Hebrews 9:8-11  the Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holy place hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing; 9  which is a figure for the time present; according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as touching the conscience, make the worshipper perfect, 10  being only (with meats and drinks and divers washings) carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation. 11  But Christ having come a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,

1. Shadows in the Tabernacle
Hebrews 9:6-12

2. Hebrews 9:6-12
• 6. Now these things having been thus prepared,
the priests go in continually into the first
tabernacle, accomplishing the services;
• 7. but into the second the high priest alone,
once in the year, not without blood, which he
offereth for himself, and for the errors of the
people:
• 8. the Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way
into the holy place hath not yet been made
manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet
standing;

3. Hebrews 9:6-12
• 9. which is a figure for the time present; according to
which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as
touching the conscience, make the worshipper perfect,
• 10. being only (with meats and drinks and divers
washings) carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of
reformation.
• 11. But Christ having come a high priest of the good
things to come, through the greater and more perfect
tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of
this creation,
• 12. nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but
through his own blood, entered in once for all into the
holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.

4. The first tabernacle, a figure (type)
• had a priesthood
• they served before God
• gifts and sacrifices
• only for the time present, imposed until a time of
reformation

5. A greater and more
perfect tabernacle
• where Christ obtained
our eternal redemption
– not made with hands
(spiritual)
– not of this creation
• Hebrews 9:23-24
– The Holy Place
– heaven itself, where God
is...

6. The tabernacle
• The high priest
• The sacrifice
• The calendar of
offerings
• The tabernacle itself
- the altar
- the laver
- the table of showbread
- the lamp stand
- the altar of incense
- the veil
- the ark of the covenant
- the mercy seat

7. I Peter 2:9
• But ye are a elect
race, a royal
priesthood, a holy
nation, a people for
God's own
possession, that ye
may show forth the
excellencies of him
who called you out of
darkness into his
marvellous light:

8. Ephesians 2:4-6
but God, being rich in mercy, for his great
love wherewith he loved us, 5. even
when we were dead through our
trespasses, made us alive together with
Christ (by grace have ye been saved), 6.
and raised us up with him, and made us to
sit with him in the heavenly places, in
Christ Jesus:

9. Hebrews 10:19-22
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to
enter into the holy place by the blood of
Jesus, 20. by the way which he
dedicated for us, a new and living way,
through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
21. and having a great priest over the
house of God; 22. let us draw near with a
true heart in fulness of faith, having our
hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience:
and having our body washed with pure
water,

10. The Levites, chosen to be priests
• Deuteronomy 33
• Exodus 32:25-29
• Compare Matthew 10:31-38
• 1 Peter 2:3-10

11. Our Priesthood
• We are living stones in a spiritual house
(temple?)
• We are a holy priesthood
• We are to offer up spiritual sacrifices

12. God’s presence among His people
– Deuteronomy 4:37
– Numbers 5:3
– Numbers 35:34
Therefore, they were to
be a Holy people
– Leviticus 11:44-45
– Leviticus 19:1-3, 20:26
– Deuteronomy 23:14

13. Priests only - near the holy things
• Leviticus 6:14-18
• Leviticus 21:1-8

14. 1 Peter 1
13. Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind,
be sober and set your hope perfectly on the
grace that is to be brought unto you at the
revelation of Jesus Christ;
14. as children of obedience, not fashioning
yourselves according to your former lusts in the
time of your ignorance:
15. but like as he who called you is holy, be ye
yourselves also holy in all manner of living;
16. because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am
holy.

15. Exodus 30
17. And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
18. Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base
thereof of brass, whereat to wash. And thou shalt put it
between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt
put water therein.
19. And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and
their feet thereat:
20. when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash
with water, that they die not; or when they come near to
the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire unto
Jehovah.
21. So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they
die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to
him and to his seed throughout their generations.

16. For the Christian
• Before one can enter the service of God, one
must have faith in Jesus – AND be baptized
for the remission of sins
• 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
• Ephesians 5:25-26
• Revelation 1:5-6
• Acts 22:16
• Hebrews 9:19-22

17. A Holy Priesthood
1 Peter 2:5

18. 1 Peter 2:5
“Ye also, as living
stones, are built up a
spiritual house, to be
a holy priesthood, to
offer up spiritual
sacrifices, acceptable
to God through Jesus
Christ.”

19. Tabernacle – a perspective
Courtyard
• 150 cubits x 50 cubits
Tabernacle
• 30 cubits x 10 cubits
Holy of holies
• 10 cubits x 10 cubits
Altar of burnt offerings
• 5 cubits x 5 cubits

20. Tabernacle – a perspective
Courtyard
• 75 yards x 25 yards
Tabernacle
• 15 yards x 5 yards
• 45 feet x 15 feet
Holy of holies
• 15 feet x 15 feet
Altar of burnt offerings
• 7 ½ feet x 7 ½ feet

22. Entrance
• Only the priests, holy men
appointed by God could enter
the courtyard to serve
• The first thing they approach
is the ALTAR of sacrifice
• Before entering the Holy
Place the priest had to wash
in the LAVER
• Then the priest entered the
tabernacle

23. Hebrews 10
19. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to
enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
20. by the way which he dedicated for us, a new
and living way, through the veil, that is to say,
his flesh;
21. and having a great priest over the house of
God;
22. let us draw near with a true heart in
fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled
from an evil conscience: and having our
body washed with pure water,

24. The Picture
• Before entering the tabernacle
as a priest of God today, the
Christian must first pass by
the cross (Faith) and then
wash (Baptism).
• Then the Christian enters into
the presence of God to serve
continually.
• The Christian never leaves
the tabernacle

25. The True Tabernacle
• Heaven itself, access to the
very presence of God
• The veil has been torn and
there is NO longer anything
separating the priest from
God
• We have access through
Jesus to everything we need
to live and serve before God

26. Jesus Christ – our everything
• The bread of life
• The light of the world
• Our mediator
• Table of Showbread
• The Lampstand
• The altar of incense
• Our mercy seat / our atonement / our access
into the very presence of God
• As a priest we are sanctified and equipped to
serve God in holiness and truth

27. Our Spiritual Sacrifices
Hebrews 10:6-9
• 1 Peter 2:5
• Hebrews 13:15-16
• Romans 12:1
• Idleness not
acceptable to God
• John 9:4

28. Holy Service in the presence of God
Unacceptable behaviors
• Unauthorized activities
– Leviticus 9-10
• Works of the flesh
– Galatians 5:14-21
• Divisions
– 1 Corinthians 1:10-11
• Sexual sins
– Numbers 25:1-15
– 2 Corinthians 7:1

29. Living in the Presence of God
Hebrews 4:11-13
11. Let us therefore give diligence to enter into
that rest, that no man fall after the same
example of disobedience.
12. For the word of God is living, and active, and
sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing
even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both
joints and marrow, and quick to discern the
thoughts and intents of the heart.
13. And there is no creature that is not
manifest in his sight: but all things are naked
and laid open before the eyes of him with whom
we have to do.

30. Holy Living
1 Peter 1
13. Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind,
be sober and set your hope perfectly on the
grace that is to be brought unto you at the
revelation of Jesus Christ;
14. as children of obedience, not fashioning
yourselves according to your former lusts in the
time of your ignorance:
15. but like as he who called you is holy, be ye
yourselves also holy in all manner of living;
16. because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am
holy.