“Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father” (Galatians 1:4).

There is no question: one of the key themes (if not the key theme) of the New Testament is that Jesus Christ died as the Sacrifice for the sins of the world. This truth is the foundation of the entire plan of salvation. Any theology that denies the blood atonement of Christ denies the heart and soul of Christianity. A bloodless cross can save no one.

Meditate upon the text for today and then answer these questions: Did Jesus volunteer to die? For whom did He die? What would His death accomplish?

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Substitution is the key to the entire plan of salvation. Because of our sins, we deserve to die. Christ, out of His love for us, “gave himself for our sins” (Galatians 1:4). He died the death that we deserve. The death of Christ as the Substitute for sinners is the great truth from which all other truth flows. Our hope, that of restoration, of freedom, of forgiveness, of eternal life in paradise, rests upon the work that Jesus did, that of giving Himself for our sins. Without that, our faith would be meaningless. We might as well place our hope and trust in a statue of a fish. Salvation comes only through the blood, the blood of Christ.

Look up the following texts: Matthew 26:28, Ephesians 2:13, Hebrews 9:14, 1 Peter 1:19. What do they tell us about the blood? What role, then, does blood play in the plan of salvation?

“It is not God’s will that you should be distrustful, and torture your soul with the fear that God will not accept you because you are sinful and unworthy … You can say: ‘I know I am a sinner, and that is the reason I need a Saviour … I have no merit or goodness whereby I may claim salvation, but I present before God the all-atoning blood of the spotless Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. This is my only plea.’ ” — Ellen G. White, The Faith I Live By, p. 100.

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Key Thought: The New Covenant has Jesus as our perfect sacrifice. He represents us before the Father in the Heavenly Sanctuary which is the basis of the New Covenant.
June 12, 2021

1. Have a volunteer read Leviticus 26:11,12; Exodus 25:8.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. Why did God command Israel to build the sanctuary? What reason does He give for doing this?
3. Personal Application: How does the sanctuary help us to be accepted and not abhorred by God? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “Why does God say that if they build a tabernacle that He won’t abhor them? What is it about the sanctuary that allows sinful, fallen people to be accepted by the Lord?” How would you respond to your friend?

2. Have a volunteer read Galatians 1:4, Hebrews 9:14.

1. a. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What does it mean that He delivers us from this present, evil world? Is that present tensed or future?
3. Personal Application: Did Jesus volunteer to die? Who did He die for? What would His death accomplish? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “What role does blood play in the plan of salvation? Someone told me God is not bloodthirsty and it wasn’t necessary for Jesus to give God His bloodthirsty requirement because God is love. I’m confused.” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Hebrews 8:1-6.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. Why is it easier to question God’s will than to go blindly where God leads?
3. Personal Application: When you think of Jesus our Mediator and Minister and Defense Attorney, what does it tell you about how God looks at us? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states: “When Jesus went to heaven, He became our High Priest and established a new priesthood. So why do we have priests today offering incense and offerings today in the church?“ How would you respond to your relative?

4. Have a volunteer read Hebrews 9:24; I Timothy 2:5,6.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. What two roles does Jesus portray here? How are they related together?
3. Personal Application: What does Jesus being in the Heavenly Sanctuary have to do with our practical life ?” Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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Hebrews 9:22

The divinely appointed way for the Old Testament sinner to rid himself of sin and guilt was through animal sacrifices. The Israelite sacrificial offerings are detailed in Leviticus 1 through 7. Careful attention was paid to the use and disposal of the blood in the various kinds of sacrifices. Indeed, the role of blood in sacrificial rituals is one of the unifying features in the Israelite sacrifices.

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The person who had sinned — and thus had broken the covenant relationship and the law that regulated it — could be restored to full fellowship with God and humanity by bringing an animal sacrifice as a substitute. Sacrifices, with their rites, were the God-appointed means to bring about cleansing from sin and guilt. They were instituted to cleanse the sinner, transferring individual sin and guilt to the sanctuary by sprinkling blood and reinstituting communion and full covenantal fellowship of the penitent with the personal God who is the saving Lord.

How do these concepts, expressed above, help us understand the questions at the end of yesterday’s study?

What prophetic significance was there in the animal sacrifice? (Isaiah 53:4-12, Hebrews 10:4).

The Old Testament animal sacrifices were the divinely ordained means for ridding the sinner of sin and guilt. They changed the sinner’s status from that of guilty and worthy of death to that of forgiven and reestablished in the covenantal God-human relationship. But there was a sense in which the animal sacrifices were prophetic in nature. No animal, after all, was an adequate substitute in atoning for humanity’s sin and guilt. Paul states it in his own language: “It is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins” (Hebrews 10:4, RSV). Thus, an animal sacrifice was meant to be a looking forward to the coming of the divine-human Servant of God, who would die a substitutionary death for the sins of the world. It is through this process that the sinner is forgiven and accepted by the Lord, and the basis of the covenant relationship is established.

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