Category Archives: Hebrews

“for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.” (Hebrews 9:26, ESV) When I lived in the snowbelt, keeping my black pickup truck cleanContinue reading “Finished (Hebrews 9:23-26)”

“Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.” (Hebrews 9:22, ESV) Imagine for a second that you committed a crime and in a court of law, the judge pronounced a judgement that you had to pay a million dollars or spendContinue reading “Forgiveness (Hebrews 9:15-22)”

(My apologies for not putting this post out yesterday. Somehow I forgot to post it) “For a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive.” (Hebrews 9:17, ESV) Sometimes preachers look for an illustration to explain things. Here, the author ofContinue reading “The Inheritance (Hebrews 9:15-21)”

“Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.” (Hebrews 9:15, ESV) There have been plenty of times when I wished I could somehow set the clockContinue reading “First Covenant (Hebrews 9:15)”

“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: 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?”Continue reading “Purified for Worship (Hebrews 9:13-14)”

“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; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternalContinue reading “Substance over Symbolism (Heb 9:11-12)”

“According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper” (Hebrews 9:9, ESV) In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, Macbeth murders Duncan. Following the murder Macbeth makes this statement. “Whence is that knocking? How is’t with me, when every noise appalls me? What hands are here! Ha, they pluck outContinue reading “The Conscience (Hebrews 9:9-10)”

“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:” (Hebrews 9:8, KJV 1900) Years ago, while living in New Hampshire, I needed to get a part for the garage door opener in our newly purchased home. The storeContinue reading “The Way (Hebrews 9:6-10)”

“but into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people.” (Hebrews 9:7, ESV) We tend to be forgetful people. I have a problem with names and, knowing this, I must work onContinue reading “Unintentional Sins Part 2 (Hebrews 9:7)”