Hebrews 9:16-22

no Wedding March singing and no more uh audio problems hopefully uh so we're at Hebrews chapter 9: 16 through 22 uh this is a I think a somewhat of a little bit difficult passage but a fun one so let's have some coffee we may need it we'll pray and we'll get into God's word no coffee for you black again black again it's the best stuff all right Hebrews uh maybe you should come over to the dark side Hebrews chapter 9 beginning at verse 16 let's pray father we thank you so much for this day we thank you for your word please help us to read it understand it live it we need your help Lord in Jesus's name amen all right you want to read sure go for it for where there is a testament there must also be of necessity the death of the testator for a testament is in force after men are dead it no power at all while the testator lives therefore not even the first Covenant was dedicated without blood for when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law he took the blood of calves and goats with water scarf with water Scarlet wool and hiss up and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people saying this is the blood of the Covenant which God has commanded you then likewise he sprinkled with blood with the Tabernacle and the vessels of the ministry and according to the law almost all things are purified with blood and without shedding of blood there ision okay so we need to ask ourselves a what is this about B what's the best to summize and C what are we all to do all right so what is this about um Jesus okay how is it about Jesus um because Jesus is the test okay so Jesus is the testator what is the testator person who makes the Testament the C okay so the person who makes a covenant a testament good so uh this would be similar to so de here is similar to like a will right and so if Mommy and Daddy have a will made which we do uh could somebody go to the bank with our will and say oh oh I'm the one who's the beneficiary of the will and so I would like all of their money now yeah so it doesn't make any sense no could a family member come and say whoa whoa whoa I got the will I'm supposed to have these children and and tell the police to have to take you out of our house no why not because you're not dead yet yeah right so we're not dead so um so the right the conditions for it haven't been met right and uh in the ancient days if there was to be a covenant and especially a covenant where somebody was ruling over another people right there had to be a conquering king and the death of of another right and so Jesus you said this is about Jesus how is this about Jesus because Jesus is the okay had to die okay he had to die for the Covenant to take effect right just like Mommy and Daddy would have to die for our will to take effect right for that contract that Covenant those those conditions to come into effect so what was it like in the Old Testament how is that one put into goats yeah the blood of bulls and goats and Rams right uh and so when Moses had read the law God had given him everything uh in in Moses took a branch of his up and what did he do he coughed and he coughed and he coughed in the blood and sprinkled it on the people yeah sprinkle it just on the people and on the the altar well yeah so on the Altar and on the altar of incense and on the showbread so like all the stuff in the Tabernacle yeah so the T well the table of showbread not the bread itself I don't think um but right so sprinkled it on everything including the Ark of the Covenant and and did you notice what it said also on the books book on the book itself so on the Torah itself on the on the book of the Covenant itself right because for the Covenant to take effect it needed to have the sprinkling of blood do you remember when God Appears to Abraham and uh he had made a covenant with him and he has him cut the animals in half and Abraham goes to sleep and he sees the fire pot and the uh sensor go through the between the two animals yeah yeah so that's it's a theophany right it's a it's it's God appearing walking through and it's God saying that this Covenant is set right but if somebody was to break that Covenant then there is is dead themselves and something's got to die to ratify the covenant What ratified and set in place the New Covenant what ratified the New Covenant Jesus how do you know that did he ever say anything like this to let us know that that's what he was talking about what do you think can you think of anything so at the institution of the Lord's Supper do you remember what he said about the cup they were about to drink yeah interestingly the blood of the New Covenant for the remission of sins Jesus specifically uses the term Covenant for that reason there he was going to ratify he was going to redeem he was going to initiate the new better Covenant in his blood in his priesthood for his people what would you underline as the best verse for this section um probably 16 okay all right yeah that's what I would do too I've got a a number of things in verse 16 underlined uh so what is this call you do okay who's him Jesus okay so trust in the in the Sleepy Sandman no okay so to trust in Jesus right because Jesus is what testor yeah he's a testator right Jesus testor yeah right but we can trust in him right because Jesus ratified the Covenant in his own blood Jesus sealed the New Covenant for us guaranteed it for us and if Jesus sealed it can anybody break it no right that's perfect done forever it's a wonderful New Covenant to be in you ready to pray would you like to pray I can if you don't want to well it's your choice I don't want to peer pressure you okay I'll pray yeah God thank you so much for Jesus Christ and for the New Covenant in his blood thank you that he was willing to Die For Us Lord we thank you for giving us a great high priest with a better sacrifice and a better Covenant than Moses Lord please let us trust you and love you all of our lives in Jesus's name amen may the Lord bless you as you trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as you walk in his ways and we'll see you next time bye bye