Thought On This Chapter
HEB 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the
judgment:
All men have an appointment coming with death. You cannot change that.
You cannot avoid it. ** And after you die comes the judgment. Every man
will be judged by God. The saved will not be judged as far as going to
heaven, but the saved will still be judged. They will have to stand before
Jesus and give an answer for how they lived their life for Him. They will
be rewarded or suffer lack of reward. The lost will also stand at judgment
and they will be found to not be in the lambs book of life and cast into the
lake of fire.
The guaranteed judgment after death should have an affect upon us. If
you are lost, you should realize your need to be saved.
If you are already saved, the coming judgment for how you lived your life
should motivate you to strive to live your life for Jesus.
**Saved people who are alive when Jesus comes back (commonly called the
rapture) will not die. Instead they will be caught up and meet Jesus in
the air. This group will avoid death, but they will still stand at the
judgment seat of Christ.
Thought On This Chapter
HEB 9:25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as
the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
HEB 9:26 For then must he often have suffered since the
foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared
to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
HEB 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of
many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without
sin unto salvation.
A large portion of the book of Hebrews is devoted to
comparing Jesus our Great High Priest to the Old Testament Priesthood. The
Old Testament priesthood was inferior in every way. It's purpose was to
point to Jesus. It could not take away sin. That is why they had to
do it over and over and over again. It could never accomplish salvation,
but only point to the salvation to come.
Jesus' only had to make one offering. Jesus only
had to do it once. His sacrifice was perfect. He put away sin by the
sacrifice of himself. And that one sacrifice is sufficient for every sin
that every man ever committed. Never again will Jesus have to die for sin.
Never!!!
Many people do not know this but the Catholics
sacrifice Jesus again every time they have mass. Their priest says some
hocus pocus and they claim that it turns the bread and wine into the literal
body and blood of Jesus. Then they break his "literal" body again and
drink his "literal" blood. That is what their dogma teaches. This
somehow covers them for a while, but then wears out. The sacrifice that
they did was not sufficient and must be repeated over and over and over again.
So they take mass over and over again. What they don't understand is that
Christ's sacrifice was perfect and sufficient. He only had to offer
Himself one time and one time only. All we have to do is trust in His
perfect one time sacrifice.
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King James Bible Main Index:
HEB 9:1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
HEB 9:2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
HEB 9:3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
HEB 9:4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
HEB 9:5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
HEB 9:6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
HEB 9:7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
HEB 9:8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
HEB 9:9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
HEB 9:10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
HEB 9:11 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;
HEB 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
HEB 9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
HEB 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
HEB 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
HEB 9:16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
HEB 9:17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
HEB 9:18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
HEB 9:19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
HEB 9:20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
HEB 9:21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
HEB 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
HEB 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.
HEB 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
HEB 9:25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
HEB 9:26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
HEB 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
HEB 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
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Thought on this Chapter
HEB 9:4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the
covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had
manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
The Ark contained 3 items in it and they all pointed to
Jesus Christ.
It contained manna which foreshadowed Christ as the
bread of life. Manna came from heaven. Jesus is the bread from
heaven. Manna came to the wilderness. Jesus left His home to enter
the wilderness of this world. Manna was free and salvation thru Jesus is
free. Christ is the true manna and is sufficient to meet needs of all
people
The Ark contained the tables of the covenant. It
contained the written Word of God, which is all about Christ. Jesus is the
living Word. John 1:1-2 & 14.
The Ark contained Aaron's rod that budded. The
Rod was old dried and dead. No life was in it. God made it not only come to
life, but bear fruit. That is a picture of resurrection. Jesus alone is
the resurrection and the life.
John 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection,
and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
The rod not only had blossoms but it also bore fruit.
Christ is the first fruits.
All three items in the Ark were a wonderful picture of
Christ.
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