Hebrews 9:23
So if the copies of what is in heaven needed to be cleansed in this way, the things in heaven needed cleansing by better sacrifices.
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Luke 24:46He told them, “It was written like this: the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and in his name
Colossians 2:17These are just a shadow of what was to come, for the physical reality is Christ.
Hebrews 9:9This is an illustration for us in the present, showing us that the gifts and sacrifices that are offered can't make the worshiper's conscience clear.
Hebrews 9:24For Christ hasn't entered a Most Holy Place constructed by human beings that is only a pattern of the original. He has entered heaven itself, and now appears on our behalf, speaking for us in God's presence.
Hebrews 10:4because it's impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to remove sins.
1 Peter 1:19You were set free by the costly blood of Christ, who was like a lamb with no flaw or defect.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 9:16-23
The Priesthood of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. 18 Whereupon neither the first… Read the whole commentary →