Question 34

Romans 15:8

^15:8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

^15:8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God's truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,

Acts 3:20; Acts 3:24

^3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: ^3:24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

^3:20 that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you. ^3:24 Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.

Hebrews 10:1

^10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

^10:1 For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

Romans 4:11

^4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

^4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.

1 Corinthians 5:7

^5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

^5:7 Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

Hebrews 8–10

^8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; ^8:2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. ^8:3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. ^8:4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: ^8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. ^8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. ^8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. ^8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: ^8:9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. ^8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: ^8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. ^8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. ^8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. ^9:1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. ^9:2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. ^9:3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; ^9:4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; ^9:5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. ^9:6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. ^9:7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: ^9:8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: ^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; ^9:10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. ^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; ^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. ^9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: ^9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? ^9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. ^9:16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. ^9:17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. ^9:18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. ^9:19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, ^9:20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. ^9:21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. ^9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. ^9:23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ^9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: ^9:25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; ^9:26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. ^9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: ^9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. ^10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. ^10:2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. ^10:3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. ^10:4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. ^10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: ^10:6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. ^10:7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. ^10:8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; ^10:9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. ^10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. ^10:11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: ^10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; ^10:13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. ^10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. ^10:15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, ^10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; ^10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. ^10:18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. ^10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, ^10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; ^10:21 And having an high priest over the house of God; ^10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. ^10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) ^10:24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: ^10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. ^10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, ^10:27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. ^10:28 He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: ^10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? ^10:30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. ^10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. ^10:32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; ^10:33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used. ^10:34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. ^10:35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. ^10:36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. ^10:37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. ^10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. ^10:39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

^8:1 The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, ^8:2 and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man. ^8:3 And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer. ^8:4 Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law. ^8:5 The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain." ^8:6 Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises. ^8:7 For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second. ^8:8 But God found fault with the people and said: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. ^8:9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord. ^8:10 For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. ^8:11 No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. ^8:12 For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more." ^8:13 By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear. ^9:1 Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. ^9:2 A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place. ^9:3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, ^9:4 containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron's staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. ^9:5 Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now. ^9:6 When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties. ^9:7 But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. ^9:8 By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing. ^9:9 It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper. ^9:10 They consist only in food and drink and special washings-external regulations imposed until the time of reform. ^9:11 But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation. ^9:12 He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption. ^9:13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, ^9:14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God! ^9:15 Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. ^9:16 In the case of a will, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made it, ^9:17 because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive. ^9:18 That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. ^9:19 For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people, ^9:20 saying, "This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep." ^9:21 In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship. ^9:22 According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. ^9:23 So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ^9:24 For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God. ^9:25 Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. ^9:26 Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself. ^9:27 Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment, ^9:28 so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him. ^10:1 For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. ^10:2 If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins. ^10:3 Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, ^10:4 because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. ^10:5 Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. ^10:6 In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. ^10:7 Then I said, 'Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.'" ^10:8 In the passage above He says, "Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them" (although they are offered according to the law). ^10:9 Then He adds, "Here I am, I have come to do Your will." He takes away the first to establish the second. ^10:10 And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. ^10:11 Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. ^10:12 But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God. ^10:13 Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet, ^10:14 because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified. ^10:15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says: ^10:16 "This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds." ^10:17 Then He adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more." ^10:18 And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed. ^10:19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, ^10:20 by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body, ^10:21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, ^10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. ^10:23 Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. ^10:24 And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds. ^10:25 Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching. ^10:26 If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, ^10:27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries. ^10:28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ^10:29 How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace? ^10:30 For we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine; I will repay," and again, "The Lord will judge His people." ^10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. ^10:32 Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering. ^10:33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated. ^10:34 You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession. ^10:35 So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward. ^10:36 You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised. ^10:37 For, "In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay. ^10:38 But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him." ^10:39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

Hebrews 11:13

^11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

^11:13 All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

Galatians 3:7–9; Galatians 3:14

^3:7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. ^3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. ^3:9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. ^3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

^3:7 Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham. ^3:8 The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: "All nations will be blessed through you." ^3:9 So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. ^3:14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.