Today's short thoughts will be based on the passage of scripture found in Hebrews 9:11-12. Here the author writes, "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; and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption."
In the first ten verses of the chapter we read of the "earthy tabernacle" and now we read of the "more perfect" one. What a difference is found in the two! Into the "earthly tabernacle" the high priest would enter once a year and he would do so year after year. The gifts and sacrifices that he offered were not able to "make the worshiper perfect in conscience." There was no power in the blood of goats and calves; it only looked forward to the blood of the Lamb."
But Christ entered to minister in "the more perfect tabernacle", one that is "not of this creation". He entered this tabernacle through His own blood once and because of His efficacy, redemption is secure for eternity. As the great hymn proclaims, "There is power, power, wonder working power; In the blood of the Lamb. There is power, power, wonder working power In the precious blood of the lamb."
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