title: the shadow of reality text: hebrews 8:1-5 theme: the believer should see reality in view of...
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TITLE: The Shadow of Reality
TEXT: Hebrews 8:1-5
THEME: The believer should see reality in view of Christ.
Orual in “Til We Have Faces
“I ended my first book with the words no answer. I know now, Lord, why You utter no answer. You are Yourself the answer. Before Your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice? Only words, words; to be led out to battle against other words. Long did I hate You, long did I fear You…but now I see things as they really are…”
SETTING:
1. The description of the great features of Christ’s priesthood given to us in the last chapters is now followed by a view of the fulfillment of His office.
SETTING:
1. The description of the great features of Christ’s priesthood given to us in the last chapters is now followed by a view of the fulfillment of His office. • This includes the final answer to the
disappointments and doubts of the Hebrews.
SETTING:
1. The description of the great features of Christ’s priesthood given to us in the last chapters is now followed by a view of the fulfillment of His office. • This includes the final answer to the
disappointments and doubts of the Hebrews. • It has already been shown that Christ passes
all the characteristics of a High Priest.
SETTING:
1. The description of the great features of Christ’s priesthood given to us in the last chapters is now followed by a view of the fulfillment of His office. • This includes the final answer to the
disappointments and doubts of the Hebrews. • It has already been shown that Christ passes all
the characteristics of a High Priest. • It has also been shown that Christ has a greater
Priesthood (Melchezedek)
SETTING:
1. The description of the great features of Christ’s priesthood given to us in the last chapters is now followed by a view of the fulfillment of His office. • This includes the final answer to the disappointments
and doubts of the Hebrews. • It has already been shown that Christ passes all the
characteristics of a High Priest. • It has also been shown that Christ has a greater
Priesthood (Melchezedek) • The author will now show Christ is presently doing His
duties and supersedes the Mosaic rituals.
SETTING:
1. The description of the great features of Christ’s priesthood given to us in the last chapters is now followed by a view of the fulfillment of His office.
2. He will now show the scene and condition of His priestly work - the True Sanctuary and the New Covenant.
What does the true tabernacle tell us about reality?
I. The True Tabernacle of God is located in heaven. (1-2)
Hebrews 8:1-2
8 Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, 2 and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being.
I. The True Tabernacle of God is located in heaven. (1-2)
A. Jesus is the High Priest who represents us in the heavenly tabernacle.
I. The True Tabernacle of God is located in heaven. (1-2)
A. Jesus is the High Priest who represents us in the heavenly tabernacle.
B. Jesus sits in the tabernacle in a role of permanence and authority.
I. The True Tabernacle of God is located in heaven. (1-2)
A. Jesus is the High Priest who represents us in the heavenly tabernacle.
B. Jesus sits in the tabernacle in a role of permanence and authority.
C. This tabernacle is set up by God.
Heb. 9:23-24
“It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.”
Heb. 9:23-24
“24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence.”
Colossians 3:1-5
“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.”
Colossians 3:1-5
“4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. 5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.”
What does the true tabernacle tell us about reality?
II. The most significant functions of a priest must transpire in the
heavenly tabernacle. (3-4)
Hebrews 8:3-4
“3 Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer. 4 If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.”
II. The most significant functions of a priest must transpire in the
heavenly tabernacle. (3-4)
A. An earthly priest offers gifts and sacrifices.
II. The most significant functions of a priest must transpire in the
heavenly tabernacle. (3-4)
A. An earthly priest offers gifts and sacrifices.
B. They offer them at the earthly tabernacle.
II. The most significant functions of a priest must transpire in the
heavenly tabernacle. (3-4)
A. An earthly priest offers gifts and sacrifices.
B. They offer them at the earthly tabernacle.
C. Jesus offers them in the real tabernacle.
Ephesians 6:10-12
“10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.”
Ephesians 6:10-12
“12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”
What does the true tabernacle tell us about reality?
III. The earthy Tabernacle is only a copy or a shadow. (5-6)
Hebrews 8:5-6
5 “They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
III. The earthy Tabernacle is only a copy or a shadow. (5-6)
A. It was not the real thing.
III. The earthy Tabernacle is only a copy or a shadow. (5-6)
A. It was not the real thing.– Copy - a contrast of the original model to the
coinciding image.
III. The earthy Tabernacle is only a copy or a shadow. (5-6)
A. It was not the real thing.– Copy - a contrast of the original model to the
coinciding image.– Shadow - A vague reflection or outline .
Wilber Smith “The Biblical Doctrine of Heaven”
“The Tabernacle… presented three main ideas, the ideas of the dwelling of God among men, of his holiness, and of His “conversableness." It was 'that through which He was pleased to make His Presence and His nature known under the conditions of earth to His people Israel.”
Wilber Smith “The Biblical Doctrine of Heaven”
“The antitype of the Tabernacle, whether on earth or in haven, must fulfill the same office, and fulfill it perfectly. Such an antitype we find in the humanity of Christ, realised in different modes and degrees during His life on earth, in His Body, the Church, and in the consummation in "heaven."
Wilber Smith “The Biblical Doctrine of Heaven”
His earthly Body was a Sanctuary (John 2:19 ff.). In Him it was the Father's pleasure that "all the fullness should dwell" (Colossians 1:19), and so "in Him dwelt: all the fullness of the Godhead bodily" (Colossians 2:9). Even now "His Body," is that in which God is, and through which lie reveals Himself (John 14: 16 ff., 1 John 2:20; Apoe.21:3). And so it shall be in the end. (P 94)
III. The earthy Tabernacle is only a copy or a shadow. (5-6)
A. It was not the real thing.
B. Moses was given the design for this copy to be based on.
III. The earthy Tabernacle is only a copy or a shadow. (5-6)
A. It was not the real thing.
B. Moses was given the design for this copy to be based on.
C. The design was to be followed exactly.
Parker Palmer
“We want a kind of knowledge that eliminates mystery and puts us in charge of [the] world. Above all, we want to avoid a knowledge that calls for our own conversion. …”
Parker Palmer
“The sin, the error, is not our hunger for knowledge—and the way back to Paradise is not via intentional ignorance (despite some latter-day Christian claims). Adam and Eve were driven from the Garden because of the kind of knowledge they reached for—a knowledge that distrusted and excluded God.”
Parker Palmer
“Their drive to know arose not from love but from curiosity and control, from the desire to possess powers belonging to God alone. They failed to honor the fact that God knew them first, knew them in their limits as well as their potentials. In their refusal to know as they were known, they reached for a kind of knowledge that always leads to death.”
APPLICATION
• The real tabernacle of God is not an earthly structure made by hands. It is some more permanent and eternal. It is in heaven.
APPLICATION
• The real tabernacle of God is not an earthly structure made by hands. It is some more permanent and eternal. It is in heaven.
• The real ministry of being reconciled to God happens in there with Jesus sitting at the right hand of God.
APPLICATION
• The real tabernacle of God is not an earthly structure made by hands. It is some more permanent and eternal. It is in heaven.
• The real ministry of being reconciled to God happens in there with Jesus sitting at the right hand of God.
• Things that ultimately matter are not physical, cars, houses- even our human bodies are prone to decay and destruction so provide no lasting hope.
APPLICATION
• There is a deeper reality in the spiritual world in which God and Jesus dwell and to which someday we shall enjoy before receiving immortal, heavenly bodies.
APPLICATION
• There is a deeper reality in the spiritual world in which God and Jesus dwell and to which someday we shall enjoy before receiving immortal, heavenly bodies.
• Don’t get wrapped up on earthly things- set your hearts on things above where Christ dwells and intercedes eternally for us.
APPLICATION
• The real tabernacle of God is not an earthly structure made by hands. It is some more permanent and eternal. It is in heaven.
• The real ministry of being reconcile to God happens in there with Jesus sitting at the right hand of God.
• Things that ultimately matter are not physical, cars, houses- even our human bodies are prone to decay and destruction so provide no lasting hope.
• There is a deeper reality in the spiritual world in which God and Jesus dwell and to which someday we shall enjoy before receiving immortal, heavenly bodies.
• Don’t get wrapped up on earthly things- set your hearts on things above where Christ dwells and intercedes eternally for us.
Duane Chittick “The Controversy: Roots of the Creation-Evolution Conflict.”
“Natural law is nothing more than the habitual working of God's will. When God wills to act in a different way (miracle), the creation (natural world) follows that will. Thus a miracle is not breaking natural law; rather, it is upholding the basic principle behind all of nature. Nature follows, moment by moment, the will of God. The Bible teaches that creation (nature) is not independent; it is not autonomous.”
Duane Chittick “The Controversy: Roots of the Creation-Evolution Conflict.”
“The Bible, however, attributes all events, however 'insignificant, immediately to God. Natural things are nothing but HIS instruments, and the order of nature is founded not on an immanent logic, but on God's care for his creatures. God does not intervene in an order of nature which is semi-independent; He acts either, according to a regular pattern, or else in a more exceptional way, or even in a unique way.”
Duane Chittick “The Controversy: Roots of the
Creation-Evolution Conflict.”
“To insist that science must assume that God only works in His customary way (the normal laws of science) is to put God into a straight jacket. He works the way He wills to work”
