Question 1

What is the earthly tabernacle described in this passage?

Accepted Answer

The tabernacle in this passage is the special tent God told Israel to build in the wilderness. It was called a worldly or earthly sanctuary because it was made of normal materials and set up on earth. It had two main rooms. The first room held the lampstand, the table, and the bread. The second, behind a curtain, was the holiest place with the ark of the covenant and mercy seat. God used this tent as a picture of his presence and a shadow of higher, heavenly realities.

Question 2

Why could only the high priest enter the holiest place once a year?

Accepted Answer

Only the high priest could enter the inner room, and only once a year, to show how serious sin is and how limited access to God was under the old covenant. He had to bring blood for his own sins and for the sins of the people. This yearly act showed that the way into God’s full presence was not yet open. It pointed ahead to a better priest and a better sacrifice, where someone without sin would go in, not with animal blood, but with his own life given.

Question 3

What does it mean that the old covenant rites could not perfect the conscience?

Accepted Answer

The passage says the gifts and sacrifices of the old system could not make the worshiper perfect in conscience. That means they could deal with outward cleanness and allow people to stay in the community, but they could not truly wash away guilt inside. Food rules, drink rules, and many washings were imposed for a time, but they were only outward regulations. They were meant to point forward to a sacrifice that would reach the heart and give a clear conscience before God.

Question 4

How is Christ’s sacrifice different from animal sacrifices?

Accepted Answer

Christ’s sacrifice is different in both place and power. The old priests went into an earthly tent again and again with the blood of goats and calves. Jesus came as the better high priest and went into the real, heavenly holy place, not one made by hands. He did not bring animal blood but his own. Because he is without sin and offered himself through the eternal Spirit, his sacrifice does not just clean the body, it brings eternal redemption and cleanses the conscience so people can truly serve the living God.

Question 5

What does “without shedding of blood is no remission” mean here?

Accepted Answer

The passage recalls how Moses used blood to set the first covenant in motion, sprinkling the book, the people, the tent, and its tools. It then says that almost everything under the law is cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. This means that sin deserves death, and the loss of life shown in the blood points to that. In God’s way of dealing with sin, real atonement requires a life given in place of the sinner, which Christ fully provides.

Question 6

Why does the writer talk about a testament needing the death of the one who made it?

Accepted Answer

The writer uses the picture of a testament, or will, to explain why Christ had to die for the new covenant to take effect. A will only comes into force after the person who made it dies. In the same way, God’s promised inheritance in the new covenant becomes ours through the death of Jesus. His death brings redemption for sins committed under the first covenant, so that those who are called can receive the promised eternal inheritance that his death has put into effect.

Question 7

What does it mean that Christ entered heaven itself to appear for us?

Accepted Answer

The passage explains that Christ did not enter a man-made holy place, which was only a copy, but heaven itself. He appears there in God’s presence on our behalf. This means his work did not end when he died and rose. He is now in the true holy place, representing those who trust him. Unlike the old high priest, who had to go in every year with blood that was not his own, Christ went in once with his own blood, and his presence there shows that his sacrifice is accepted.

Question 8

What does it mean that Christ was offered once and will appear a second time?

Accepted Answer

The passage compares human life and death with Christ’s work. People die once and then face judgment. In the same way, Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. He will not suffer again. When he appears a second time, it will not be to deal with sin again, but to bring final salvation to those who are waiting for him. This gives hope to believers: their sins have already been carried by Christ, and they look ahead to his return with expectation, not fear.

Question 9

How does this teaching about Christ’s blood help my daily life?

Accepted Answer

This passage says the blood of Christ can cleanse the conscience from dead works to serve the living God. Dead works are actions done apart from true faith, or things we hope will earn favor with God but cannot. Knowing that Jesus’ sacrifice is complete frees you from trying to fix your guilt by your own efforts. You can come to God honestly, trusting that Christ has made a way. From that place of a clean conscience, you can serve God out of gratitude, not fear.

Hebrews 9:1

Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.

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