Hebrews 9:8-10 - By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing (which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper, but deal only with food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.
John 14:6 - Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Hebrews 10:1 - For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.
Application:
· Jesus is the only way to God, and He alone can provide access to God
· The very repetition of the sacrifices bore testimony that the perfect, sin-removing sacrifice had not yet been offered
· Christ introduced the new order with its new priesthood, new sanctuary and new sacrifice
All Scripture verses taken from ESV
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