Christ Our High Priest in the Heavenly Sanctuary
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Bible background: The Sanctuary
God told Moses, “Let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them,” and gave a pattern for the tabernacle in the wilderness: the courtyard with the altar of burnt offering and the laver, the Holy Place with the table of shewbread, the golden lampstand and the altar of incense, and the Most Holy Place with the ark of the covenant beneath the mercy seat.
Every piece of furniture and every service pointed to Jesus. The daily sacrifices showed the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, and the yearly Day of Atonement pictured the final cleansing of sin. The book of Hebrews explains that Christ is now our High Priest, ministering in the heavenly sanctuary of which the earthly one was a copy.
Key passages
- Exodus 25:8-9 — “Let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.”
- Exodus 25:10-22 — The ark of the covenant and the mercy seat.
- Exodus 25:23-30 — The table of shewbread, with bread set before the Lord always.
- Exodus 25:31-40 — The golden lampstand.
- Exodus 27:1-8 — The altar of burnt offering in the courtyard.
- Exodus 30:1-10, 17-21 — The altar of incense and the bronze laver.
- Leviticus 16 — The Day of Atonement, the mercy seat and the scapegoat.
- Daniel 8:14 — “Then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.”
- Hebrews 8:1-2; 9:11-12 — Christ, our High Priest in the true tabernacle in heaven.
- Hebrews 4:14-16 — Come boldly to the throne of grace.
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