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highlighted 1 Kings 12:1-3 NLT

Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king.

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read Hebrews 9

Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness....

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highlighted Hebrews 9:27-28 NLT

And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment,

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If that had been necessary, Christ would have had to die again and again, ever since the world began. But now, once for all time, he has appeared at the end of the age to remove sin by his own death as a sacrifice.

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highlighted Hebrews 9:25 NLT

And he did not enter heaven to offer himself again and again, like the high priest here on earth who enters the Most Holy Place year after year with the blood of an animal.

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highlighted Hebrews 9:24 NLT

For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with human hands, which was only a copy of the true one in heaven. He entered into heaven itself to appear now before God on our behalf.

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highlighted Hebrews 9:23 NLT

That is why the Tabernacle and everything in it, which were copies of things in heaven, had to be purified by the blood of animals. But the real things in heaven had to be purified with far better sacrifices than the blood of animals.

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highlighted Hebrews 9:22 NLT

In fact, according to the law of Moses, nearly everything was purified with blood. For without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness.

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highlighted Hebrews 9:18 NLT

That is why even the first covenant was put into effect with the blood of an animal.

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highlighted Hebrews 9:17 NLT

The will goes into effect only after the person’s death. While the person who made it is still alive, the will cannot be put into effect.

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highlighted Hebrews 9:16 NLT

Now when someone leaves a will, it is necessary to prove that the person who made it is dead.

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highlighted Hebrews 9:15 NLT

That is why he is the one who mediates a new covenant between God and people, so that all who are called can receive the eternal inheritance God has promised them. For Christ died to set them free from the penalty of the sins they had committed under that first covenant.

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highlighted Hebrews 9:14 NLT

Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.

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highlighted Hebrews 9:13 NLT

Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer could cleanse people’s bodies from ceremonial impurity.

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highlighted Hebrews 9:12 NLT

With his own blood—not the blood of goats and calves—he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever.

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highlighted Hebrews 9:11 NLT

So Christ has now become the High Priest over all the good things that have come. He has entered that greater, more perfect Tabernacle in heaven, which was not made by human hands and is not part of this created world.

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highlighted Hebrews 9:9 NLT

This is an illustration pointing to the present time. For the gifts and sacrifices that the priests offer are not able to cleanse the consciences of the people who bring them.

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highlighted Hebrews 9:8 NLT

By these regulations the Holy Spirit revealed that the entrance to the Most Holy Place was not freely open as long as the Tabernacle and the system it represented were still in use.

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highlighted Hebrews 9:1 NLT

That first covenant between God and Israel had regulations for worship and a place of worship here on earth.

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