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

Of good

Hebrews 10:1

Not made

Colossians 2:11

General references

Mark 14:58

Bible References

Christ

And you Bethlehem, in Judah's land, You are not least among the rulers of Judah: For a ruler will come from you, Who will shepherd Israel my people."

to ask him, "Are you the Coming One? Or are we to look out for someone else?"

The woman said to him, "Well, I know messiah (which means Christ) is coming. When he arrives, he will explain it all to us."

You can recognize the Spirit of God by this: every spirit which confesses Jesus as the Christ incarnate comes from God,

We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us insight to know Him who is the Real God; and we are in Him who is real, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the real God, this is life eternal.

I say this, because a number of impostors have emerged in the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; that marks the real 'impostor' and 'antichrist.'

An high priest

He had to resemble his brothers in every respect, in order to prove a merciful and faithful high priest in things divine, to expiate the sins of the People.

Holy brothers, you who participate in a heavenly calling, look at Jesus then, at the apostle and high priest of our confession;

for ours is no high priest who is incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every respect like ourselves, yet without sinning.

Similarly Christ was not raised to the glory of the high priesthood by himself but by Him who declared to him, Thou art my son, to-day have I become thy father.

For Melchizedek, the king of Salem, a priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham on his return from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him ??2 who had a tenth part of everything assigned him by Abraham ??this Melchizedek is primarily a king of righteousness (that is the meaning of his name); then, besides that, king of Salem (which means, king of peace).

The point of all this is, we do have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens,

Of good

For as the Law has a mere shadow of the bliss that is to be, instead of representing the reality of that bliss, it never can perfect those who draw near with the same annual sacrifices that are perpetually offered.

Not made

Now, while the copies of the heavenly things had to be cleansed with sacrifices like these, the heavenly things themselves required nobler sacrifices.

And yet the most High does not dwell in houses made by hands. As the prophet says,

The God who made the world and all things in it, he, as Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in shrines that are made by human hands;

I know that if this earthly tent of mine is taken down, I get a home from God, made by no human hands, eternal in the heavens.

in him you have been circumcised with no material circumcision that cuts flesh from the body, but with Christ's own circumcision,

General references

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