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The
Spirit’s Review. The
Holy Spirit will now add to His conclusion at the end of chapter nine.
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For
the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come
and not the very form of things, can never by the same sacrifices
year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those
who draw near. Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered,
because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no
longer have had consciousness of sins? But in those sacrifices
there is a reminder of sins year by year. For it is impossible
for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. (NASB) Heb.
10:1-4 |
His point is simple. The old sacrifices were offered again and again
because they could not forgive sin. They could not forgive the sins
committed in a single day, month, year or at any time! It was impossible!
They were only animals.
His
Will - Part 1.
The animal sacrifices were the Father’s symbolic picture of Jesus’
death for our sins. The Father gave us the Mosaic law to help us see
that we are sinners and to lead us to Jesus (Gal. 3:19-25). But it
could not ever fix the problem that we are sinners and going to hell.
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Therefore,
when He comes into the world, He says, “SACRIFICE AND OFFERING
THOU HAST NOT DESIRED, BUT A BODY THOU HAST PREPARED FOR ME;
IN WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN THOU HAST TAKEN
NO PLEASURE. “THEN I SAID, ‘BEHOLD, I HAVE COME (IN
THE ROLL OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME) TO DO THY WILL, O
GOD.’” (NASB) Heb. 10:5-7 |
Here is another proof that the Mosaic Law had to disappear. God the
Father did not like the sacrifices! He took no pleasure in them. He
wanted our hearts more. So Jesus came into this world to establish
the New Covenant and remove the Old Covenant.
Those
who say that we should obey the Mosaic law have missed the Holy Spirit’s
message. The sacrifices, the Tabernacle, the priesthood, the ceremonial
law were only a shadow or a picture of the Father’s future. The
Father did it to show us that we were sinners and to lead us to Jesus.
So He wanted Jesus to come and eliminate the Mosaic law and bring
us eternal forgiveness. So Jesus did!
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After
saying above, “SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS AND WHOLE BURNT
OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN THOU HAST NOT DESIRED, NOR
HAST THOU TAKEN PLEASURE in them” (which are offered according
to the Law), then He said, “BEHOLD, I HAVE COME TO DO THY
WILL.” He takes away the first in order to establish the
second. (NASB) Heb. 10:8-9 |
His
Will - Part 2.
The Father wanted Jesus’ death - His sacrifice - so that He could
finally forgive our sins. This is called ultimate sanctification.
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By
this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the
body of Jesus Christ once for all. (NASB) Heb. 10:10 |
“By this will” refers to the Father’s will. It was
the Father’s will for Jesus to come and die, but He does not
need to die again and again. His sacrifice was perfect. He did it
once. |
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