Heb 9:22: (review) if there wasn't a shedding of blood, there was no forgiveness in the Old Testament. Vs23: it was therefore necessary that heavenly things be copied on earth. Earth must follow heaven; heaven is the example to Earth. But heaven, being the original, is much better in all things. The real objects in heaven couldn't be sprinkled with animal blood. They needed something much better – Jesus Christ's blood. Vs24: Jesus Christ is not entered into holy places made by man, no temples or sanctuaries. They are just a copy of the true temples and sanctuaries in heaven. Jesus Christ entered heaven itself, the real thing. He is in the presence of God, on the right hand of God, to intervene for us. Vs25: the high priest did not cut himself and offer his blood: he took the blood of animals once a year and sprinkled the blood on the mercy seat and put off the wrath of God for another year. That's what it was all about. Vs26: only when Christ came and died and His blood was sprinkled on the mercy seat, all the rest was a copy that didn't forgive any sins or give us any life. Only when Jesus Christ did it, then all was forgiven and we were given life. Vs27: reincarnation: the idea is disproved right here in this verse, it says you'll live once and die once, then receive judgement based on your one life. You do not come back to life over and over. Vs28: Jesus Christ came first to die for our sins and offer salvation. The second time He'll come back...
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