Hebrews 9:23

By such means, therefore, these things that were only copied from the originals in heaven had to be purified, but the heavenly originals themselves required far better sacrifices than these.

Hebrews 9:24

For it was not a sanctuary made by human hands and only copied after the true one that Christ entered, but he went into heaven itself, in order to appear now on our behalf in the very presence of God.

Luke 24:26

Did not the Christ have to suffer thus before entering upon his glory?"

Luke 24:46

and said to them, "The Scriptures said that Christ should suffer as he has done, and rise from the dead on the third day,

John 14:3

And if I go and make it ready, I will come back and take you with me, so that you may be where I am.

Colossians 2:17

That was all only the shadow of something that was to follow; the reality is found in Christ.

Hebrews 9:9-12

And all this looked toward the present time and was symbolic of the fact that the mere offering of material gifts and sacrifices cannot inwardly qualify the worshiper to approach God,

Hebrews 9:14

how much more surely will the blood of the Christ, who with the eternal Spirit made himself an unblemished offering to God, purify our consciences from the old wrongdoing for the worship of the everliving God?

Hebrews 10:1

For while the Law foreshadowed the blessings that were to come, it did not fully express them, and so the priests by offering the same sacrifices endlessly year after year cannot wholly free those who come to worship from their sins.

Hebrews 10:4

for bulls' and goats' blood is powerless to remove sin.

Hebrews 10:10-17

And it is through his doing of God's will that we have been once for all purified from sin through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ in sacrifice.

1 Peter 1:19-21

but with precious blood, like that of an unblemished, spotless lamb, the blood of Christ,

Revelation 5:9

Then they sang a new song: "You deserve to take the roll and open its seals, for you have been slaughtered, and with your blood have bought for God men from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation,

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Summary

Hebrews 9:23

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.

The patterns

Hebrews 9:9

Hebrews 10:1

Colossians 2:17

The heavenly

General references

Luke 24:26

Bible References

The patterns

And all this looked toward the present time and was symbolic of the fact that the mere offering of material gifts and sacrifices cannot inwardly qualify the worshiper to approach God,

That was all only the shadow of something that was to follow; the reality is found in Christ.

The heavenly

But when Christ came, as the high priest of the better system under which we live, he went once for all, through that greater, more perfect tent of worship not made by human hands nor a part of our material creation, into the sanctuary,

for bulls' and goats' blood is powerless to remove sin.

Did not the Christ have to suffer thus before entering upon his glory?"

And if I go and make it ready, I will come back and take you with me, so that you may be where I am.

but with precious blood, like that of an unblemished, spotless lamb, the blood of Christ,

Then they sang a new song: "You deserve to take the roll and open its seals, for you have been slaughtered, and with your blood have bought for God men from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation,

General references

Did not the Christ have to suffer thus before entering upon his glory?"