBLE for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins”Why?

Another sacrifice under another system is requiredOnly Jesus’ sacrifice can remove man’s sin

100% God, 100% Man


Sacrifice You Did Not DesireRead Hebrews 10:5-10The writer quotes from Psalms, but attributes the statement to JesusWhy would the Psalmist say:

“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire”“With burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased”

After all, the Law required these sacrifices

The problem was in the heart


An Inconsistency?Read Psalm 40:6-8Writer quotes this passage, but its reading is different from Hebrews 10:5-7

Why do they differ?Hebrew writer quotes from the SeptuagintOur Psalms are translated from the original Hebrew textSeptuagint translators interpreted the figures of speech differently


Legal TermsThe author uses legal terms in verse 9

“Sets Aside” = “annuls”“Establishes” = “institutes”

The Old Covenant has been annulled – legally abolished – and superseded by the New Covenant


Four ComparisonsRead Hebrews 10:11-14The writer makes four comparisons here:

Old Covenant offerings were made daily; Jesus offered Himself oncePriests offered sacrifices while standing; Jesus sat down at God’s right hand when finishedNumerous sacrifices under the Old Covenant; Jesus made only oneThe Old Covenant could never take away sins; Jesus’ sacrifice covered all sin


Closing ArgumentsRead Hebrews 10:15-18The writer goes back to Jeremiah 31 to complete the argument he began back in Chapter 8 at the same passageSin has been completely forgiven because of the decisive, new covenant sacrifice of JesusEnd of sacrifices; end of sermon!


Next Week’s LessonLesson 11 – Hall of Fame of Faith

Hebrews 10:19-11:40

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