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HEBREWS 9:16-28
LESSON #20
COVENANTS OF BLOOD

• MEMORY VERSE: HEB 9:20

• READ HEB 9:16-22
• PREFIGURES OF CHRIST IN THIS SECTION:
• THE "FIRST COVENANT" (THE MOSAIC COVENANT) OF THE OLD TESTAMENT (18) = THE NEW COVENANT IN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST UNDER WHICH WE LIVE TODAY.
• ANIMAL SACRIFICE (19) = JESUS CHRIST, OUR SACRIFICE FOR SIN
• ASHES OF THE RED HEIFER (WATER OF PURIFICATION)(19) =
• CHRIST WHO CLEANSES US FROM THE POWER OF SIN BY SEPARATING US FROM SPIRITUAL DEATH.
• THE DAY OF ATONEMENT (21) = THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST THAT PAID FOR OUR SIN
• THE LAST WILL (TESTAMENT / COVENANT) OF JESUS CHRIST
• WE HAVE STUDIED THE CONDITIONS OF THE NEW COVENANT IN HEB 8.
• HERE THE AUTHOR IS SAYING THAT THE ONE WHO MADE THE COVENANT (JESUS CHRIST) HAD TO DIE. IT IS JUST LIKE WHEN WE MAKE A WILL. THE WILL IS NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL OUR DEATH. OUR HEIRS DO NOT INHERIT OUR ESTATE UNTIL WE DIE. IN THE SAME WAY, WE DID NOT INHERIT ALL THINGS IN CHRIST UNTIL CHRIST DIED.
• THEREFORE, WE NOT ONLY HAVE THE DEATH OF CHRIST TO PAY FOR OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US BUT ALSO TO BRING INTO BEING OUR INHERITANCE OF ALL THINGS.
• THE BLOOD AND THE COVENANT (19-20)
• ALMOST ALL THE COVENANTS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT WERE MADE WITH BLOOD SEALING THE AGREEMENT.
• THE EDENIC COVENANT IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN:
• BECAUSE THERE HAD NOT BEEN HUMAN SIN PRIOR TO ADAM AND EVE'S CREATION, THERE WAS NO NEED FOR BLOOD IN THIS COVENANT.
• THE ADAMIC COVENANT AFTER THE FALL OF ADAM AND EVE:
• GOD SHED THE BLOOD OF ANIMALS THAT THE SIN OF ADAM AND EVE WOULD BE COVERED BY ANIMAL SKINS.
• THE NOAHIC COVENANT MADE WITH NOAH AFTER THE FLOOD:
• THE DEATH AND SHED BLOOD OF THE UNGODLY SEALED THIS COVENANT.
• THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT MADE WITH ABRAHAM:
• ANIMALS WERE CUT IN TWO WHEN THIS COVENANT WAS MADE.
• (GEN 15:7-17)
• THE BLOOD OF CIRCUMCISION WAS THE SIGN OF A RELATIONSHIP TO GOD.
• THE MOSAIC COVENANT MADE WITH MOSES IN THE WILDERNESS:
• THE BLOOD OF ANIMAL SACRIFICES.
• THE NEW COVENANT MADE WITH US FOR THIS NEW TESTAMENT AGE:
• THE SHED BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST SEALS THIS COVENANT FOR US.
• THE POWER OF THE BLOOD OF CHRIST
• THE BLOOD OF CHRIST PAID FOR OUR SIN
• THE BLOOD OF CHRIST SEPARATES US FROM SPIRITUAL DEATH (PREFIGURED IN THE ASHES OF THE RED HEIFER).
• THE BLOOD OF CHRIST CLEANSES US FROM THE FILTH OF THIS SINFUL WORLD.
• THE BLOOD OF CHRIST SEALS THE BLESSINGS OF OUR COVENANT.
• PLEADING THE BLOOD OF CHRIST IN PRAYER OVER A SITUATION
• HEB 9:20
• THIS POWER IS A PART OF THE NEW COVENANT TO US.
• ALMOST EVERYTHING IS PURGED BY BLOOD (19-22)
• JESUS CHRIST CLEANSED THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE. THE PLACE WHERE ALL OUR SINS WERE WRITTEN. HE CLEANSED BELIEVERS. HE CLEANSED THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY WITH HIS SHED BLOOD.
• WHY WAS IT NECESSARY FOR HIM TO SPRINKLE BLOOD ALL OVER THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY TO CLEANSE IT?
• SATAN HAD BEEN THERE (JOB 1,2)
• REMEMBER THE OLD TESTAMENT PRIEST HAD TO SPRINKLE BLOOD ALL OVER THE HOLY PLACE AND THE HOLY OF HOLIES IN THE TABERNACLE AND THE TEMPLE BECAUSE SINFUL MAN HAD BEEN THERE.
• WHY DOES IT SAY "ALMOST" ALL THINGS ARE PURGED WITH BLOOD (22)?
• IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, SHED BLOOD WAS USED TO COVER SIN, NOT REMOVE IT. IN LEVITICUS 5 THERE IS A SIN OFFERING FOR THE POOR WHO CANNOT AFFORD AN ANIMAL TO SACRIFICE. IT IS A BLOODLESS OFFERING THAT COVERED THE SIN OF THE POOR PEOPLE.
• HOWEVER, IT GOES ON TO SAY THAT THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS OF SIN EXCEPT BY SHED BLOOD. ONLY BY THE SHED BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST WAS ALL SIN FORGIVEN. (23)
• READ HEB 9:23-28
• PREFIGURES OF CHRIST IN THIS SECTION:
• THE OLD TESTAMENT SACRIFICES (23) = CHRIST, OUR BETTER SACRIFICE
• THE OLD TESTAMENT TABERNACLE (24) = THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY WHERE GOD'S THRONE IS LOCATED.
• THE HIGH PRIEST (25) = JESUS CHRIST, OUR HIGH PRIEST
• THE HOLY PLACE AND THE HOLY OF HOLIES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT TABERNACLE (25) = THE LEVEL AND CONDITION OF NEARNESS TO GOD
• THE DAY OF ATONEMENT (25) = THE DAY OF CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS CHRIST
• JESUS CHRIST, THE FINAL SACRIFICE
• HIS DEATH OCCURRED ON THE CROSS ONE TIME. (26-27)
• THE PAYMENT OF ALL SIN OCCURRED ONE TIME ON THE CROSS. (25-26)
• HE ENTERED INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES IN HEAVEN ONE TIME TO PURCHASE FORGIVENESS UNDER A NEW COVENANT (24-25)
• NAMES FOR JESUS CHRIST
• HEB 8:2 MINISTER OF THE SANCTUARY
• THIS TITLE CARRIED US THROUGH OUR STUDY OF THE TABERNACLE
• HEB 9:15 MEDIATOR OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
• THIS TITLE SPEAKS OF HIS WORK NOW ON OUR BEHALF
• SUMMARY:
• REMEMBER:
• A LAST WILL (COVENANT) DEMANDS DEATH (16)
• FORGIVENESS DEMANDS BLOOD (22)
• JUDGMENT DEMANDS A SUBSTITUTE (27)
• THE TWO APPEARINGS OF JESUS CHRIST:
• THE FIRST COMING WAS TO PURCHASE FORGIVENESS OF SIN BY HIS SHED BLOOD ON THE CROSS (26)
• THE SECOND COMING WILL BE TO FULFILL AND COMPLETE OUR SALVATION (28)

HOMEWORK
HEBREWS 10:1-6
THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FOR CORRECTION.

• APPLICATION OF HEB 9:16-28
• WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST THAT WAS NEW TO YOU?
• HOW WILL THIS NEW REVELATION MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE AND THE WAY YOU LIVE?
• PREPARATION FOR HEB 10:1-6
• READ HEB 10:1-18
• WHY WERE THE OLD TESTAMENT ANIMAL SACRIFICES NOT GOOD ENOUGH?
• WHY DO YOU THINK GOD TOLD OLD TESTAMENT PEOPLE TO DO ANIMAL SACRIFICE?
• WHY IS JESUS CHRIST A BETTER SACRIFICE THAN ANIMALS?
• WE ARE GOING TO STUDY THE OLD TESTAMENT SACRIFICES IN AS MUCH DETAIL AS WE STUDIED THE TABERNACLE IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THEIR PURPOSE. THEREFORE, FOR BACKGROUND:
• READ LEV 5
• WRITE DOWN ANYTHING THAT STRIKES YOU AS INTERESTING OR CURIOUS

MEMORY VERSE: HEB 10:14