Okay. Shalom, everyone. Today, we are going to start another chapter in the book of Hebrews, and that is chapter 9. So, I'd like you all, please, to turn to Hebrews in the New Covenant, in the Berit HaChadasha, chapter 9. And I'm going to read the first 15 verses of this chapter. Hebrews chapter 9. I'm reading from verses 1 to 15. Now, this is a very important chapter in light of the song that we have just sung. You know, we have sung, "I have come to worship the Lord." We have sung, "In your holy sanctuary." In the sanctuary, we have come there to worship the Lord. And the writer of the book of Hebrews, the Hebrew writer who wrote to these early first century Jewish believers in Yeshua the Messiah, He writes to them exactly about the subject that we just have been singing.

He's writing to them about the sanctuary, which in Hebrew we call it Mikdash. He's writing to them about the Mikdash and about how the people of Israel historically receive instruction to build a sanctuary. A Mikdash, a place where God is dwelling in the midst of the nation of Israel. A place where God has His place in the midst of the nation. But He also showing those Hebrew believers that there is a greater Mikdash. There is a higher sanctuary. There is a superior sanctuary to which they should give attention. And that they should move on from the earthly sanctuary to the heavenly sanctuary where none else but the Messiah Himself, this great High Priest, is serving in a heavenly sanctuary to which He is drawing the attention of the early first century Israeli Jewish Hebrew believers.

Now let me read the passage. Hebrews 9 verse 1. Then He said, Verily, the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service and an earthly sanctuary. For there was a tabernacle made. The first, wherein was the lampstand and the table of the showbread, which is called the sanctuary or the holy place. After the second veil, after the second veil, the tabernacle, which is called the holiest of all, or the Kodesh HaKodeshim, which had a golden censer, a golden altar, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had man and Aaron's rod that budded and the table of the covenant.

And over it, the cherubims of glory, shadowing the mercy seat, of which we cannot now speak particularly. Now, when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, this is to the holy place, accomplishing the service of God. But into the second went the high priest, into the Kodesh HaKodeshim, the holy of holies, went the high priest alone once every year and not without blood, which he offered first of all for himself and then for the arrows of the people. The Holy Spirit, this signifying that the way into the holy of holies was not yet made manifest, while the first tabernacle was yet standing.

Which was, and listen to this, 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 conscience. Which stood only in foods, and drinks, and diverse washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. And that meaning, the time of reformation, it simply means the time of the fulfillment, where God finally was going to fulfill what he's spoken, or the time of setting things right. Now verse 11. "But Mashiach, being come and 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 creation, of this building, neither by the blood of goats and kelp, but by his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.

For if the blood of bulls and of goats and the ashes of Haifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Mashiach, who through the eternal Spirit, offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works, to serve the living God." And for this cause, he is the mediator of a new covenant, that by the means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions which were under the first covenant, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. And I stop here with the reading. Now, beloved brothers and sisters, really, when we read such a chapter as this, it is perhaps immediately misunderstood, or maybe you don't glean a lot from this as you read it, but as you take it apart, and you see verse by verse what we have here, then you will understand a little bit more why does the Hebrew writer write this such a chapter to those early first century Hebrew believers in Yeshua the Messiah, and why it is applied to us, you and I today, in this present day.

Those of us who are Christians, who are Messiah followers, who have accepted Yeshua the Messiah as our Lord and as our Savior. Remember, he just finished to deal in chapter 8 with the new covenant. The new covenant, the new covenant which God had made in the person of Yeshua the Messiah, a new covenant that is no longer on the basis of conditional covenant, Mount Sinai, but it is the new covenant that God had made in the blood of our blessed Lord Yeshua the Messiah. So we have a greater priest in chapter 7. We have a greater covenant, a superior covenant in chapter 8. And in chapter 9, we have a superior sanctuary to worship our God.

It is the one that is in heaven rather than the one that was here on earth when God had given this to his own people Israel. Now, many times when I hear the passage such as this taught, it is so unfortunate that people neglect to realize that it is not the Jewish people who decided or told God, do you know God what we want to do? We want you to show us how we can worship you and therefore give us the instruction how to do so. It was not Israel who requested it, but it was God himself who gave instruction to the people of Israel how they are to worship him.

He is the one who instituted the sanctuary. He is the one who told them where to come to. He is the one who set this order. It was not the nation of Israel at all. And because he gave this to the people of Israel, our own people of all, he is expecting from them to learn from this and to understand what it is speaking about. That it's speaking more than just about merely rituals, but it's speaking about his beloved son. So this we have to set immediately in order here as we learn from this chapter. He is writing to Jewish believers. They became believers in Yeshua the Messiah.

They had an inclination to go back to the temple. They wanted to worship in the temple. They wanted to offer sacrifice in the temple again. They wanted to go through the ritual with the high priest again. And he said to them, wait a minute, what are you doing? All those things which I have given to Israel, the nation, your people were pointing to the Messiah. And when the Messiah comes, he is serving in a superior sanctuary. In a superior bet mikdash. It is in a superior tabernacle. Not anymore made with hands, but in the heavens, which is the pattern which the sanctuary had been received from.

The heavenly pattern. So he is saying right now in verses 1 to 10, he showed them five reasons why the old sanctuary is inferior to the new sanctuary. Why the earthly sanctuary is inferior to the heavenly sanctuary. And notice what he first does immediately in verse 1. First of all, he tells them in verse 1 the first reason why the earthly or the fleshly or the worldly sanctuary is inferior. It's because it was here on earth. It was not made in heaven. It was an earthly one. Look what he says in verse 1. Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service and of earthly sanctuary. You see what he's saying?

When I have given to my people Israel the covenant, the law in Mount Sinai, I have given to them with an instruction to build a sanctuary, to build a tabernacle. And the tabernacle had been built. God had given this instruction to the people of Israel. And why? Because they were supposed to have service there. There was, as it says here, it was a divine services which had to be function every day. So the priest had to work there. The high priest has to serve there. There were sacrifices offered there. But the problem with this earthly sanctuary, it was here made on earth. It was not the one in heaven.

It was fleshly. It was earthly. It was worldly. It was for here and now. It was not for eternity. Secondly, he's saying to them in verses 2, 3, 4, and 5, that it was this particular sanctuary was a type. It was a picture. It was a shadow. It was not the real thing. Notice what he said in verse 2. For there was a tabernacle made, the first, wherein the candlesticks and the table and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary. And then there was the second veil of the tabernacle, which is called the holy of all, which had the golden censer and the ark and so on, and the covenant overlaid round about with gold and so on.

And you notice in verse 5, it says they had the cherubim and the glory of the mercy seat and so on, of which we cannot speak particularly right now. He says those things and those elements or those furniture were shadowed. They were a picture. They were not the essence. They only pointed to the coming of the Messiah. And beloved, if you have a chance to study the tabernacle, you will see that every article in the tabernacle pointed to Yeshua the Messiah. He mentioned, first of all, the lampstand. Here we have the lampstand before us and we can see the lampstand, the sevenfold spirit of God, which is rested upon the person of Yeshua the Messiah.

That's what it symbolized. That's what it symbolized. It only symbolized that when they went and Aaron and the priests were lighting the candles and giving light in the tabernacle, it was beautiful, but it was a type. It was a shadow. And that's why he says to them, there was the lampstand. There was also in verse two, the table of showbread. The table of showbread had on top of it 12 loaves and the 12 loaves represented the 12 tribes of Israel. And they were united on the table. While outside they were divided in the presence of God in the tabernacle, they were united together. There were 12 loaves and the 12 loaves represented also the person of Yeshua the Messiah, who is the bread of life.

The priests fed on these loaves. Every Shabbat, they were exchanging those, bringing a fresh one. And they were eating in the sanctuary these loaves and they were feeding on those loaves. That was a type of our blessed Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who is the bread of life, the bread from heaven. Then he continued on and notice what he says in verse three. After the second veil. You see, the tabernacle were divided into two sections. The first section was the section where we had the lampstand and the table of showbread. And also the altar of incense. And then there is inside the second veil, there was the Holy of Holies, Kodesh HaKodeshim.

And there the Ark of the Covenant was. And on top of it, there was the mercy seat with those two cherubims that are guarding the holiness of God. So there was those articles or those furnitures in the tabernacle, but there were services that are being done all the time. They had to go in to light the lampstand, to keep it alive, to keep it light. They had to take the bread, exchange the bread. And once a year, that's what he's saying in verse three. After the second veil of the tabernacle, which is called the holiest of all, which had the golden censer or the golden altar and the Ark of the Covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had the manna and Aaron's rod, which budded and the table of the covenant.

Now, let me pause here for a moment. If you were reading Exodus, you will find out that this golden censer, which is the golden altar, actually in Exodus, this particular altar was not inside the Holy of Holies. It was just in front of the Holy of Holies, in the holy place. And for some reason, the Hebrew writer here, who wrote to these early first century Jewish believers, told those Hebrew believers that the censer or the golden altar was inside the second veil, in the Holy of Holies. Now, do you think he made a mistake? You know, many people take this passage and say, you see, your Bible is not correct.

There is miscommunication. In the Old Testament, it says that it was in a holy place. In the New Testament, it says it was in the Holy of Holies. That's a problem. But the writer knew very well his Bible. He was writing to Hebrew believers in Yeshua, the Messiah, who knew very well where the golden altar is supposed to be. But I'll tell you what he does here. He does and he's speaking to the Hebrew believers and to you and I. He says, really, the golden censer, this altar, on which there was incense placed upon it and there was the smoke of the incense rise up to God.

And these incenses represent the praise and the prayers of the saints of God. And what he tells us here, he tells us something that is extremely interesting. He tells those Hebrew believers, listen, brethren, you got to move into the immediate presence of God. Don't remain in the holy place only with a service and service and service and service, but move in to the immediate presence of God, where you can worship the Lord in spirit and in truth. This golden altar, now we see this altar inside the Holy of Holies. And the rise of the smoke of the incense and the smell rich to God. And God smells it and approve of it and appreciate the praises and the prayers of the people of God.

And this is a great lesson for those Hebrews and for you and I as well. You know, beloved brothers and sisters, unless we cultivate in our life a lifestyle of worshiping the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, we will never be able to serve him in a proper place, in a proper way. Unless we learn to go into the Holy of Holies before even we do any services, our service will be merely ritual and not coming out of the heart of a worshiper. And that's why many times we have problems to get people to serve the Lord. It's very hard to get people to say, listen, why don't you do something for the Lord Jesus, the Messiah?

Why don't you serve him? Do something out of your heart for the Lord? Well, it's very hard to get people to be motivated to serve the Lord. And you know why? I can tell you why. It's because service and ritualistic action never give us joy in our hearts. What will give you and I, what will give those Hebrews of all joy in their hearts is when they go further into the Holy of Holies. And there they worship the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, with sincerity and truth. When they can look to him, when we can look to him. And we can thank him for what he has done for us.

And we can tell him, Lord, I don't deserve to be in your presence and you gave your life for me. You shed your blood for me. Your Jesus, I thank you for what you have done for me. And out of this worship, I can come out and I can begin to serve the Lord. In sincerity and truth. And beloved, I don't know if you have had this sometime in our life. We come to a meeting. And we've been so much engaged with the Lord. We've been so much occupied with what he had done. And who he is. Not what I need and what I want.

And how I'm supposed to do things for him. And how I need to get this. And somebody needs to do this for me. No. What he is to the heart of God. And then you see the difference. You come out of the meeting. All of a sudden, you become a real servant of our blessed Lord Jesus the Messiah. Nobody have to motivate you and to beg you to do something for the Lord. You will do it out of the abundance of your heart. Out of love for the Lord Jesus the Messiah. And that's what he does here, beloved. Listen. He is telling to those Hebrew believers.

You want to go to go through a ritualistic activity. And do this and do that. And offer sacrifices. And go through the lighting of the candles. And washing on the laver. And all these external things. That will never make you a true servant and worshiper. Of our blessed Lord Yeshua the Messiah. That's why he is shifting. He is moving the golden censer. Or the golden altar. From the holy place. A place of service. To the holy of holies. A place of worship. Where God is there dwelling in the midst of the cherubim. And where the worship unto him is being there. Do you remember? I can tell you some New Testament stories.

For example, Mary and Martha. Mary and Martha. A great story. When Yeshua was in the home of Mary and Martha. And Yeshua was teaching. And Miriam was sitting at his feet. And listening to him. But Martha, she was serving, you see. And she did the good thing to serve. But you know what she did? She came to the Lord. He says, "Lord, don't you care about me?" Can you tell Mary, my sister, to come and serve with me? Can you tell her? Because look, I work very hard. And she is just sitting at your feet. And learning from what you have to say to her.

And she is worshiping you. So the Lord said to her, Martha, Martha. Mary has chosen the better place. She has worshiped the Lord. And then she could come up. And serve him out of the abundance of her heart. Because of the fact that she, first of all, worshipped him. And you know, beloved brothers and sisters. I am telling you. And I am speaking to myself. Just like the Hebrew writer spoke to the Hebrew believers. You and I will never serve the Lord in a proper way. Unless, first of all, we sit at his feet. And occupied with him. It is not what we do. It is whom we worship.

It is not how we do. It is who we are occupied with. And I remember a time when I used to go to meetings. And just to sit at the chair. And think about what the Lord has done for me. And I left the meeting. And my heart was so overwhelmed with the work of the Lord Jesus for the Messiah for me. That I wanted to do something for him. Not because somebody gave me something. Or somebody tapped me on my shoulder. Or because I have been doing some activity. And because somebody looked at me and said, Oh, this man is a great guy. Look what he done.

It is because of love for the Lord Yeshua the Messiah. And because of what he is. And what he has done. And so he moves the golden censer. The golden altar. From the holy place. A place of service. To the holy of holies. A place of worship. And that is why he is saying to those Hebrew believers. He says, listen. He says, there is a cherubim. The glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of which we cannot speak about this particularly right now. He wanted to lead them on. From the earthly sanctuary. To the heavenly sanctuary. From the literal physical activity. To the spiritual worship. Where they can worship the Lord in spirit and truth.

And you remember. It was also the Samaritan woman in John chapter 4. Where she met Yeshua the Messiah at the well. And she said. You. How come you a Jew. Is speaking to me a Samaritan woman. You worship on this mountain. But we worship on this mountain. Yeshua said. The coming a day. When the true worshipers. Will worship the father. In spirit. And in truth. It's not our activities. That make things right. In our relationship with the Lord. But it is our individual relationship. With our blessed Lord. Yeshua the Messiah. It's not even the meeting hall. Where we meet here. And when we gather together. To hear the word of God.

It's our individual life. In which we fail. So much. In which we lack. Worshipping. And adoring. Our blessed Lord. Yeshua the Messiah. But there. It is starting. And that's what he's saying to them. Don't go only. To the holy place. But move within the veil. Into the immediate presence of God. And I'm thinking about those Hebrew believers. The writer is telling them. Listen. It's a new covenant. That had been made. And it had been made. This new covenant. That a sanctuary is no longer here on earth. It is in heaven. And I can tell you this. And I'm speaking for myself. No lighting candles. And no reciting the Shema.

And no anything that we do externally. Make us worshipers. What makes us worshipers. Is our personal relationship. With our blessed Lord. Yeshua the Messiah. In the immediate presence of God. And that's why you find today. In the church of the Lord Jesus. The Messiah. All kind of ritualistic things. Including by the way. Even baptism. That was given by God. But many people get baptized. You see. They go to the water. They go in the water. And come out of the water. And they live their life. The same way. Like it was before. It's a ritual. You see. We've gone through the ritual. Many people break bread.

And drink the wine. But they carry on. And they live as they want. Including us. So the ritual is not it. It's a relationship with the Lord. And that's what he's saying here. He's saying. There was a sanctuary. There was a lampstand. There was the table. There was the golden censer. The golden altar. But it takes us within the veil. And it rises to God. And it gives him the worship. And the honor that he deserves. Could you turn to a verse in. Psalm 141. Just one verse there. Psalm 141. Look what David said. About this. David understood. That it's not the ritual that is important. It is the heart of the believer.

That is important. In relationship with the Lord. He says in Psalm 141 verses 1 and 2. Lord I cry unto thee. Make haste unto me. Give ear unto my voice. When I cry unto thee. And listen. Let my prayer. Be set forth before thee. As incense. And lift him up of my hands. As the evening sacrifice. You notice this word? Let my prayer be set forth to thee. As the incense. Which incense David? You are speaking about? The incense from the altar of incense. In the tabernacle. Which rose up. And is brought before the Lord. And it was the prayer. And the praises of the people of God.

That comes before the heart of God. And God receive it. And God have the joy. Of having his people. Lifting up their prayers and praises. Unto him. And David said it already. In the Psalms. And so beloved. He is writing now. The writer. And he is talking about the superior sanctuary. That the Messiah is serving there. And that he is expecting the believers. The Hebrews. First century believers. You and I today. To go into this. Presence of God. Into this sanctuary. Where we can enjoy. The presence of the Lord. And then. Now we continue. And I am moving now. To verse 6 and 7. Here is the third reason.

Why this sanctuary. On earth. Is inferior. Here is the third reason. Because. It was. Inaccessible. To people. We could get into. The holy place. Notice. It says. In verse 6. Now. When these things. Were thus. Ordained. The priests. Went always. Into the first tabernacle. This is the holy place. Accomplishing. The service of God. But. Into the second. This is. Kodesh of Kodeshim. The holy of holies. When the high priest. Alone. Once. Every year. And not without blood. Which he offered. First for himself. And then. For the heirs. Of the people. You see. It was. Inaccessible. They could. Not. Go. Into the holy of holies. They could not.

Only the high priest. Could do it. Once a year. And now. When he came. Into the immediate presence. Of God. In the holy of holies. He couldn't come in. Without blood. Sacrifice. First of all. For himself. His family. And also. For the. People of Israel. And that takes us. By the way. To Yom Kippur. We're going to talk about. Yom Kippur. Sometime. In the beginning. Of October. Yom Kippur. The day. Of atonement. In which. Once. That. One month. Aaron could come. The high priest. Could come. Into the holy of holies. The Kodesh HaKodeshim. But he first of all. Had to deal with his own. Personal problem.

The sin. Of his own. And the sins. Of his family. And then. The sins of the nation. He had to bring the blood. And so. Therefore. It is inferior. Because of the fact. That no one. Could get into. The immediate presence of God. In the earthly sanctuary. He's directing them now. To the heavenly sanctuary. Because. Here on earth. There was limitation. It was limited. They could not. Come. Into the immediate. Presence. Of God. That's why. He's saying to them. Only. The priests. And the high priest. Could go. Into the holy place. But Aaron himself. Alone. Could go. To the holy. Of holies. And you can read it.

By the way. In Leviticus. Chapter 16. And now. He's moving on. And look. He's leading us now. To the heavenly sanctuary. Where the Lord Yeshua. Is there. And so. In verse. Eight. Now. He gives us. The fourth reason. Why? Why? The old covenant. And the old sanctuary. Is inferior? Well. The fourth reason. Is in verse eight. Because the old covenant. And the old sanctuary. Was built. For a temporary season. Look. What he said. In verse eight. The holy spirit. Signifying. That the way. Into the holiest. Of all. Was not. Yet. Made manifest. While. As the first tabernacle. Was yet standing. You see. What he's saying. The holy spirit.

Taught. These. Jewish people. The people of Israel. Our own people of old. It taught. Our people of old. Should have taught. The nation of Israel. That. The holy. Or the way. To the. Kodesh HaKodeshim. Was not. Yet. Manifest. But it is going. To be manifested. It is going. To come. It is going. To be in the future. When the Messiah will come. It is going to come. Wait. Do what God. Had given to you. But when the Messiah. Have come. The door. Had been open. The veil. Had been. Rented. But until. This time. It was a temporary. Sanctuary. Where the veil. Existed there. And they could not.

Come. Any. Nearer. To the immediate presence. Of God. And so. In verse. Nine and ten. He tells them. The fifth reason. Why this earthly. Sanctuary. Is inferior. And he tells them. In verses. Nine and ten. Was all. The services. That have happened. In the sanctuary. There. Were only external. And not internal. Notice. Verses nine and ten. Which was. A figure. For the time. Then present. In the which. Were offered. Both gifts. Sacrifices. Listen. That could. Not. Make him. The deed. The service. Perfect. As returning. To his conscience. Which stood. Only. In foods. And in drinks. And in diverse washing. And fleshly. Or carnal ordinances. Imposed.

On them. Until. The time. Of the reformation. Or the. Setting. Things. In order. You see. Listen. All those things. Which our people have done. Going to the first. Brazen altar. Offering the sacrifice. Moving to the laver. Washing their hands. Going into the holy place. Preserving the candle. Lid. With the light. Going to the table of showbret. Exchanging the bread. Going to the altar. Putting incense. And burning incense. Going to the holy of holies. And pouring the blood. Before the ark of the covenant. All those things. As it says here. In verses 9 and 10. Which were. Figure. For that time. Present. There were only a picture. Now let's assume.

Beloved brothers and sisters. That you and I. Going to go today. We're going to go through washings. Let's say we're going to come to the meeting. Every Shabbat. And we're going to go through a laver. And wash our hands. Does that deal with your heart? Let's say we're even going to light the candles. Every day of the week. Does that deal with the heart? Let's say we're going to take a table of showbread. And we change the showbread every week. Does that deal with the internal condition of the heart? Not at all. It is only dealing with the flesh. And that's why ritualism is a danger thing.

People think that they're more religious. The more they have ritualism. They think that they please God more. And by the way. You and I are just the same. You and I are just as guilty as many others. We have rituals that we have developed in our life. That we think that God is more happy with my ritual activity. When we haven't dealt with our own hearts and conscience. Before the Lord. And rituals do not make things right with God. And nothing wrong with the rituals. But it doesn't make our hearts right with God. Even for the believer. Not only the unbeliever. Even the believer. So many rituals we have in our lives.

That we have to be extremely careful. That it doesn't take us away from a personal relationship with our Lord Yeshua the Messiah. Rituals in themselves. Rituals in themselves. Are not a problem. Is the making the rituals. To assume that through the rituals. I will please God more. No. God loves us. With the rituals. And without the rituals. Yeshua died for us. With the rituals. And without the rituals. It does not make God love us more. Because we have some kind of a ritual activity. In fact. Sometimes it interferes. With the enjoyment of our relationship with the Lord. And that's what he's saying to them. All those things were figure.

For the time then. In which were both offered all kind of sacrifices. That could not make him that did the service perfect. As pertaining to his conscience. Don't you feel that sometimes beloved brothers and sisters. We go through the motions of a ritual. But our conscience. Is not happy. Is not clean before the Lord. We know that sin creeped into our life. And we know we were not right with God. But we continue with the ritual. And it didn't give us peace. Why? Because it's the ritual does not change. God wants affection in our hearts. And that's why thank God that we have confession. That we can confess.

If we confess our sins. He is faithful and just to forgive us. And to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. That's why we can turn to him. And say Lord. I know that I have gone through the routine. But my heart was not right with you Lord. And I please. I beseech you. To restore my soul. David said this. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation. He never said. Restore unto me thy salvation. But the joy of thy salvation. Why? Because David knew that what he did was not pleasing to the Lord. With all the rituals that he did. He needed to be restored. And God restored him.

God restored him. God restored him. He was saved all along. He was a child of God all along. But he needed restoration of his soul. And the Lord restored. He restores my soul. We read it in a song. And that's what happened here. All those things were figured. For that present time. But it could not give the one that come in a service. Any perfection with respect to his conscience. His conscience was not right. Still. They brought the sacrifices. They killed the animal. They shed the blood. And they went. They brought the sacrifice. Killed the animal. Shed the blood. And they've gone. Went through the labor.

Washed their hands. Fixed the light. Went to this altar of incense. Now I remind you. It's not that it was wrong in itself. God had given them to them. But now the Messiah has come. And when the Messiah has come. He wanted them to move on. To the Lord Yeshua the Messiah. To move on from the earthly. To the heavenly. From the earthly sanctuary. To the heavenly sanctuary. From the old covenant. To the new covenant. From the old high priest. To the high priest. The person of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah. To be occupied with him. And to have a relationship. With the Lord himself.

And now. Look what he does now. In the next verses. Quickly. In verses 11, 12, 13, and 14. Look what the writer. Is turning the picture. To show to these believers. He is now moving. From the earthly sanctuary. To the person of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah. Who is serving. In the heavenly sanctuary. Notice the word but. In verse 11. In verse 11. All what I told you. Hebrew believers. About the earthly sanctuary. About the earthly services. About the earthly sacrifices. That had been offered. And all the activity of the earthly. Now he is moving to the heavenly. And in verse 11. Of Hebrews chapter 9. He used the word but. All this in contrast now.

But the Messiah. Being come high priest. Of good things to come. By a greater. And a more perfect tabernacle. You notice he using the word tabernacle. Not made with hands. That is to say. Not of this building. Using the word building really. Not of this creation. You see. He is telling them in verse 11. That this sanctuary. That the Messiah is serving. Is not made with hands. It is not made here on earth. It is a heavenly sanctuary. Where the Messiah is serving. Don't be occupied with the earthly sanctuary. Be occupied with the heavenly sanctuary. But the Messiah. Being come a 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. Not of this creation. It is in heaven. In verse 12. He tells them. That the ministry. Of the heavenly sanctuary. Is really effective. To deal with our sin problem. As believers. Not only. The unbelievers. Needed to be dealt with sin. But even the believers. Need to deal with the question of sin. And sins that rise up in our life. Notice. He said in verse 12. He entered. He entered. 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. For us. You see. He. Entered in. By. The value. Of his. Very own blood. That he shed. Here. On the tree. He entered. Into the immediate presence. Of God. In the virtue. And the value. Of his own blood. Not like. Aaron. Aaron had to bring. A blood of bulls. And goats. In order to have. His own. Issues. To deal with. His own sins. But no. It's not like. So. With the Messiah. With Yeshua. Neither. By the blood. Of goats. And by the blood. Of calves. But by. His own blood. You notice. What he does here. He takes us back.

To the cross. He takes them. Back. To the time. Where Yeshua. Have died. On the tree. And you know. When he died. On the tree. Beloved. Brothers. And sisters. He did not die. For himself. He died. For those Hebrews. And for you and I. He did not have to deal with sins. That he committed. He dealt with sins. That they committed. And you and I committed. He. Died. On the tree. And shed his blood. And he entered in. How many times? One time. Once. Into the holy place. The holy of holies. The holy of holies. He obtained. For you and I. Not a temporary. Redemption.

But eternal. Redemption. Eternal. Redemption. You see. What he does here. He's speaking. To those. Hebrew believers. And he says. Brethren. You see. The Messiah. Is different. Than what. The covenant. That the Messiah. Is serving under. Is different. Than the old covenant. The ministry. In the sanctuary. That he ministered. Is different. Than the one. That Aaron does. Or the high priests. Of Israel do. Because. He entered. In the value. Of his own blood. And he did not. Have to repeat it. He have done it. Only. One. Time. See. They probably sitting. And thinking. When reading. That letter. See. The temple. Service. Is going on. And they have.

To make a decision. They had to grow up. And to mature. It was difficult. Because the families. Are there. The nation. Is there. The ritual. That they have. Experienced. For generation. 2,500 years. Or so. How many years. That they have been. Experiencing. These rituals. From the tabernacle. To the temple. And so on. And they had. To make a decision. Would I move forward. And do mature. And go into the service. Of the heavenly sanctuary. Or am I going back. To that. Old. Sacrificial system. Which had been ordained. By God. And they had. To make that decision. And so. He's telling them. Listen. He entered once. It was in a valley.

Of his blood. And he. Accomplished. And obtained. For you. Not only. Redemption. For a season. But eternal. Redemption. When somebody. When somebody. Asks you. When somebody. Asks those. Hebrews. Ask us. Today. How do you know. That you're eternally. Saved. Maybe you're going to get lost. One day. How do you know. That you're secure. With the Lord. And your sins are forgiven. And you're never going to have to deal anymore. And to be judged for the sins. That you have committed. Well. Because the Messiah. Had accomplished. Eternal. Redemption. It's not a temporary redemption. But it is eternal. It's forever. And ever. And ever. And ever. And ever.

And ever. And we need not. Doubt. The fact that we are saved. If we have accepted Yeshua the Messiah. Why? Because he accomplished eternal redemption. For us. According to verse 12. And he continued now. In verse 13. And 14. And he shows us. That the Messiah's blood sacrifice. Purified our conscience. Purified us. It says. For if the blood of bulls and of goats. And the ashes of Haifel. Sprinkled the unclean. Sanctified to the purifying of the flesh. How much more. Shall the blood of the Messiah. Who through the eternal spirit. Offered himself without spot. Unto God. Purge your conscience. From dead works. To serve the living God. You see.

By the way. You remember when I started. In the meetings today. And I said. That we are talking about. Talking about. Serving the Lord. And worshiping the Lord. You see. What he said. In verse 14. Purify your conscience. From dead. Works. You see. Sometime. We do works. But our works. Are dead. Why? They are dead. Because. They are not coming out. Of a heart. That is. Being in the presence of the Lord. Have been in the presence of Yeshua. The Messiah. As a worshiper first. And then come out of the presence of the Lord. And went out to serve him. Out of a heart of love for him.

And then. It has become. Not dead works. But living works. And we become. As we read. In Romans chapter 12. To present your bodies. A living sacrifice. Pleasing to God. Acceptable. To God. That is the difference. That is why. Beloved brothers. And sisters. Sometimes. He is writing to believers. Remember. He does not write to unbelievers. He is writing to you. And to I. And to me. Because many times. Our works. Are dead. It comes out. Of merely. Ritualism. And not out of relationship. With our blessed Lord. And here is the blood. Of Yeshua the Messiah. Through the eternal spirit. He offered himself. Without spot to God.

To purge. Not only to clean our external bodies. You know. Somebody said. The other day. I heard somebody said. Many times. People. That are so filthy. Dirty in their bodies. They think. If they are going to buy a new suit. They are going to be better. They are going to be clean. So they buy a new suit. And then they feel dirty again. They buy a new suit. They feel dirty again. But the new suit. Does not change. The inside. What they need. And what. You and I need. Is that he will purge. Our conscience. That we will be able. To serve him. To serve him.

To serve him. To serve him. Not to do dead works. But to have living works. To serve the living God. He is a living God. He is a God. Who is alive. He is a God. Who deals with us. He loves us. He knows our needs. He knows our problem. He knows those. Hebrews situation. And that's why he said. What the blood of the Messiah have done. He offered himself. By the eternal spirit. So we will be able. Not to go to the temple. And go through the rituals merely. But to serve him. From the abundance of our heart. And that's why. Beloved brothers. And sisters.

We are reminded again. And again. How we are to be. Constantly. Desiring to come into the presence of the Lord. So he will help us. To serve him. To serve the true and living God. In verse 15. He says. And with this. I'm going to conclude. The Messiah's death. Provided. Eternal. Inheritance. For the believer. He says in verse 15. For this cause. He is the mediator of a new covenant. That by the means of death. For the redemption of the transgressions. That were under the first covenant. They which are called. Might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. You notice by the way. I don't know if you noticed that.

But there are three times the word eternal. Mentioned in this passage. In verse 12. Is the eternal redemption. In verse 14. It is in the value and the power of the eternal spirit. In verse 15. Is an eternal inheritance. That we received. Because of the work of our Lord. Yeshua. The Messiah. Messiah. You see. By the way. This is one of the reasons. Why we believe that the Lord Jesus. The Messiah was the eternal son. If there is an eternal spirit. There is an eternal son. He was the eternal son. He was the eternal son. In eternity past. He was the son. He was the son. Just the same like.

The eternal spirit have existed. And the eternal father. But in the fullness of time. He came to this world. And he became a man. And he paid the penalty for us on the tree. And so many people will ask. Why do we talk about the blood so much? The blood. By his own blood. The blood of the Messiah. It was the death of the Messiah. You believers talking about the blood. The blood. Why the blood? Someone may ask. And the answer is. Biblical. And very simple. The life of the flesh is in the blood. The blood of a person. Represents the life of a person.

And if he. Will be able to forgive a sinner. And to bring a sinner back to himself. The life has to be taken away. From that person. Namely the Lord Yeshua the Messiah. And that's why. He had to shed his own blood. That's why. By the blood of the Messiah. He have dealt once and for all. With the question of sin. And through the eternal spirit. He offered himself unto God. Without spot. In order that you and I. Will have eternal inheritance. Brothers and sisters. Here we go in closing. These final remarks. Hebrews chapter 9. Takes us. From earthly sanctuary. To a heavenly sanctuary. From ritualizing.

Which we do have. Like those Hebrews of old have had. And many of us have today. To a real relationship. With the God. And father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah. From the holy place. A place of service. Into the holy of holies. Where the altar of incense. Have been brought into the holy of holies. Where the praises rise up to God. And God received the prayers. And the praises of his own people. Out of our worshiping hearts. The delight. To worship. Our blessed Lord. Yeshua the Messiah. May the Lord help us. To move in. Into the immediate presence of God. In our own personal life.

To give time. To God. In our lives. Every day. To give him some time. For him. To be occupied with him. To read our bible. To pray. To thank him. For what he have done for us. To pray. For the next situation. That is ahead of us. So we will be able. To serve him. In a way. That it will be pleasing to him. Can you say amen to that? Amen.