◄ Hebrews 9 Devotional Commentary ►
Hebrews 9:12
God's plan of redemption was triggered when sin entered the world through Adam's sin - and the wages of sin is death. Sin is rebellion against the Lord and cannot go unpunished. But God so loved the world that He gave His Son to pay the price for the sin of mankind, through shedding His own lifeblood. HE was to be punished for OUR sin. He was to come at an appointed time to die for the sin of the world. But until that appointed time, mans sin had to be covered, read more...
Hebrews 9:14
From the beginning of the book of Hebrews, the Lord Jesus Christ is elevated above every prophet of God and all angelic beings. He is of greater importance than Moses the Law-giver, and Joshua, who led the children of Israel into the promised land. The Lord Jesus is far higher in rank and authority than Aaron the first high priest of Israel, and His ministry eclipses the Levitical priesthood.
And here in chapter 9, we read that read more...
Hebrews 9:22
The old covenant, which the nation of Israel was charged to keep, was the Law of Moses. It was brought into effect with a blood sacrifice, and Moses charged the people: "This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep." Under the old covenant, almost everything and every person had to be purified by blood. Under the new covenant, something greater than purification took place - forgiveness of sins for humanity: "For read more...
Hebrews 9:24
The disciples witnessed Jesus ascending into heaven, and were told He will one day return from heaven in like manner. Today, He is seated on God's throne in heaven, while at the same time, is present with us. As such, our Lord has two different functions in our lives, and two distinct relationships with His children.
His earthy role gives us comfort and help in time of need, as He carries our burdens and calms our troubled souls. read more...
Hebrews 9:26
We are reminded in the previous verses that the old covenant required Israel's high priest to enter the holy place, year by year on the day of Atonement, to make their oft-repeated sacrifice to the Lord for the sins of God's people. And so their sins were covered for one more year.
Like all humanity, the high priest was a sinner himself in need of a Saviour, so (unlike the Lord Jesus) he could not come to offer his own blood on read more...
Hebrews 9:27
In a passage that explains the realities of the New and better Covenant that God made with His people, through the shed blood of Jesus Christ (when sin was once and forever put away by His own sacrificial death), we read that it is appointed for all men to die once, and after that comes the judgement. For different groups of people, this means different things: the judgement of Christians at the Bema seat of Christ, the judgement of Israel and the nations at the read more...
Hebrews 9:28
Christ was made the sacrifice for our sins, which rendered His ministry as the sin-sacrifice final and complete. Christ appeared the first time to put away sins forever, and although today He is sitting at the right hand of the Father and one day will appear for a second time when He comes to set up His kingdom, His sacrifice for sin was made once and for all - completed forever at Calvary.
Just as it is appointed for every man to read more...
Hebrews 9:28
The Law of God is the perfect standard He requires from humanity, but it cannot make man righteous nor pardon his sin. So God devised the plan of salvation that would satisfy His justice and impute man with His own righteousness through the full payment of the required price for sin – the willing, sacrificial death of the only perfect sacrifice – the Lord Jesus Christ.
He came 2000 years ago to fulfil the righteous requirement read more...