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“And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.” The old covenant called for many sacrifices for all sorts of things. The book of Leviticus names one after another. The sacrifices were tokens of the real sacrifice that would come…

“And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” What was the will of God? Was it not that He would come to earth as a Son and give His life that mankind could be saved from sin? That…

“When he said above, ‘You have neither desired no taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings’ (these are offered according to the law), then he added, ‘Behold, I have come to do you will.’ He does away with the first in order to establish the…

“Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’” The coming of the Messiah (Christ) of God was indeed written in the book. It was foretold in many places in the book. Even Moses…

“…in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure.” Verse six here is the later part of verse six in Psalms 40. The psalm does not use the phrase ‘no pleasure’ but instead says ‘not required.’ The Hebrew writer tells us what the psalmist was thinking. It’s another…

“Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, ‘Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me…’” This verse is a paraphrase of Psalm 40:6. This verse and the next two come from Psalm 40. With the exception of the comment about the…

“For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.” This is the conclusion you must reach after reading the first nine chapters of Hebrews. If you make this conclusion, then you have every reason to reject the law which provided the bulls and goats.…

“But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.” If you were to be baptized every year, you would understand that you still had sins that needed to be forgiven and removed. That’s what happened to the Jews under the old covenant. Each year on the Day…

“Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?” A logical question, right. If those under the law lost their consciousness of their sins, they would feel no need to go thought the same sacrifices…

“For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.” Imagine yourself at the corner of a building with…