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A New Direction

• Lead in– The Hebrew writer made the bold assertion in 2:17 that Jesus

was a high priest– On what grounds could he say Jesus was a high priest?

• Was this something pulled out of thin air?

• Was it just a baseless unsubstantiated claim?

• All Jewish priests were to come from the tribe of Levi

• But therein lied the problem, Jesus was from the tribe of Judah

– Answer = Ps. 110:4• “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek”

“They sing in heaven a new

song, Of Moses and the Lamb”

The New Song

• Heb. 8:1-6– There was a pattern given by God– God spoke to Moses on Mt. Sinai and told him how to build the

tabernacle• Nothing was there by chance!

• Nothing was there by accident!

• God gave the dimensions for the tabernacle, he told him what materials they were to use, and in what order all these things were to be placed in

– Did you ever realize the bulk of the Book of Exodus concerns the tabernacle?

• Ex. 25-40!!!

• Here, in Heb. 8, we begin to see why God wanted it built this way!

The New Song

• Heb. 8:7-13– Jer. 31– Jeremiah in his day (~600 B.C.) was saying the Old Law would

be retired soon• Jeremiah said a New Covenant was promised and Jesus brought in

that New Covenant at the cross

– 8:10-12, what’s the point?• A little baby in the Jewish kingdom could not have the law of God in

his mind and heart

• In Christ’s kingdom it is different!

• The only babe admitted is a “babe in Christ”

The New Song

• Heb. 9:1-10

The New Song

• Heb. 9:1-10– The Old Law was tied up with copies and shadows!– Example: Numbers 21 & the brass serpent (Cf. Jn. 3:14)

Mind of God

Moses at Sinai

Implemented by people

Copies and Shadows of the Heavenly Things

The Holy of Holies

The Holy Place

Bronze Laver of Water

Altar of Burnt Offering

Copies and Shadows of the Heavenly Things

Symbolic of Symbolic of Symbolic of Symbolic of

Jesus’ BloodWater BaptismThe ChurchHeaven

Copies and Shadows of the Heavenly Things

Copies and Shadows of the Heavenly Things

Symbolic of Symbolic of Symbolic of Symbolic of

Jesus’ BloodWater BaptismThe ChurchHeaven

Copies and Shadows of the Heavenly Things

Heb. 9:19-25 1 Pet.

2:4-5

Heb. 4:14 Heb. 6:19-

20 Heb. 9:24-28

Heb. 10:22 Eph. 5:25-27 1 Pet.

3:21

Heb. 9:11-12 Heb.

10:1-13

The New Song

• Heb. 9:11-15– 1) Those who claim that Christ failed in his mission

(Premillenialists) are wrong• He successfully set up the tabernacle made without hands!

• Premillenialists are looking for something made with hands!

– 2) The writer talks about how the blood of Christ cleanses the conscience

• According to Peter (1 Pet. 3:21) water baptism does the same!

Remits sins (Mt. 26:28)

Washes away sins (Rev. 1:5)

Leads to a clean conscience (Heb. 9:14)

Saves (Eph. 1:7)

Remits sins (Acts 2:38)

Washes away sins (Acts 22:16)

Leads to a clean conscience (1 Pet. 3:21 )

Saves (Mk. 16:16)

The Blood of Christ

The Waters of Baptism

Contacting the Blood of Christ in the Waters of Baptism

The New Song

• Heb. 9:16-17– This answers those who claim we can be saved

like the thief on the cross• (Truth be told, I don’t know of anyone who really

wants to be saved like the thief on the cross)

• It’s possible the thief was baptized, after all he knew something about the kingdom!

• But even if he weren’t baptized it is immaterial!– He didn’t have to be baptized for the same reason David, Moses, and

Adam didn’t have to be baptized. – He lived under a different law!

The New Song

• Heb. 9:23-28– The effectiveness of the blood of Christ vs. the ineffectiveness of

the blood of animals!

The Presence of GodThe VeilThe High Priest

The Presence of GodThe VeilThe High Priest

The Presence of GodThe VeilThe High Priest

The New Song

• Heb. 10:1-14– This explains the incarnation: “God was manifested in the flesh”

• We don’t have to invent some strange doctrine to explain it!

• Any view that suggests Jesus had two different spirits/personalities (a human one + a divine one) is wrong

• Any view that suggests Jesus was merely a ghost is wrong

• Any view that suggests Jesus did not become God until later in his ministry is wrong

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Heb. 10:5“A body You have prepared for Me.”

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Gal. 4:4“born of a woman”

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Acts 10:38“he went about doing good”

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Lk. 23:46“Into Your hands I commit My spirit”

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1 Cor. 15:4“He rose again the third day”

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Acts 13:33“You are My Son, Today I have begotten You”

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“They sing in heaven a new

song, Of Moses and the Lamb”

The New Song

• The greatest joy that I have ever known, Is praising Him in song

• I know someday when I have older grown, My voice will not be strong

• But if good seed for Jesus I have sown, With angels I’ll belong

• They sing in heaven a new song, Of Moses and the Lamb

Will Heaven Be Your Home?

Believe the Gospel (Mk. 16:16)

Repent of sin (Acts 2:38)

Confess Jesus (Acts 8:36-39)

Be Baptized (Acts 22:16)

Remain Faithful unto Death (Rev. 2:10)