Hebrews 9:9

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It’s an illustration of the present time, when gifts and sacrifices are offered that can’t give the worshiper a clear conscience.

Cross References

1 Peter 3:21

The water of the flood is a picture of the way that baptism now saves you too. It doesn’t save you by washing the dirt off your body. Instead, it’s your way of promising God that you’ll keep a clear conscience by the same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead.

Hebrews 5:1

Every high priest is chosen from among the people and appointed to represent them in things relating to God. He offers gifts and sacrifices for their sins.

Romans 5:14

Still, everyone from the time of Adam to the time of Moses was under the power of death. That even included people who didn’t sin by breaking a command from God, the way Adam did. But Adam also gives us a picture of how the Messiah could come and do something that would affect everyone.

Hebrews 11:19

Abraham did this because he believed that God could bring back people who had died. And so, in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from the dead.

Hebrews 10:11

Day after day every priest stands and performs his special duties. He offers the same sacrifices again and again, even though they can’t ever take away sins.

Hebrews 9:24

Christ didn’t enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one. He entered heaven itself in order to appear before God on our behalf. He’s there right now.

Hebrews 7:11

If the priests who came from Levi’s family could have made the people perfect by what they did at the temple, then why would another priest have to come who wasn’t in the order of Aaron, but in the order of Melchizedek? The law that was given to the people said that priests had to come from Levi’s family line.

Galatians 3:21

So is the law opposed to God’s promises? Certainly not! If a law had been given that could give life, then people could become right with God by obeying that law.

Hebrews 8:4

If he were on earth, he wouldn’t be a priest, because there already are priests who offer the gifts required by the law.