The end to the daily sacrifices had to come and the only way that end could come was if another, a better, a true Sacrifice, the ultimate Sacrifice that ALL the other inferior sacrifices pointed to was Sacrificed.
When that Sacrifice was made then all the ordinances of the daily sacrifices were no longer needed, the way into the Holiest was made. The way into the Most Holy Place was opened. Our HIGH PRIEST would enter the Most Holy Place.
Let's think about this for a moment. All the pieces of furniture in the Sanctuary pointed to Jesus.
The candlestick - Jesus is the light.
Joh 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
The table of shewbread- Jesus is the bread of life.
Joh 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
The altar of incense- Jesus is the way to God, Jesus is our intercessor.
Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
The altar of burnt offerings- Jesus is the ultimate sacrifice-
Heb 7:27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
People make the mistake of thinking that the sacrificial services of the old testament way was what gave people forgiveness before Christ died. Forgiveness is ONLY found through the Messiah. Before Christ arrived it was ever looking forward to the hope of the coming Messiah and His Sacrifice. After Christ died we are forever looking back to His having come and His Sacrifice. Christ has ALWAYS been the only way to forgiveness before He came and after.
Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Joh 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Dan 9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Dan 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
The Messiah… the Messiah shall be cut off but not for himself. This is foretold!
Isa 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isa 53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
Isa 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Isa 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Isa 53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isa 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Isa 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isa 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Isa 53:8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
Isa 53:9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Isa 53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Isa 53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Isa 53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
The Sanctuary services were in action all pointing to the coming Messiah.
Once the Messiah had come there was no longer need for the Sanctuary services.
You know today there is no sacrificial system- why? If the Jewish community do not recognize that Christ the Messiah has come and died for them? They say it's because there is no temple. The temple was destroyed in 70AD. One thousand nine-hundred and forty years have passed since the temple was destroyed. You would think if this were something that was NEEDED to keep your faith in a system of sacrifice to point to the coming of your messiah, you would find a way to keep on with it. NOT recognizing their Savior… it's unfathomable to me. The reality is they are waiting to rebuild the temple yet again. The temple that is NO longer necessary to point the way to the Messiah who has already come.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Temple
Heb 9:9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
Heb 9:10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
Heb 9:11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
Heb 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
A figure for the time PRESENT.
Christ in the Heavenly Sanctuary is the figure for our PRESENT time.
By His grace may we continue to study more and more of our Lord, our Savior, our High Priest.
In His amazing love!!!!
Amen.
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