Bible Studies

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We continue this verse-by-verse study of Hebrews chapters 8-10 here in Part 5, starting with Heb. 9:14.

(14) how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit [[I prefer the translation in the margin of the NASB: "His eternal spirit." I believe these words speak of the eternal spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, who always existed with God the Father (and the Holy Spirit). The Sacrifice of the Lamb of God was not just offered in the dimension of the flesh (the physical) - it was offered in the eternal, spiritual dimension. This was, to say the least, a totally effective, totally worthy, voluntary Sacrifice that has the power to totally save all believers with a very full salvation that ultimately includes our being glorified and beginning to reign with the Lord Jesus, and to totally remove the devil and all who follow him from God's universe and kingdom forever (cf., e.g., John 12:31, 33; Heb. 2:14).]] offered Himself [The voluntary nature of Christ's Sacrifice is a very important feature of His all-important atoning death (cf., e.g., John 10:11-18).] without blemish to God [[The old-covenant sacrificial animals had to be without blemish in the physical dimension. The Lamb of God had to be perfect in the spiritual, eternal dimension, which included His being the unique Son of God who condescended, in the will of God, to become a man (but not just a man; He never ceased being deity, God the Son, and He was not spiritually dead), and He was totally without sin (cf., e.g., 2 Cor. 5:21; Heb. 4:15; 7:26).]], cleanse your conscience [[The verb "cleanse" here builds on "the cleansing" of verse 13, but whereas the cleansing of verse 13 was primarily external (of the flesh), the cleansing here in verse 14 is primarily internal of the heart/conscience in the spiritual dimension. Significantly, the Greek verb ("katharizo") translated "cleanse" is frequently used of a transforming, sanctifying cleansing in the New Testament (see Acts 15:9; 2 Cor. 7:1; Eph. 5:26; Titus 2:14; James 4:8; and 1 John 1:7, 9). This is extremely important, but I find that large numbers of evangelical Christians have very little, if any, knowledge of this fact, and several similar facts. (Christians typically only speak of being cleansed of the guilt of sin.) The blood of Christ (His all-important atoning death) is a lot more powerful than many (or most) Christians realize. God hates sin, and He paid an infinite price in the incarnation and sacrifice of His Unique Son to, for one super-important thing, cleanse believers from being sinners, enabling them to walk in the righteousness and holiness of God with the victory over all sin.

Hebrews 9:9 shows that the old-covenant sacrifices could not "make the worshiper perfect in conscience." (Compare Heb. 10:2. See under Heb. 9:9 above.) The sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ, by contrast, solved the sin, spiritual death, Satan problem (cf., e.g., Heb. 9:26 ["...He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself

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