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August 30, 2026
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- Scene ExplanationAltarTableBread of the presence: The people were in God’s presenceLampstand: Represents Holy SpiritAltar of Incense: PrayersCurtain: Dividing wallArk of the Covenant: God’s presenceMercy Seat: Covered the law (penalty)CONNECTION
Hebrews 9:8–9 ESV By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing (which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,TAKE HOMEBecause of Jesus, I have a clean and happy heart.When I Do Something Wrong, It Hurts OthersMixing dirty and clean waterLeviticus 16:11 ESV “Aaron shall present the bull as a sin offering for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house. He shall kill the bull as a sin offering for himself.Bull offeringCensor of coals from alterCoals & incenseTurn on fogLeviticus 16:13 ESV and put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is over the testimony, so that he does not die.Go through the curtainMark 15:38 Curtain torn in twoHebrews 10:19–22 “Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.”Blood on mercy seat (x7)Hebrews 9:22 ESV Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.Hebrews 9:23 ESV Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.ReflectionHebrews 9:9 ESV (which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,How God Forgives UsPut on white shirt. Add stains and cover with white paper.Cast lotsMatthew 27:17 “Barabbas, or Jesus?””Leviticus 16:15 ESV “Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people and bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, sprinkling it over the mercy seat and in front of the mercy seat.Sacrifice goatA lot of death (1,263 animals/yr). Sin is costly.Hebrews 9:24–25 ESV For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own,How God forgives usHebrews 9:12 ESV he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.Hebrews 9:14 ESV 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 serve the living God.Hebrews 9:9 Perfect the conscience of the worshiperLeviticus 16:16 ESV Thus he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleannesses of the people of Israel and because of their transgressions, all their sins. And so he shall do for the tent of meeting, which dwells with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.Sin affects everything around us!Reference the jar illustrationBlood on mercy seat (x7)Leviticus 16:19 ESV And he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleannesses of the people of Israel.Blood on the alter (x7)We are still cleansing things made nasty by our sin.When God Forgives UsHave another kid remove the stained shirt and give them their white shirtHebrews 9:26 ESV for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.What happens when God forgives us.Lay hands on goat to confess sins of the peopleSend the goat awayReflectionHebrews 9:11–12 ESV But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.SummaryJesus helps us when we do something wrong (Heb 9:12)When I do something wrong, it hurts others (Lev 16:16; Heb 9:23)A Clean and Happy Heart (Heb 9:9) Hebrews 9ESV
Leviticus 16ESV
Hebrews 9:8–9ESV
Leviticus 16:11ESV
Leviticus 16:13ESV
Hebrews 10:20ESV
Hebrews 9:22ESV
Hebrews 9:23ESV
Hebrews 9:9ESV
Leviticus 16:15ESV
Hebrews 9:24–25ESV
Leviticus 16:16ESV
Leviticus 16:19ESV
Hebrews 9:12ESV
Hebrews 9:9ESV
Hebrews 9:14ESV
Hebrews 9:26ESV
Hebrews 9:11–12ESV
Leviticus 16:16ESV
Hebrews 9:23ESV
Hebrews 9:9ESV
Hebrews 9:12ESV
Leviticus 16:16ESV
Hebrews 9:23ESV
Hebrews 9:9ESV
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