The Epistle To The Hebrews - Executable Outlines

. With these two major differences:
1) Jesus took not the blood of goats and calves, but His own blood
2) Jesus entered “once for all”, not once a year
2. With His blood, He “obtained eternal redemption”
a. This is why He does not need to offer His blood every year - cf. He 10:10-12
b. But His redemption is “eternal” in another sense, as seen later in verse 15
Mark A. Copeland
B. THE CONSCIENCE IS PURGED OF SIN... (13-14)
1. The blood of animals was able to purify the flesh of an unclean person
2. But the blood of Christ is able to purge the conscience from dead works (i.e., sin) to serve
the living God
a. The animal sacrifices could not do this - cf. He 9:9-10; 10:1-2
b. For the daily and annual sacrifices constantly reminded them of sin - He 10:3
c. Therefore Christ not only removes the “legal” guilt of sin, but also the “inward” (or
emotional) guilt of sin!
C. THERE IS REDEMPTION FOR SINS UNDER THE FIRST COVENANT... (15)
1. His role as Mediator of the New Covenant is not limited to those who came after it became
of force
2. His death covers not only sinners since His death, but also those who lived under the first
covenant, who were called to receive the promise of eternal inheritance!
-- In providing atonement for those before and after His death, Jesus has truly “obtained
eternal redemption”
[The service rendered by its High Priest certainly makes the “heavenly sanctuary” a superior one! As
one contemplates the meaning of Christ’s death in its relation to the heavenly sanctuary, there is much to
consider, and the author proceeds to explain further why...]
III. ITS MINISTRY NECESSITATED A COSTLY SACRIFICE (16-22)
A. TO INITIATE A NEW TESTAMENT... (16-17)
1. A testament, or will, requires the death of the one who makes it
2. It does not become of force until the testator dies
-- The New Covenant with its heavenly sanctuary is like a testament, then, requiring Jesus’
death for it to become of force
B. TO DEDICATE A NEW COVENANT... (18-23)
1. Consider what was done with the first covenant...
a. It was dedicated with the blood of calves and goats
b. Its tabernacle and furniture were purified with the sprinkling of such blood
2. Should the new covenant require any less?
a. The first covenant contained only “copies of the things in the heavens”
b. Therefore the heavenly things required purification by “better sacrifices” (i.e., Jesus’
own blood)
c. Exactly what is meant by “heavenly things” is unclear
1) Some point to passages like Co 1:20, where even “things in heaven” are reconciled
to God by Jesus’ blood
2) Some believe it has reference to the church, of which the Holy Place in the earthly
tabernacle was typical
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