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Worship Under the Old Agreement

¹The first agreementa had rules for worship and a place for worship here on earth. ²This place was inside a tent. The first area in the tent was called the Holy Place. In the Holy Place were the lamp and the table with the special bread offered to God. ³Behind the second curtainb was a room called the Most Holy Placec. ⁴In the Most Holy Place was a golden altard for burning incensee. And also there was the Box of the Agreementf. The Box was covered with gold. Inside this Box was a golden jar of mannag and Aaron's rod - the rod that once grew leaves. Also in the Box were the flat stones with the Ten Commandments of the old agreement on them. ⁵Above the Box were the Cherub angelsh that showed God's gloryi. These Cherub angels were over the place of mercyj. But we cannot say everything about this now.
⁶Everything in the tent was made ready in the way I have explained. Then the priests went into the first room every day to do their worship duties. ⁷But only the high priestk could go into the second room, and he went in only once a year. Also, he could never enter that room without taking blood with him. He offered that blood to God for himself and for the sins the people committed without knowing they were sinning
⁸The Holy Spiritl uses those two separate rooms to teach us that the way into the Most Holy Placec was not open while the first room was still there. ⁹This is an example for us today. It shows that the gifts and sacrificesm the priests offer to God are not able to make the consciences of the worshipers completely clear. ¹⁰These gifts and sacrifices are only about food and drink and special washings. They are only rules about the body. God gave them for his people to follow until the time of his new way.

Worship Under the New Agreement ¹¹But Christ has already come to be the high priestk. He is the high priest of the good things we now have. But Christ does not serve in a place like the tent that those other priests served in. He serves in a better place. Unlike that tent, this one is perfect. It was not made by anyone here on earth. It does not belong to this world. ¹²Christ entered the Most Holy Place only one time - enough for all time. He entered the Most Holy Place by using his own blood, not the blood of goats or young bulls. He entered there and made us free from sin forever.
¹³The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a cow were sprinkled on those who were no longer pure enough to enter the place of worship. The blood and ashes made them pure again - but only their bodies. ¹⁴So surely the blood sacrificem of Christ can do much more. Christ offered himself through the eternal Spiritn as a perfect sacrifice to God. His blood will make us completely clean from the evil we have done. It will give us clear consciences so that we can worship the living God.
¹⁵So Christ brings a new agreemento from God to his people. He brings this agreement so that those who are chosen by God can have the blessings God promised, blessings that last forever. This can happen only because Christ died to free people from sins committed against the commands of the first agreementa.
¹⁶When someone dies and leaves a willp, there must be proof that the one who wrote the will is dead. ¹⁷A will means nothing while the one who wrote it is still living. It can be used only after that person's death. ¹⁸That is why blood was needed to begin the first agreement between God and his people. ¹⁹First, Mosesq told the people every command in the law. Then he took the blood of young bulls and mixed it with water. He used red wool and a branch of hyssopr to sprinkle the blood and water on the book of the law and on all the people. ²⁰Then he said, "This is the blood that makes the agreement good - the agreement that God commanded you to follow."s ²¹In the same way, Moses sprinkled the blood on the Holy Tentt. He sprinkled the blood over everything used in worship. ²²The lawu says that almost everything must be made clean by blood. Sins cannot be forgiven without a blood sacrifice.

Jesus Christ Is Our Sacrifice for Sin ²³These things are copies of the real things that are in heaven. These copies had to be made clean by animal sacrificesm. But the real things in heaven must have much better sacrifices. ²⁴Christ went into the Most Holy Place. But it was not the man-made one, which is only a copy of the real one. He went into heaven, and he is there now before God to help us.
²⁵The high priestk enters the Most Holy Placec once every year. He takes with him blood to offer. But he does not offer his own blood like Christ did. Christ went into heaven, but not to offer himself many times like the high priest offers blood again and again. ²⁶If Christ had offered himself many times, he would have needed to suffer many times since the time the world was made. But he came to offer himself only once. And that once is enough for all time. He came at a time when the world is nearing an end. He came to take away all sin by offering himself as a sacrifice.
²⁷Everyone must die once. Then they are judged. ²⁸So Christ was offered as a sacrifice one time to take away the sins of many people. And he will come a second time, but not to offer himself for sin. He will come the second time to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

^afirst agreement The contract God gave to the Israelites when he gave them the Law of Moses. See “agreement.”
^bcurtain The curtain that separated the inner sanctuary (Most Holy Place) from the front room in the Tabernacle (see “Holy Tent”) and in the Jerusalem Temple. It represented the spiritual barrier that kept people from entering God’s presence. When Jesus died, the curtain was torn open (Mt. 27:51), which was a symbol to show that in the heavenly temple the way into God’s presence had been opened. See Heb. 10:19, 20.
^cMost Holy Place Literally, “holy of holies,” the most important room in the Holy Tent or the Temple, where the Box of the Agreement was kept. It was like a throne room where God sat as king of Israel and where the high priest entered into his presence on the Day of Atonement.
^daltar A raised area, pile of stones, or table where sacrifices were offered as gifts to God. An important altar was the one in front of the Temple in Jerusalem. See also “golden altar.”
^eincense Special dried tree sap that was burned to make a sweet-smelling smoke and offered as a gift to God.
^fBox of the Agreement Or traditionally, “Ark of the Covenant.” The special box kept in the Most Holy Place of the Israelite Holy Tent and, later, the Jerusalem Temple. It contained the stone tablets with the Ten Commandments written on them, which were evidence or “proof” of the agreement between God and his people. In some passages it is literally, “Box of the Testimony” or simply, “Testimony” (see “Agreement”). See Ex. 25:10-22; 1 Kings 8:1-9.
^gmanna The special food provided by God that the Israelites gathered daily from the ground during the 40 years they wandered through the desert. See Ex. 16:4-36.
^hCherub angels Winged beings like angels that serve God, usually as guards around his throne or other holy places. Two statues of these beings were on the cover of the Box of the Agreement that represented God’s presence. See Ex. 25:10-22.
ⁱglory A word that refers to the special qualities of God. Often it means brightness, referring to the way he appears to people. Sometimes it means majesty or power, referring to a kind of greatness that cannot be compared to anything in human experience. It can also include the ideas of wealth, honor, fame, or respect, especially in expressions of praise.
^j9:5 place of mercy Or “mercy seat,” a place on top of the “Box of the Agreement,” where the high priest put the blood of an animal once a year to pay for the sins of the people.
^khigh priest The most important priest and leader of the Israelites or the Jews, God’s people under the “old agreement.” Under the “new agreement” the high priest for God’s people is Jesus Christ. Read Heb. 7:11-8:13.
^lHoly Spirit Also called the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, and the Comforter. In union with God and Christ, he does God’s work among people in the world.
^msacrifice To offer a gift to God as an expression of worship, thanksgiving, or payment for sin. Also, the gift that is offered. In the Old Testament it was usually a special animal that was killed and burned on an altar. The Old Testament sacrifices offered for sins were symbolic of the perfect sacrifice that God himself would provide through Jesus Christ. Jesus gave his own life as a sacrifice to pay for the sins of all people. See Heb. 10:1-14.
ⁿ9:14 Spirit Probably the Holy Spirit. See “Holy Spirit” in the Word List.
^onew agreement The “better agreement” that God has given to his people through Jesus Christ. See “agreement.”
^pwill The legal paper that people sign to give instructions about what should be done with their possessions after they die.
^qMoses One of the most important leaders of the Israelites during the time of the Old Testament. God used him to give the people his law, which is often called “the Law of Moses.”
^rhyssop A plant with fine branches and leaves used for sprinkling blood or water in cleansing ceremonies.
^s9:20 Quote from Ex. 24:8.
^tTent, Holy See “Holy Tent.”
^ulaw This usually refers to God’s law as it is represented in the Mosaic Law, the rules he gave to the Israelites through Moses (See Ex. 34:29-32). Sometimes it may mean the principle of law rather than a specific law or set of laws.

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