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Pastor's Pen - December 19, 2007
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December 19, 2007

Hebrews 7-10
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Hebrews
Chapter 7
  1. For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
  2. To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
  3. Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
  4. Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
  5. And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
  6. But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
  7. And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
  8. And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
  9. And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
  10. For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
  11. If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
  12. For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
  13. For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
  14. For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
  15. And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
  16. Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
  17. For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
  18. For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
  19. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
  20. And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
  21. (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
  22. By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
  23. And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
  24. But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
  25. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
  26. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
  27. Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
  28. For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.


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Hebrews
Chapter 8
  1. Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
  2. A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
  3. For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
  4. For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
  5. Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
  6. But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
  7. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
  8. For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
  9. Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
  10. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
  11. And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
  12. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
  13. In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.


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Hebrews
Chapter 9
  1. Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
  2. For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
  3. And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
  4. Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
  5. And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
  6. Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
  7. But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
  8. The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
  9. Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
  10. Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
  11. But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
  12. Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
  13. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
  14. How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
  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 testament was dedicated without blood.
  19. For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
  20. Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
  21. Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
  22. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
  23. It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
  24. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
  25. Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
  26. For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
  27. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
  28. So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.


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Hebrews
Chapter 10
  1. For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
  2. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
  3. But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
  4. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
  5. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
  6. In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
  7. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
  8. Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
  9. Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
  10. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
  11. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
  12. But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
  13. From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
  14. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
  15. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
  16. This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
  17. And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
  18. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
  19. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
  20. By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
  21. And having an high priest over the house of God;
  22. Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
  23. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
  24. And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
  25. Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
  26. For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
  27. But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
  28. He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
  29. Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
  30. For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
  31. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
  32. But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
  33. Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
  34. For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
  35. Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
  36. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
  37. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
  38. Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
  39. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.


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 Hebrews 9-10 gives us some important insights into the doctrine of salvation and the work of Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary. Hebrews 9:9 opens by revealing that the Old Testament laws and ordinances were incapable of making the priests themselves "perfect". This is important, because if the one offering the sacrifice was imperfect, then how much eternal value could the sacrifice really have. This is, of course, contrasted with Jesus Christ Who was a perfect Man and thus not only did not need to be made perfect Himself, but also was uniquely qualified to offer Himself as the Sacrifice for sins.

 In verse 12 we read that when Christ offered the sacrifice upon the Mercy Seat in Heaven He did not offer the blood of bulls and goats, but He offered His own precious, sinless blood. The author of Hebrews points out two important facts here. First of all, in Hebrews 10:4 he states,

"For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins."
Think about it. How could the blood of an animal possibly take away the sins of a human being? It is illogical to think that it could. The only appropriate eternal sacrifice for sinful men would be the sacrifice of a man, but yet it could not be just any man, for the sacrifice of a sinner could never atone for sins because it would be impure and insufficient. Only the sacrifice of a sinless Man could ever provide redemption. Verses 5-6 quoted Jesus as saying,
"Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure."
The burnt offerings of livestock never appeased the wrath of God. It required the Son of God to take on a human body that could be slain.

 The second fact that is being pointed out is the complete sufficiency of the blood of Christ. In 9:13-14 he writes,

"For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?"
While the blood of animals never saved anyone's soul, it was temporarily acceptable to God as a show of belief in Him. It gave a temporary purification of the flesh, but the sacrifice of Christ eternally purified the conscience.

 In verse 22 he points out the necessity of the blood sacrifice. He writes,

"And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission."
The Old Testament Law required blood to be shed to purify people or objects. This was a picture of the blood of Christ that was needed to purify the souls of men. The end of that verse shows that there can be no forgiveness of sins without it. Some today are attempting to minimize the importance of the blood of Christ, saying that it is simply a metaphor for His death. Christ did indeed have to die, but He had to shed His blood as well, or there could be no salvation. This is obviously very important, for the author reminds his readers in verse 27,
"And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment".
Thus, according to verse 28,
"Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many."

 This leads to the final point concerning the work of Christ. It was done only one time, it never needs to be repeated, and there is nothing that can be added to it. Verse 28 says that He was offered once. According to the opening verses of chapter 10 one of the problems with the Law was that those sacrifices had to be repeated year after year. The sacrifice of Jesus took place "once for all" (10:10). The Catholic church teaches that when they celebrate the Mass that they are re-sacrificing Jesus. This is heresy, and completely unnecessary. In addition, the sacrifice of Jesus was complete in that nothing else ever needed to be done. Those who believe that a person can lose their salvation, or try to add some form of works to grace, are saying that the shedding of Christ's blood was not enough, but that baptism or good works must be added to it. This is equally false, for 10:14 states,

"For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified."
When a man gets saved he gets positionally sanctified, and the one offering of Jesus is sufficient to keep him saved forever.

Pastor Mark J Montgomery

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