During 70 AD, did Christ sprinkled his blood on the mercy seat in the Holy of Holies in Heaven?
During 70 AD, did Christ sprinkled his blood on the mercy seat in the Holy of Holies in Heaven?
In
the Old Testament, we see God gave Moses/David/Solomon instructions to build/organize
the Tabernacle/Temple. The phrase “patterned after Heaven” is mentioned with
these structures.
Ezekiel
40-48 is the reader’s introduction to the Heavenly Temple. Hebrews 9:11-12 is one
of the most controversial passages in the Bible. However, Ezekiel 40-48 sheds
light into how we should interpret Hebrews 9:11-12. In Ezekiel 40-48, we see
that the Prince (Jesus) is waiting for a particular time in the outer court to
make the National Sacrifice for Spiritual Israel/Church during the Day of Atonement
in 70 AD. The Prince/High Priest has to take his sacrifice to the Holy of
Holies to make atonement for His people. This is the New Covenant described in
Old Testament language in order for the Jewish Elect to understand the future.
Based
on these passages, it appears that Christ’s crucifixion/ascension fulfilled the
first 4 Feasts during the Spring season: Passover, Unleavened Bread, 1st
Fruits, and Pentecost.
The
last 3 Feasts were fulfilled in the Fall season of 70 AD (when the Romans
crushed the Jews): Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Booths.
When
this was fulfilled in 70 AD, the Heavenly Temple came to Earth. Earth was
slowly transforming into Heaven.
Since
the Old Testament’s Day of Atonement consisted of a two part sequence - killing
one goat while sprinkling its blood on the Mercy Seat and releasing the other goat
into the wilderness, why do we only knowledge Christ’s sacrifice as a single
event and not as a two part process? The first part was to establish Christ as an everlasting High Priest (he is sinless). The second part was to redeem the people of Spiritual Israel-The Church.
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Hebrews 9:11-12 English Standard Version
11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come,
then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with
hands, that is, not of this creation) 12 he entered once for all
into the holy places, not by means of the
blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an
eternal redemption.
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Hebrews 9:24 English Standard Version 24
For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of
the true things, but into heaven itself, NOW to appear in the presence of God on our behalf
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Hebrews 9:8 English Standard Version 8
By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is NOT
YET OPENED as long as the first section is still standing
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Revelation 11:19 English Standard
Version 19 Then God's temple in heaven was OPENED, and the ark of
his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of
lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.
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Leviticus 16:15 English Standard Version
15 “Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people and
bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood
of the bull, sprinkling it over the mercy seat and in front of the
mercy seat
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Ezekiel 40:5 English Standard Version 5 And behold, there was a WALL all around the outside of
the temple area, and the length of the measuring reed in the man's hand was six
long cubits, each being a cubit and a handbreadth in length. So he measured the thickness of the WALL one reed; and the
height, one reed
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Ezekiel 44:1-3 English Standard Version 44
Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces east.
And it was shut. 2 And the Lord said to me, “This gate shall remain shut; it
shall not be opened, and NO ONE shall enter by it, for the
Lord, the God of Israel, has entered by it. Therefore it shall
remain shut. 3 Only the prince may SIT IN IT to eat bread before
the Lord. He shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gate, and shall go out
by the same way.”
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Ezekiel 46:1-3 English Standard Version 46
“Thus says the Lord God: The gate of the inner court that faces east shall be
shut on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on
the day of the new moon it shall be opened. 2 The prince shall
enter by the vestibule of the gate from outside, and shall take his stand by
the post of the gate. The priests shall offer his burnt offering
and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate.
Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening. 3 The
people of the land shall bow down at the entrance of that gate before the Lord
on the Sabbaths and on the new moons.
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Revelation 15:8 English Standard Version
8 and the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his
power, and NO ONE could enter the sanctuary until the seven
plagues of the seven angels were finished.
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Revelation 21:2 English Standard Version
2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband.
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altar in Revelation is the same altar of incense (Heaven’s Holy Place) in
Ezekiel 40:47/43:13-27******
Revelation 8:3-5 English Standard Version 3 And
another angel came and stood at the altar with a
golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all
the saints on the golden altar before the throne, 4 and the smoke of the
incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the
angel. 5 Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were
peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
Revelation 16:7 English Standard Version 7 And I heard the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God the Almighty, true
and just are your judgments!”
Isaiah 6:6 English Standard Version 6 Then one of
the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken
with tongs from the altar.
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