Hebrews by Dr. Ralph Wilson

Lesson 8

Jesus, Our Willing Sacrifice (Hebrews 9:11-10:18)

Offering His Own Blood (9:11-14)

Q1. (Hebrews 9:14) In what way does Christ's sacrifice of himself cleanse the conscience in a way that the animal sacrifices of the Old Covenant could not?

The Mediator and Ransom of the New Covenant (9:15)

Q2. (Hebrews 9:15). Read also 1 Timothy 2:5.

In what sense does Jesus serve as a mediator?

In what sense is Jesus a ransom from sin?

The Necessity of the Shedding of Blood (9:16-22)

The Copy and the True Sacrifice (9:23-26)

Christ's Once for All Sacrifice (9:26b-28)

The Inevitability of Death and Judgment (9:27)

Christ's First and Second Comings (9:28)

Q3. (Hebrews 9:28) How did the purpose of Christ's First Coming differ from his Second Coming? Which did the Jews expect?

How does the mission of the Suffering Servant of Isaiah 53 fit here?

Impossible for the Blood of Animals to Take Away Sins (10:1-4)

Q4. (Hebrews 10:4) Why can't the blood of bulls and goats actually take away sin?

What happened then to the sins the Old Testament saints thought were atoned for under the Old Covenant?

Support in Psalm 40:6-8

The Sacrifice that Makes Perfect and Holy (10:11-14)

There Is No Longer a Continuing Sacrifice for Sin (10:15-18)

Key Verses

"How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!" (Hebrews 9:14)

"For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance -- now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant." (Hebrews 9:15)

"Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him." (Hebrews 9:27-28)

"It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins." (Hebrews 10:4)

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