LESSONS FROM THE SERVICE IN THE TABERNACLE Having finished this brief description of the tabernacle and its furniture, the writer began to tell about some of the things done there. There were daily ministerings in the Holy Place (Exodus 27:21; Exodus 30:7-8). The Most Holy Place was entered only on... [ Continue Reading ]
CHRIST'S BLOOD, HIS SACRIFICE The Old Testament pointed to Christ's coming when all the things of the past were to change. Christ has a more perfect tabernacle which is his church, as Milligan states. Christ entered heaven once with His blood to make an offering for all the people's sins. This woul... [ Continue Reading ]
- The New Covenant Was Validated by Christ's Death Since it is a better sacrifice, Christ is the mediator of a new and better covenant, or will. It is through His death that the people of the old covenant will receive an actual (not ceremonial) cleansing from their sins. All of those from the past... [ Continue Reading ]
RESULTS OF CHRIST'S ENTRANCE INTO HEAVEN The very existence of Israel and all of the promises that she was to receive was dependent upon blood. The superior sacrifice of God's only Son was intended to cleanse all of the anti-types of the Jewish Tabernacle. Also, Christ's shed blood was used for the... [ Continue Reading ]