Every year on the Day of Atonement, the high priest would enter into the Holy of Holies. He was the only one allowed to enter in. He would go in and sprinkle blood on the mercy seat. And that would be for the purpose of making atonement for his sin and also for others. This did not remove their sin. It was only a covering.
If you read through Hebrews Chapter 9, it talks about the superiority of the heavenly sanctuary and about Jesus now being our high priest.
Hebrews 9:1-10 talks about the worldly sanctuary. The sanctuary of Christ is in Verse 11, and we see the substance in verses 11 and 12. Verse 12 says, Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, (and that would be the holy of holies), just like the high priest, having obtained eternal redemption for us, once. And the blood He brought was His own. And He offered it once on behalf of all of us!
In Hebrews 9:13-14, the writer is making a comparison that the blood of bulls and goats is just a fleshly thing.
In the human, and flesh stands for human, but in the human, if you performed everything that God said under His law, then in the human you would be marked as fulfilling your duty. But your conscience isn't cleansed.
So the old sanctuary and its sacrifice did not purge or purify anyone. In the Old Testament, the blood of animals only covered sin. With Christ, everything is removed.
Every year on the Day of Atonement, the high priest would enter into the Holy of Holies. He was the only one allowed to enter in. He would go in and sprinkle blood on the mercy seat. And that would be for the purpose of making atonement for his sin and also for others. This did not remove their sin. It was only a covering.
If you read through Hebrews Chapter 9, it talks about the superiority of the heavenly sanctuary and about Jesus now being our high priest.
Hebrews 9:1-10 talks about the worldly sanctuary. The sanctuary of Christ is in Verse 11, and we see the substance in verses 11 and 12. Verse 12 says, Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, (and that would be the holy of holies), just like the high priest, having obtained eternal redemption for us, once. And the blood He brought was His own. And He offered it once on behalf of all of us!
In Hebrews 9:13-14, the writer is making a comparison that the blood of bulls and goats is just a fleshly thing.
In the human, and flesh stands for human, but in the human, if you performed everything that God said under His law, then in the human you would be marked as fulfilling your duty. But your conscience isn't cleansed.
So the old sanctuary and its sacrifice did not purge or purify anyone. In the Old Testament, the blood of animals only covered sin. With Christ, everything is removed.
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