Hebrews 9:23 Cross References

Hebrews 9:23

23: That is why the earthly tent and everything in it--which were copies of things in heaven--had to be purified by the blood of animals. But the real things in heaven had to be purified with far better sacrifices than the blood of animals.

1 Peter 1:19

  1. He paid for you with the precious lifeblood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.
  2. God chose him for this purpose long before the world began, but now in these final days, he was sent to the earth for all to see. And he did this for you.
  3. Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And because God raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory, your faith and hope can be placed confidently in God.

Hebrews 9:9

  1. This is an illustration pointing to the present time. For the gifts and sacrifices that the priests offer are not able to cleanse the consciences of the people who bring them.
  2. For that old system deals only with food and drink and ritual washing--external regulations that are in effect only until their limitations can be corrected.
  3. So Christ has now become the High Priest over all the good things that have come. He has entered that great, perfect sanctuary in heaven, not made by human hands and not part of this created world.
  4. Once for all time he took blood into that Most Holy Place, but not the blood of goats and calves. He took his own blood, and with it he secured our salvation forever.

Hebrews 9:14

  1. Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our hearts from deeds that lead to death so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.

Hebrews 10:4

  1. For it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Hebrews 9:24

  1. For Christ has entered into heaven itself to appear now before God as our Advocate. He did not go into the earthly place of worship, for that was merely a copy of the real Temple in heaven.

Hebrews 8:5

  1. They serve in a place of worship that is only a copy, a shadow of the real one in heaven. For when Moses was getting ready to build the Tabernacle, God gave him this warning: "Be sure that you make everything according to the design I have shown you here on the mountain."

Revelation 5:9

  1. And they sang a new song with these words: "You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and open it. For you were killed, and your blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.

Colossians 2:17

  1. For these rules were only shadows of the real thing, Christ himself.

Hebrews 10:10

  1. And what God wants is for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all time.
  2. Under the old covenant, the priest stands before the altar day after day, offering sacrifices that can never take away sins.
  3. But our High Priest offered himself to God as one sacrifice for sins, good for all time. Then he sat down at the place of highest honor at God's right hand.
  4. There he waits until his enemies are humbled as a footstool under his feet.
  5. For by that one offering he perfected forever all those whom he is making holy.

Hebrews 10:1

  1. The old system in the law of Moses was only a shadow of the things to come, not the reality of the good things Christ has done for us. The sacrifices under the old system were repeated again and again, year after year, but they were never able to provide perfect cleansing for those who came to worship.

Luke 24:26

  1. Wasn't it clearly predicted by the prophets that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his time of glory?"

John 14:3

  1. When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.

Luke 24:46

  1. And he said, "Yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah must suffer and die and rise again from the dead on the third day.
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