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Greater and More Perfect

Hebrews 9:11&12
"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;
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."

Jesus does it all! Jesus became the sacrifice on the cross achieving Salvation for everyone. Jesus saves you! It is about your FAITH in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Yesterday we read from the Old Testament book of Isaiah. There is prophecy pointing to Jesus Christ! "...the LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all." "He was OPPRESSED, and He was AFFLICTED, yet He opened not His mouth: He is brought as a LAMB to the slaughter..." 

We look back on animal sacrifice as a BRUTAL custom. And, it was violent. The sheding of blood is. All the way back to the beginning we know that blood is LIFE itself. Animal sacrifice is not unique to Israel. But, the transformative meaning GOD gives the ritual is unique! The practice all the way up to Jesus's day was a foreshadowing of the sacrifice the Son of God made for you and me.

The author of the book of Hebrews begins to explain in today's verses; "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; 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."

Jesus does it all! He is BOTH the priest and the sacrifice!! He volunteered to be crucified. It was not the Romans who bound Him there. It was not the nails that kept Him on the cross. It was His LOVE that fastened Him there. He became the sacrifice ‘without blemish,’ fulfilling in perfect moral purity the prescriptions of the ceremonial law, as designed by GOD. 
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