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Christ Our High Priest โ€” Hebrews 9

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Heb 9:11-14 presents Christ entering "the greater and more perfect tent... by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption." The earthly tabernacle was a copy; Christ ministers in the true sanctuary.

Thomas Aquinas โ€” Summa Theologiae, and John Owen โ€” The Death of Death in the Death of Christ. The once-for-all sacrifice of 9:26 ends the cycle of repeated offerings.

The chapter is a sustained meditation on the Day of Atonement in Lev 16:14-15, and its new-covenant frame fulfills Jer 31:31. The blood that inaugurates the new covenant reappears at the Lord's Supper in 1Cor 11:25.

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Sources in this note
Scripture
Hebrews 9:11โ€“14
Leviticus 16:14โ€“15
Jeremiah 31:31
1 Corinthians 11:25
Citations
Thomas Aquinas โ€” Summa Theologiae
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John Owen โ€” The Death of Death in the Death of Christ
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