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Just added, our first message in a new series on 1 Timothy:
1 Timothy chp 1 vs 1 – God our Saviour – JS Gillespie – 24072018
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The Saviour Who Entered Gods Heaven – Hebrews Chapter 9
Outline notes from this message:
Hebrews was written to Jewish believers
Written to people who suffered for their faith 10:32ff
These were believers in danger of going back to Judaism
The letter written to
1 Strengthen their faith in Christ 10:33, chp 11
2 To show that what they have in Christ is vastly superior to what they had before
What we have in Christ is vastly superior to what we had before
Hebrew speaks about the better things
Better hope. Covenant, substance, country, blood, hope
Epistle of better things
Not written about us but written for us
Fundamental truths of ; Faith, Death of Christ, Divine chastening are all spoken of in this letter
No major church truth in Hebrews
Hebrews outline :
Chp 1 to 10 – the supremacy of Christ
Supremacy of Christ in Person
Writer compares Christ with
Chp 1 and 2 over angels
Chp 3 – Moses
Chp 4 – Joshua
Chp 5 – Aaron
Chp 7 supremacy of Christ in his priesthood
Chp 8 Supremacy of Christ in his provision
Chp 10 supremacy of Christ in his passion
Chp 10 + 11 – stewardship
Chp 12 + 13 – standards of Christian living
Chapter 9
Worship is connected to service
Worship is the secret of service
Service is the expression of worship
List of the furniture in the tabernacle
No mention of the altar of incense
Lampstand is mentioned
Altar of incense is not mentioned
Table is mentioned
No mention of altar of incense
In this new relationship, the worship of God has been taken into the sanctuary
We are within the vail
No need for the altar of incense
Limitations of the old sanctuary :
Verse 7: limitations of access, one man once per year
We have unrestricted access to the presence of God
Not about familiarity
Limitations for the priest – verse 7
The priest had to offer something for himself and then for the people
Priest offered for himself and then the people
Limitation in the atonement (verse 13)
Limitation as to the duration of what was done – for the time present
Liberty of access – verse 12
Christ has entered once for all, Christ lives in the Holy place, the High Priest of old visited the Holy Place
Christ has gone to Heaven to stay in the Holy Place
Verses 13 – His blood is different
Blessings of Duration – eternal redemption
Note that there are 3 appearings in Hebrews chapter 9:
1st Appearing
Lev 16 verse 14
Heb 9 Verse 24
2nd Appearing:
Lev 16 verses 5 to 8
Hebrews 9 vs 26
3rd Appearing :
Heb 9:28
Lev 16 waiting for the High Priest to come out of the Sanctuary