1. The Epistle to the Hebrews
Lesson 16
Christ, the Superior Sacrifice
Hebrews 10:1-18

2. The Sacrifices of the Law Foreshadowed Christ’s Sacrifice
The Law of Moses foreshadowed “good things to come” but not the very image of those things. (10:1)
The Law had “shadows” and “symbolic copies” of heavenly realities (8:5; 9:9, 23-24; Colossians 2:17)
Animal sacrifices could not take away sins. (10:2-4)
The need to repeat them proved their ineffectiveness.
The consciences of worshipers were never cleansed .
The sacrifices foreshadowed Christ’s sacrifice while also showing the need for it.

3. The Lord Provides a Better Sacrifice He takes away the first that he may establish the second
Jesus came to do His Father’s will (10:5-9a)
The passage alluded to is Psalm 40:6-8
When Jesus came into the world He recognized the following:
God the Father was not pleased with the sacrifices and burnt offerings of the Law.
A human body was prepared for Him to sacrifice (Philippians 2:5-8)
He had come to do God’s will in offering Himself as a sacrifice (John 6:38; 10:18; Romans 8:3-4; Galatians 1:4)
The first was taken away so that the second might be established (10:9b; Colossians 2:14-17)

4. Good Things Established by Christ’s Sacrifice
We are sanctified by the will of God (10:10)
This includes purification from past sins and being set apart for God’s use (1 Cor. 6:9-11)
A single sacrifice provides forgiveness forever (10:11-13)
The work of redemption is accomplished (9:12), so Christ rests and reigns.
Those being sanctified are perfected forever (10:14)
“Perfected” here means complete and whole with respect to access to forgiveness and to the Father; worshipers under the old law were never perfect in this sense (7:19; 9:9; 10:1)
Complete remission is provided (10:15-18; Jer. 31)