{"id":1788,"date":"2012-07-23T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=1788"},"modified":"2023-06-02T08:22:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T14:22:43","slug":"hebrews-101-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=1788","title":{"rendered":"Hebrews 10:1-4"},"content":{"rendered":"

1<\/sup> For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

2<\/sup> For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

3<\/sup> But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

4<\/sup> For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

shadow (v.1) \u2014 the outline of an object<\/h3>\n

image (v.1) \u2014 the substance of an object<\/h3>\n

The tabernacle sacrifices were not of the same essence or image of Christ’s sacrifice, but were just a shadow or picture of it (v.1).<\/h3>\n

perfect (v.1) \u2014 complete (salvation)<\/h3>\n

worshipers (v.2) \u2014 servers, those bringing sacrifices<\/h3>\n

consciousness of sin (v.2) \u2014 consciousness of guilt for sin<\/h3>\n

reminder (v.3) \u2014 of sins committed since the previous sacrifice. The sacrifice itself (and the fact that it was needed) brought to mind the consciousness of sin.<\/h3>\n

The fact that the Old Testament sacrifices had to be repeated over and over showed that sin needed to be continually cleansed (v.3). They brought forgiveness, but not permanent forgiveness.<\/h3>\n

The figure of a promissory note might help here. Let us suppose one is in debt for a certain sum of money. He gives a note to run for a year. At the end of the year he finds himself unable to pay. He renews the note. The note has no real value in itself. Nor did the sacrifices have any moral or spiritual value in the sight of God. But in that note there is an acknowledgment of the debt from year to year. Now let us suppose some one who is well able to pay, endorses the note, what then? When it becomes due, it is referred to him for settlement and he discharges the obligation.<\/span><\/h3>\n

The application is simple and clear. It was not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins; but every time a believing Israelite brought his sacrifice to the altar, he was, so to speak, giving his note to God. He acknowledged his indebtedness, his sin, and accepted responsibility for the same. This was all he could do, but the preincarnate Christ endorsed every one of the notes and in the fullness of time came prepared to settle in full for all. \u2014 Ironside, page 116.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. 2 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verse-study-hebrews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1788"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7900,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788\/revisions\/7900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}