Category: Hebrews
Session 13: Hebrews 9:16-10:18
Our Great High Priest The Hebrews writer has declared Jesus Christ as the High Priest of “good things to come” (Heb. 9:11) by His substitutionary death on the Cross for our sins. In doing so, Jesus has eclipsed the Jews’ earth-bound Temple Sanctuary and has proceeded into the heavenly sanctuary and the very presence of God (Heb. 8:1-2; 9:11-12). But as he closes this first section of his letter (1:1-10:18), the writer wants to summarize the great doctrinal themes of our salvation with a focus on the work of Christ on the Cross. Jesus died as our great all-sufficient sacrifice…