Leviticus 10-12 - You Shall Be Holy, for I Am Holy

Nadab and Abihu Offer Strange Fire

Lev 10:1-2 LSB - [1] Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans and put fire in them. Then they placed incense on it and offered strange fire before Yahweh, which He had not commanded them. [2] And fire came out from the presence of Yahweh and consumed them, and they died before Yahweh.

Lev 10:8-11 LSB - [8] Yahweh then spoke to Aaron, saying, [9] "Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you will not die--it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations-- [10] and so as to separate between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean, [11] and so as to instruct the sons of Israel in all the statutes which Yahweh has spoken to them through Moses."

Clean and Unclean Animals

Lev 11:3 LSB - [3] 'Whatever divides a hoof, thus making split hoofs, [and] chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat.

Lev 11:9 LSB - [9] 'These you may eat, whatever is in the water: all that have fins and scales, those in the water, in the seas, or in the rivers, you may eat.

Lev 11:45 LSB - [45] 'For I am Yahweh who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God; thus you shall be holy, for I am holy.'"

HE WILLS THAT I SHOULD HOLY BE

Words: Charles Wes­ley

He wills that I should ho­ly be;

That ho­li­ness I long to feel;

That full di­vine con­form­ity,

To all my Sav­ior’s right­eous will.

See, Lord, the tra­vail of Thy soul

Accomplished in the change of mine,

And plunge me, ev­ery whit made whole,

In all the depths of love di­vine.

Atonement After Giving Birth

Lev 12:8 LSB - [8] 'But if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.'"

Luk 2:22, 24 LSB - [22] And when the days for their cleansing according to the Law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord ... [24] and to offer a sacrifice according to what was said in the Law of the Lord, "A PAIR OF TURTLEDOVES OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS."

Leviticus 7-9 - Keep the Charge of Yahweh

Statutes for the Priest in the Offerings

Lev 7:1 LSB - [1] 'Now this is the law of the guilt offering; it is most holy.

Lev 7:2 LSB - [2] 'In the place where they slaughter the burnt offering they are to slaughter the guilt offering, and he shall splash its blood around on the altar.

The Ordination of Aaron and His Sons

Lev 8:1-3 LSB - [1] Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [2] "Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments and the anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread, [3] and assemble all the congregation at the doorway of the tent of meeting."

Lev 8:18-21 LSB - [18] Then he brought near the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. [19] Then Moses slaughtered [it] and splashed the blood around on the altar. [20] And he cut the ram into its pieces. Then Moses offered up the head and the pieces and the suet in smoke. [21] And he washed the entrails and the legs with water. Then Moses offered up the whole ram in smoke on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to Yahweh, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

Lev 8:35 LSB - [35] "At the doorway of the tent of meeting, moreover, you shall remain day and night for seven days and keep the charge of Yahweh, so that you will not die, for so I have been commanded."

A charge to keep I have

Author: Charles Wesley (1762)

1 A charge to keep I have,

a God to glorify,

a never-dying soul to save,

and fit it for the sky.

2 To serve the present age,

my calling to fulfill,

O may it all my pow'rs engage

to do my Master's will!

3 Arm me with watchful care

as in Thy sight to live,

and now Thy servant, Lord, prepare

a strict account to give!

4 Help me to watch and pray,

and still on Thee rely,

O let me not my trust betray,

but press to realms on high.

Aaron Brings Offerings

Lev 9:1-2 LSB - [1] Now it happened on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel; [2] and he said to Aaron, "Take for yourself a calf, a bull, for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, [both] without blemish, and bring [them] near before Yahweh.

Eze 43:27 LSB - [27] 'So they will complete the days. And it shall be that on the eighth day and onward, the priests shall offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings; and I will accept you,' declares Lord Yahweh."

Lev 9:7 LSB - [7] Moses then said to Aaron, "Come near to the altar and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, that you may make atonement for yourself and for the people; then offer the offering for the people, that you may make atonement for them, just as Yahweh has commanded."

Lev 9:22-24 LSB - [22] Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he stepped down after offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings. [23] And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting. Then they came out and blessed the people. And the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the people. [24] Then fire came out from before Yahweh and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar. And all the people saw [it] and shouted and fell on their faces.

2Co 3:18 LSB - [18] But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

 

Come, Thou Almighty King

Author: C. Wesley

1 Come, Thou Almighty King,
help us Thy name to sing;
help us to praise:
Father, all glorious,
o'er all victorious,
come, and reign over us,
Ancient of Days.

2 Come, Thou Incarnate Word,
gird on Thy mighty sword,
our pray'r attend:
come, and Thy people bless,
and give Thy Word success:
Spirit of holiness,
on us descend.

3 Come, Holy Comforter,
Thy sacred witness bear
in this glad hour:
Thou who almighty art,
now rule in every heart,
and ne'er from us depart,
Spirit of pow'r.

4 To Thee, great One in Three,
eternal praises be
hence, evermore.
His sov'reign majesty
may we in glory see,
and to eternity
love and adore!

Leviticus 4-6 - Sin Offerings and Guilt Offerings

The Statutes of Sin Offerings

Lev 4:1-4 LSB - [1] Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [2] "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If a person sins unintentionally in any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and he does any one of them, [3] if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him bring near to Yahweh a bull from the herd without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed. [4] 'Then he shall bring the bull to the doorway of the tent of meeting before Yahweh, and he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull and slaughter the bull before Yahweh.

Lev 4:5-6, 32 LSB - [5] 'Then the anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull and bring it to the tent of meeting, [6] and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before Yahweh in front of the veil of the sanctuary. ... [32] 'But if he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring it, a female without blemish.

Lev 4:27-28 LSB - [27] 'Now if anyone of the common people sins unintentionally in doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and becomes guilty, [28] or if his sin which he has committed is made known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed.

Lev 5:4-6 LSB - [4] 'Or if a person swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do evil or to do good, in whatever matter a man may speak thoughtlessly with a [sworn] oath, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know [it], he will be guilty in one of these. [5] 'So it shall be, when he becomes guilty in one of these, that he shall confess that in which he has sinned. [6] 'He shall also bring his guilt offering to Yahweh for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin.

The Statutes of Guilt Offerings

Lev 5:15 LSB - [15] "If a person acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against the holy things of Yahweh, then he shall bring his guilt offering to Yahweh: a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your valuation in silver by shekels, in [terms of] the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.

Statutes for the Priest in the Offerings

Lev 6:12-13 LSB - [12] 'And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it. It shall not go out, but the priest shall burn wood on it every morning; and he shall lay out the burnt offering on it and offer up in smoke the fat portions of the peace offerings on it. [13] 'Fire shall be kept burning continually on the altar; it shall not go out.

Lev 6:23 LSB - [23] "So every grain offering of the priest shall be burned entirely. It shall not be eaten."

I lay my sins on Jesus

Author: Horatius Bonar (1843)

1 I lay my sins on Jesus,

the spotless Lamb of God;

He bears them all, and frees us

from the accursed load;

I bring my guilt to Jesus,

to wash my crimson stains

white in His blood most precious,

till not a spot remains.

2 I lay my wants on Jesus;

all fullness dwells in Him;

He heals all my diseases,

He doth my soul redeem;

I lay my griefs on Jesus,

my burdens and my cares;

He from them all releases,

He all my sorrow shares.

3 I rest my soul on Jesus,

this weary soul of mine;

His right hand me embraces,

I on His breast recline.

I love the Name of Jesus,

Immanuel, Christ, the Lord;

like fragrance on the breezes

His Name abroad is poured.

4 I long to be like Jesus,

meek, loving, lowly, mild;

I long to be like Jesus,

the Father's holy Child;

I long to be with Jesus

amid the heav'nly throng,

to sing with saints His praises,

to learn the angels' song.

Leviticus 1-3 - The Statutes of Burnt Offerings

The Statutes of Burnt Offerings

Lev 1:2-4 LSB - [2] "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When any man from among you brings an offering near to Yahweh, you shall bring your offering of animals from the herd or the flock. [3] 'If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall bring it near, a male without blemish; he shall bring it near to the doorway of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh. [4] 'And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, that it may be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf.

Lev 1:9 LSB - [9] 'Its entrails, however, and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall offer up in smoke all of it on the altar for a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

Not all the blood of beasts

Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

1 Not all the blood of beasts,
On Jewish altars slain,
Could give the guilty conscience peace,
Or wash away its stain.

2 But Christ, the heavenly Lamb, 
Takes all our sins away;
A sacrifice of nobler name,
And richer blood than they.

3 My faith would lay her hand
On that dear head of Thine,
While like a penitent I stand,
And there confess my sin.

4 My soul looks back to see
The burdens Thou didst bear
When hanging on the cursed tree,
And knows her guilt was there.

5 Believing, we rejoice
To see the curse remove;
We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice,
And sing His bleeding love.

 

The Statutes of Grain Offerings

Lev 2:1-2 LSB - [1] 'Now when anyone brings near a grain offering as an offering to Yahweh, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it. [2] 'He shall then bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and he shall take from it his handful of its fine flour and of its oil with all of its frankincense. And the priest shall offer [it] up in smoke [as] its memorial portion on the altar, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

Lev 2:11 LSB - [11] 'No grain offering, which you bring near to Yahweh, shall be made with leaven, for you shall not offer up in smoke any leaven or any honey as an offering by fire to Yahweh.

Lev 2:12 LSB - [12] 'As an offering of first fruits you shall bring them near to Yahweh, but they shall not ascend for a soothing aroma on the altar.

The Statutes of Peace Offerings

Lev 3:1-2 LSB - [1] 'Now if his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings, if he is going to bring near one from the herd, whether male or female, he shall bring it near without blemish before Yahweh. [2] 'Then he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and Aaron's sons the priests shall splash the blood around on the altar.

Lev 3:3-5 LSB - [3] 'From the sacrifice of the peace offerings he shall bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails, [4] and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys. [5] 'Then Aaron's sons shall offer [it] up in smoke on the altar on the burnt offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire; it is an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

Lev 3:17 LSB - [17] 'It is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your [places of] habitation: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.'"

Hebrews 10-13 - Draw Near with a Sincere Heart in Full Assurance of Faith

Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All

Heb 10:1 LSB - [1] For the Law, since it has [only] a shadow of the good things to come [and] not the very form of things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, make perfect those who draw near.

Heb 10:5-7 LSB - 

[5] Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, BUT A BODY YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME; 

[6] IN BURNT OFFERINGS AND [sacrifices] FOR SIN YOU HAVE TAKEN NO PLEASURE. 

[7] "THEN I SAID, 'BEHOLD, I HAVE COME, IN THE SCROLL OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME, TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD.'"

Psa 40:6-8 LSB - 

[6] Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; 

My ears You have opened; 

Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required. 

[7] Then I said, "Behold, I come; 

In the scroll of the book it is written of me. 

[8] "I desire to do Your will, O my God; 

Your law is within my inner being."

Heb 10:10 LSB - [10] By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Heb 10:12-14 LSB - [12] but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, [13] waiting from that time UNTIL HIS ENEMIES ARE PUT AS A FOOTSTOOL FOR HIS FEET. [14] For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

Heb 10:15-17 LSB - [15] And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying, [16] "THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THEM AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS UPON THEIR HEART, AND ON THEIR MIND I WILL WRITE THEM," [He then says], [17] "AND THEIR SINS AND THEIR LAWLESS DEEDS I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE."

Jer 31:33-34 LSB -

[33] "But this is the covenant which I will cut with the house of Israel after those days," declares Yahweh: "I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

[34] "And they will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know Yahweh,' for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares Yahweh, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."

A New and Living Way

Heb 10:19-25 LSB -
[19] Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
[20] by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh,
[21] and since [we have] a great priest over the house of God,
[22] let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
[23] Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
[24] And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds,
[25] not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging [one another], and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

Warning Against Willful Sin

Heb 10:26-27 LSB - [26] For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, [27] but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES.

Heb 10:39 LSB - [39] But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.

Blessed Assurance 

Frances J. Crosby

1 Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!

O, what a foretaste of glory divine!

Heir of salvation, purchase of God,

born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.

Refrain:

This is my story, this is my song,

praising my Savior all the day long;

this is my story, this is my song,

praising my Savior all the day long.

2 Perfect submission, perfect delight,

visions of rapture now burst on my sight;

angels descending, bring from above

echoes of mercy, whispers of love. [Refrain]

3 Perfect submission, all is at rest,

I in my Savior am happy and blest;

watching and waiting, looking above,

filled with His goodness, lost in His love. [Refrain]

 

By Faith

Heb 11:1 LSB - [1] Now faith is the assurance of [things] hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Heb 11:6 LSB - [6] And without faith it is impossible to please [Him], for he who draws near to God must believe that He is and [that] He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

Heb 11:13 LSB - [13] All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

Heb 11:17-19 LSB - [17] By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his only [son], [18] to whom it was said, "IN ISAAC YOUR SEED SHALL BE CALLED." [19] He considered that God is able to raise [people] even from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he also received him back.

Heb 11:39-40 LSB - [39] And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised, [40] because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.

Faith Is Believing | Daniel O. Teasley

Faith is believing, the promise is true,

Trusting in Jesus your strength to renew;

Resting so sweetly, secure on His word,

Shielded from danger with Jesus the Lord.

Refrain:

Faith is believing, simply receiving

What in His promise God has revealed;

Trust Him forever, doubt Him, no, never,

Till thy petition His Spirit hath sealed.

Faith is believing, why longer remain

Under the bondage of Satan’s domain?

See, though all blood-stained, the banner unfurled—

Faith is the victory that conquers the world.

Faith is believing, the soul’s happy rest,

Faith is believing, though sorely oppressed;

Singing in triumph whatever assail,

High on the mountains or low in the vale.

Faith is believing, then doubt Him no more,

Sell all your sorrows, your troubles give o’er;

Soar in the sunlight above every cloud,

Triumph forever, believing in God.

 

 Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of Faith

Heb 12:1-2 LSB - [1] Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, [2] fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

The Father’s Discipline

Heb 12:5-6 LSB - 

[5] And you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, "MY SON, DO NOT REGARD LIGHTLY THE DISCIPLINE OF THE LORD, NOR FAINT WHEN YOU ARE REPROVED BY HIM; 

[6] FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE FLOGS EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES."

Psa 94:12 LSB - [12] Blessed is the man whom You discipline, O Yah, And whom You teach out of Your law;

 

Contrast of Sinai and Zion

Heb 12:22-24 LSB - 

[22] But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, 

[23] to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of [the] righteous made perfect, 

[24] and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than [the blood] of Abel.

Church of God | Frances R. Havergal

Church of God, thou spotless virgin,

Church of Christ, for whom He died,

Thou hast known no human founder,

Jesus bought thee for His bride.

Sanctified by God the Father,

Built by Jesus Christ the Son,

Tempered by the Holy Spirit,

Like the Holy Three in One.

God Himself has set the members

In His body all complete,

Organized by Jesus only,

Oh, the union, pure and sweet!

Church of God, the angels marvel

At the music of thy song;

Earth and hell in terror tremble,

As thy army moves along.

Church of God, “beloved city,”

Thou art of celestial mold;

Lo, from God, and out of heaven,

Came the city of pure gold.

Stones of jasper, clear as crystal,

Is the building of thy wall;

And the Lamb, thy light forever,

Jesus, Jesus, all in all.

God’s own holiness within thee,

His own beauty on thy brow;

Glorified in His own image,

This thy wondrous portion now.

In thee dwells the triune fullness,

Blessing all thy pilgrim days;

All around thee His salvation,

And before thee gates of praise.

Church of God, in heaven written,

Thine the risen life of Christ,

And the treasures to thee given,

Never, never can be priced.

Far above this world’s confusion,

Walking close by Jesus’ side,

Leaning on His loving bosom,

Is the church, His chosen bride.

 

An Unshakable Kingdom

Heb 12:28-29 LSB - [28] Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; [29] for OUR GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE.

Sacrifices Pleasing to God

Heb 13:1 LSB - [1] Let love of the brothers continue.

Heb 13:15 LSB - [15] Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess His name.

Benediction

Heb 13:20-21 LSB - [20] Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, [21] equip you in every good thing to do His will, by doing in us what is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom [be] the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Hebrews 7-9 - The Old Covenant vs The New Covenant

The Priesthoods of Melchizedek and Christ

Heb 7:24-25 LSB - 

[24] but [Jesus], on the other hand, because He continues forever, holds His priesthood permanently. 

[25] Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

Heb 7:26-28 LSB - 

[26] For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens; 

[27] who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the [sins] of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. 

[28] For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, [appoints] a Son, who has been made perfect forever.

Aaron, and the true Melchizedek

Author: Isaac Watts

1 Jesus, in thee our eyes behold

A thousand glories more

Than the rich gems and polished gold

The sons of Aaron wore.

2 They first their own burnt offerings brought

To purge themselves from sin;

Thy life was pure without a spot,

And all thy nature clean.

3 Fresh blood, as constant as the day,

Was on their altar spilt;

But thy one offering takes away

For ever all our guilt.

4 Their priesthood ran through several hands,

For mortal was their race;

Thy never-changing office stands

Eternal as thy days.

5 Once in the circuit of a year,

With blood (but not his own),

Aaron within the veil appears,

Before the golden throne.

6 But Christ, by his own powerful blood,

Ascends above the skies,

And, in the presence of our God,

Shows his own sacrifice.

7 Jesus, the King of Glory, reigns

On Zion’s heavenly hill;

Looks like a lamb that has been slain,

And wears his priesthood still.

8 He ever lives to intercede

Before his Father’s face;

Give him, my soul, thy cause to plead,

Nor doubt the Father’s grace.

 

Jesus, High Priest of a New Covenant

Heb 8:6 LSB - [6] But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

Heb 8:10-13 LSB - 

[10] "FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MINDS, AND UPON THEIR HEARTS I WILL WRITE THEM. AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. 

[11] "AND THEY SHALL NOT TEACH EVERYONE HIS FELLOW CITIZEN, AND EVERYONE HIS BROTHER, SAYING, 'KNOW THE LORD,' FOR ALL WILL KNOW ME, FROM THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST OF THEM. 

[12] "FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR INIQUITIES, AND I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO MORE." 

[13] When He said, "A new [covenant]," He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.

Jer 31:33-34 LSB - 

[33] "But this is the covenant which I will cut with the house of Israel after those days," declares Yahweh: "I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 

[34] "And they will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know Yahweh,' for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares Yahweh, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."

The New Covenant

Author: Charles Wesley

1 O God most merciful and true,

Thy nature to my soul impart;

’Stablish with me the cov'nant new,

And write perfection on my heart.

2 To real holiness restored,

O let me gain my Saviour’s mind;

And in the knowledge of my Lord

Fulness of life eternal find.

3 Remember, Lord, my sins no more,

That them I may no more forget;

But, sunk in guiltless shame, adore

With speechless wonder at thy feet.

4 O’erwhelmed with thy stupendous grace,

I shall not in thy presence move;

But breathe unutterable praise,

And rapturous awe, and silent love.

5 Then every murmuring thought and vain

Expires in sweet confusion lost:

I cannot of my cross complain,

I cannot of my goodness boast.

6 Pardon'd for all that I have done,

My mouth as in the dust I hide,

And glory give to God alone,

My God forever pacified!

 

The Old Covenant

Heb 9:6-7 LSB - [6] Now when these things have been so prepared, the priests are continually entering the first part [of the] tabernacle performing the divine worship, [7] but into the second, only the high priest [enters] once a year, not without [taking] blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.

The New Covenant

Heb 9:11-12 LSB - [11] But when Christ appeared [as] a high priest of the good things to come, [He entered] through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation, [12] and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy places once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

Heb 9:13-14 LSB - [13] For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh, [14] how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Heb 9:27-28 LSB - [27] And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this [comes] judgment, [28] so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without [reference to] sin, to those who eagerly await Him.

 Jesus, in thee our eyes behold

Author: Isaac Watts

1 Jesus, in thee our eyes behold
A thousand glories more
Than the rich gems and polished gold
The sons of Aaron wore.

2 They first their own burnt offerings brought
To purge themselves from sin;
Thy life was pure without a spot,
And all thy nature clean.

3 Fresh blood, as constant as the day,
Was on their altar spilt;
But thy one offering takes away
For ever all our guilt.

4 Their priesthood ran through several hands,
For mortal was their race;
Thy never-changing office stands
Eternal as thy days.

5 Once in the circuit of a year,
With blood (but not his own),
Aaron within the veil appears,
Before the golden throne.

6 But Christ, by his own powerful blood,
Ascends above the skies,
And, in the presence of our God,
Shows his own sacrifice.

7 Jesus, the King of Glory, reigns
On Zion’s heavenly hill;
Looks like a lamb that has been slain,
And wears his priesthood still.

8 He ever lives to intercede
Before his Father’s face;
Give him, my soul, thy cause to plead,
Nor doubt the Father’s grace.

 

Hebrews 4-6 - Jesus Our Great High Priest

The Believer’s Rest

Heb 4:1-2 LSB - [1] Therefore, let us fear, lest, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have fallen short of it. [2] For indeed we have had good news proclaimed to us, just as they also; but the word that was heard did not profit those who were not united with faith among those who heard.

Heb 4:6-7 LSB - [6] Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news proclaimed to them failed to enter because of disobedience, [7] He again determines a certain day, "TODAY," saying through David after so long a time just as has been said before, "TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS."

Psa 95:7-8 LSB - [7] For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you hear His voice, [8] Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

Heb 4:9 LSB - [9] So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

Heb 4:12 LSB - [12] For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Jesus Our Great High Priest

Heb 4:14-16 LSB - [14] Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us take hold of our confession. [15] For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things like [we are, yet] without sin. [16] Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Christ's Compassion to the Weak

Author: Isaac Watts

With joy we me­di­tate the grace

Of our high priest above:

His heart is made of ten­der­ness,

His bow­els melt with love.

Touched with a sym­pa­thy with­in,

He knows our fee­ble frame;

He knows what sore temp­ta­tions mean,

For He has felt the same.

But spot­less, in­no­cent, and pure,

The great Re­deem­er stood,

While Sa­tan’s fie­ry darts He bore,

And did re­sist to blood.

He in the days of fee­ble flesh

Poured out His cries and tears,

And in His mea­sure feels afresh

What ev­ery mem­ber bears.

He’ll nev­er quench the smok­ing flax,

But raise it to a flame;

The bruis­èd reed He nev­er breaks,

Nor scorns the mean­est name.

Then let our hum­ble faith ad­dress

His mer­cy and His pow­er;

We shall ob­tain de­liv­er­ing grace

In the dis­tress­ing hour.

Heb 5:5-6 LSB - [5] In this way also Christ did not glorify Himself to become a high priest, but He who said to Him, "YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU"; [6] just as He says also in another [passage], "YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK."

Heb 5:7 LSB - [7] He, in the days of His flesh, offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

Heb 5:8-10 LSB - [8] Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. [9] And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation, [10] being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

Warning Against Falling Away

Heb 6:4-6 LSB - 

[4] For in the case of those once having been enlightened and having tasted of the heavenly gift and having become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 

[5] and having tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 

[6] and having fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.

Psa 51:10 LSB - [10] Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Heb 12:17 LSB - [17] For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

2Ti 2:25 LSB - [25] with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may give them repentance leading to the full knowledge of the truth,

 

The Inheritance of the Promises

Heb 6:13-14 LSB - [13] For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, [14] saying, "I WILL GREATLY BLESS YOU AND I WILL GREATLY MULTIPLY YOU."

Gen 22:16-17 LSB - [16] and said, "By Myself I have sworn, declares Yahweh, because you have done this thing and have not spared your son, your only one, [17] indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.

Heb 6:19-20 LSB - [19] This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a [hope] both sure and confirmed and one which enters within the veil, [20] where a forerunner has entered for us--Jesus, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.