Hebrews 9:23

Thus it was necessary for these earthly copies of the things in heaven to be cleansed by these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves are made clean with better sacrifices than these.

Hebrews 8:5

They serve in a sanctuary that is a copy, a shadow of the heavenly one. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tent: "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain."

Hebrews 9:24

For the Messiah did not go into a sanctuary made by human hands that is merely a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, to appear now in God's presence on our behalf.

Luke 24:26

The Messiah had to suffer these things and then enter his glory, didn't he?"

Luke 24:46

He told them, "This is how it is written: the Messiah was to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

John 14:3

And since I'm going away to prepare a place for you, I'll come back again and welcome you into my presence, so that you may be where I am.

Colossians 2:17

These are a shadow of the things to come, but the reality belongs to the Messiah.

Hebrews 9:9-12

This illustration for today indicates that the gifts and sacrifices being offered could not clear the conscience of a worshiper,

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead actions so that we may serve the living God!

Hebrews 10:1

For the Law, being only a reflection of the blessings to come and not their substance, can never make perfect those who come near by the same sacrifices repeatedly offered year after year.

Hebrews 10:4

for it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Hebrews 10:10-17

By God's will we have been sanctified once and for all through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus, the Messiah.

1 Peter 1:19-21

but with the precious blood of the Messiah, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect.

Revelation 5:9

They sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals, because you were slaughtered. With your blood you purchased people for God from every tribe, language, people, and nation.

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Summary

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.

Bible References

The patterns

Hebrews 9:9
This illustration for today indicates that the gifts and sacrifices being offered could not clear the conscience of a worshiper,
Hebrews 8:5
They serve in a sanctuary that is a copy, a shadow of the heavenly one. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tent: "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain."
Hebrews 10:1
For the Law, being only a reflection of the blessings to come and not their substance, can never make perfect those who come near by the same sacrifices repeatedly offered year after year.
Colossians 2:17
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the reality belongs to the Messiah.

The heavenly

Hebrews 9:11
But when the Messiah came as a high priest of the good things that have come, he went through the greater and more perfect tent that was not made by human hands and that is not a part of this creation.
Hebrews 10:4
for it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Luke 24:26
The Messiah had to suffer these things and then enter his glory, didn't he?"
John 14:3
And since I'm going away to prepare a place for you, I'll come back again and welcome you into my presence, so that you may be where I am.
1 Peter 1:19
but with the precious blood of the Messiah, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect.
Revelation 5:9
They sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals, because you were slaughtered. With your blood you purchased people for God from every tribe, language, people, and nation.

General references

Leviticus 9:9
Next, Aaron's sons brought the blood to him and he dipped his fingers in the blood and placed it on the horns of the altar. As to the rest of the blood, he poured it at the base of the altar.
Leviticus 16:18
When he goes to the altar in the LORD's presence to make atonement for himself, he is to take some of the blood from the bull and the male goat, place it around the horns of the altar,
Numbers 19:6
Then the priest is to take some cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet material and throw it into the middle of the burning heifer.
Deuteronomy 5:2
When the LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb,
Luke 24:26
The Messiah had to suffer these things and then enter his glory, didn't he?"

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