Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

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Bible References

The patterns

Hebrews 9:9
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 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.
Colossians 2:17
That was all only the shadow of something that was to follow; the reality is found in Christ.

The heavenly

Hebrews 9:11
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,
Hebrews 10:4
for bulls' and goats' blood is powerless to remove sin.
Luke 24:26
Did not the Christ have to suffer thus before entering upon his glory?"
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.
1 Peter 1:19
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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Luke 24:26
Did not the Christ have to suffer thus before entering upon his glory?"