March 07, 2005
Hebrews 9:16,17
We didn't get a far as I thought we might last week. Of course what else is new, do we ever. Here is what we came up with in the discussion of the questions I listed.
Q. V16 Who is the "one who made it?" Answer. God is the one who made the covenant. The problem is God the Father didn't die. The answer, God the Son did. We're told God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself.
Q. Who was the mediator of the Old Testament? Answer Moses was the mediator of the O.T. He is a type of Christ in many ways. This mediatorial office is just one of them. Another interesting observation of Mr. Pink's was that the entry into the Promised Land was preceded by the mediator of the individual covenants.
Q. V17 Why is there no power in a covenant while the one who made it is alive? Answer While the one who made it lives, they can change it. While they live, those things described in the testament or covenant remains theirs to do with as they please. Ownership is only transferred after their death.
Q. What was and is the major stumbling block to Jews in accepting Jesus as the Messiah? Answer Deu 21:22,23 "If a man has committed a sin worthy of death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his corpse shall not hang all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him on the same day (for he who is hanged is accursed of God), so that you do not defile your land which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance." How could anyone claim to be the Messiah who was cursed by God? It just doesn't make any sense. Much as it took a supernatural revelation for Joseph not to divorce Mary for adultery, it takes a supernatural revelation of faith to trust the one who has become a curse for us. Bless His holy name!
Now for this week.
Q. Why was the shedding of blood necessary?
Q.V21 Why were all the vessels in the tabernacle sprinkled with blood? See also Ex. 24:6-8
Q. Does this practice instruct us today? How might it be applied today?
Q.Why the exception in Lev 5:7-11?
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