Hebrews 9:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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;

Christ

An high priest

Hebrews 8:1

Of good

Hebrews 10:1

Not made

Colossians 2:11

General references

Mark 14:58

Bible References

Christ

"And thou Bethlehem in the land of Judah, Thou are not least among the princes of Judah, For out of thee shall come a ruler Who shall shepherd my people, Israel."

"Are you the Coming One, or are we to look for someone else?"

"I know," said the woman, "that Messiah is coming, who is called the Christ; when he has come he will tell us everything."

By this you know the Spirit of God; every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is from God;

And we know that the Son of God is come, and has granted us and understanding, so that we may come to know him who is true. And we are in him who is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and life eternal.

I say this because many deceivers are gone forth into the world, those who deny the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist.

An high priest

And so it was necessary that he should in all points be made like his brothers, so that he might become a compassionate and faithful high priest, in all that relates to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

Therefore, holy brothers, comrades of a heavenly calling, fix your thoughts then upon Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession.

So even the Christ was not raised to the high glory of the priesthood by himself, but on the contrary by Him who said to him. Thou art my Son; this day have I become thy Father;

It was this Melchizedek, King of Salem and Priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him;

The pith of all that we have been saying is this; we do have such a High Priest; and he has taken his seat on the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens,

Of good

For the Law, being only a shadow of the good things to come, and not their very substance, its priests cannot with the same sacrifice which year after year they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.

Not made

While, then, it was necessary that the copies of the heavenly things should be cleansed by such sacrifices, the heavenly things themselves required nobler sacrifices than these.

"Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with hands; as said the prophet.

"The God who made the universe and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,

For I know, if this earthly tent of mine were struck, I have a mansion built by God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands; even in putting off your sensual nature in Christ's own circumcision,

General references

"We heard him say, 'I will tear down this temple made by hands, and in three days I will build another temple not made by hands.'"