We have been reading this week about the building of the Tabernacle. God gave specific instructions on how this was to be built and what materials to use. It was a massive undertaking. The point of the Tabernacle was so God could "come down" and dwell (tabernacle) with His people. It was also a way for the people's sins to be forgiven through offering sacrifices. Only the priest was allowed to enter the holiest place once a year and offer these sacrifices for the people. There were all kinds of rituals they had to go through before they could enter.There was alot of killing this, purifying that, sprinkling blood here, there and everywhere. Here's what it means for us:
According to Hebrews 9:11-14, when Christ came as a high priest...then through the greater and perfect tent (not made with hands) he entered once for all into the Holy Place, not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls...sanctifies those who have been defiled so that their flesh is purified, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to worship the living God!
I mean - thank God we do not have to go through all of these requirements just to have our sins cleared and to be redeemed anymore.
Hebrews 9:24-26 says, "For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands..., but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Nor was it to offer himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Holy Place year after year with blood that is not his own; ...But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the age to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Keep in mind, the Old Testament continues to point us to what Jesus ultimately fulfilled on our behalf.
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