Hebrews 9:11-14 But Christ has appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come. In the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands (that is, not of this creation), he entered the most holy place once for all time, not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow, sprinkling those who are defiled, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we can serve the living God? Big Idea: Jesus gave the only sacrifice that could save us from our sins. Hebrews 9:11 But Christ has appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come. In the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands (that is, not of this creation)… Hebrews screams: “Jesus reigns supreme!” Ministries of the Holy Spirit to believers according to Romans 8: 8:1-2 - No longer condemned but set free from slavery to sin and death. 8:6 - given a mindset of life and peace. 8:10 - given spiritual life 8:16-17 - testifies we are God’s children, his heirs, and co-heirs with Christ 8:26-27 - helps us pray when we don’t know what to pray. “All that was foreshadowed by type in the tabernacle was now reality because of Christ’s priestly ministry in heaven. The tabernacle was patterned after the sanctuary in heaven, but today we no longer need the pattern. We have the eternal reality!” Warren Wiersbe Hebrews 9:12 …he entered the most holy place once for all time, not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. The Scapegoat Offering in the Old Testament John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” Redemption - the release of people, animals, or property from bondage through the payment of a price. Romans 6:16-18 Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of that one you obey—either of sin leading to death or of obedience leading to righteousness? But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching to which you were handed over, and having been set free from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness. Psalm 51:5 Indeed, I was guilty when I was born; I was sinful when my mother conceived me. Who is the debt of our sin owed to? God Societal Ideas of What Hell Might Be Like Descriptions of hell in the New Testament: Matt 25:41 - “the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.” Matt 25:46 - “eternal punishment” Mark 9:43 - “unquenchable fire” Matt 8:12 - “outer darkness” Rev 14:10-11 - “eternal torment with no rest” Psalm 22:1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Romans 3:26 God presented him to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so that he would be just and justify the one who has faith in Jesus. Penal Substitutionary Atonement - Christ, in our place, paid the penalty for our sins to make us right with God. God’s wrath against sin is not greater than his love. God’s love for humanity is not greater than his wrath against sin. Hebrews 9:13-14 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow, sprinkling those who are defiled, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we can serve the living God? Hebrews 9:10 They are physical regulations and only deal with food, drink, and various washings imposed until the time of the new order. A Logical Understanding of Good and Evil If we assume there is Evil in this world, we are assuming there is Good. If there is an overarching moral law defining Good and Evil, there must be a Law Giver. If there is no Law Giver, and morality is what we want it to be, we cannot judge Pharaoh, Hitler, Mao, Castro, or anyone else for the atrocities they have committed because they were doing what they thought was right. Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin. John 15:13 No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life for his friends. John 15:14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. Wes Huff on the Diary Of A CEO Podcast with Steven Bartlet (WATCH ON YOUTUBE BY CLICKING HERE) Wes Huff's resonse when asked by Steve Bartlet, "Am I going to hell?" “Everyone is going to hell, everyone… The Bible is very clear: all good people go to heaven. But Jesus said no one is good but God alone. So, if all good people go to heaven and no one is good but God alone, only God is in heaven...Heaven isn't full of good people. Heaven is full of people who understand they are not good enough… Justice (for our sins) is fulfilled in Jesus… now mercy, which is not getting what we do deserve, is able to be given to those who put their trust in Jesus.” Wes's response when asked by Bartlet, “So if I don’t believe in Jesus and the Bible, but I live a ‘good life’…and I don’t believe in God, am I going to hell?” If you are living your life rejecting God, he is not going to force you into his presence… if heaven is a place for those who have submitted their lives to Jesus, who are living the identity of what they are created to be, and said, “Your will be done God,” hell is a place where God says, “You rejected me, your will be done. I am going to give you what you want, in that I am going to remove my grace and mercy from you, and you are going to experience, truly, what you desire in being separated from me and my goodness and my grace.” Wes Huff, On the DOAC Podcast Next Step: I will repent and submit my life to Christ.