Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry describes the completed earthly tabernacle and every vessel of its ministry being ceremonially sprinkled with animal blood. That earthly sanctuary was made according to the pattern shown to Moses and served as a pattern of things in heaven, while the heavenly sanctuary is the original in which Christ ministers for humanity. The sprinkling belongs to the biblical pattern in which blood consecrates sacred service and sets apart what is dedicated to God. It took place in a most solemn service after Moses read the book of the covenant, when he sprinkled blood on the altar and on the people, by which the children of Israel were once more set apart as a peculiar people.
Blood placed on the altar signified the people's consecration to God, and blood placed on the people signified that God accepted them as His special treasure through Christ's sprinkled blood. The old covenant formed between God and Israel at Sinai was ratified by the blood of a sacrifice. The covenant made with Adam and renewed to Abraham existed by the promise of God since the first intimation of redemption, was accepted by faith, and had the law of God as its basis as an arrangement for bringing men again into harmony with the divine will where they could obey God's law, but it could not be ratified until the death of Christ; it is called the second or new covenant because the blood of Christ by which it was sealed was shed after the blood of the first covenant, yet it was valid in the days of Abraham because it was then confirmed by the promise and by the oath of God.
These animal offerings were types that pointed forward to Christ's sacrifice, and when Christ gave His life they lost their value and their sacrificial role ended. The sprinkling of the blood represented the shedding of the blood of Jesus, by which human beings are cleansed from sin. The pattern connects with Christ's blood ratifying the new covenant.
The covenant ceremony typified the covenant between God and each believer in Jesus Christ. The bread and wine of the sacrament keep before His disciples the sacrifice made for each person. Jesus' blood is efficacious: faith in that blood is the only hope and stronghold, and God's promise is sealed by it.
Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry describes the completed earthly tabernacle and every vessel of its ministry being ceremonially sprinkled with animal blood. That earthly sanctuary was made according to the pattern shown to Moses and served as a pattern of things in heaven, while the heavenly sanctuary is the original in which Christ ministers for humanity. The sprinkling belongs to the biblical pattern in which blood consecrates sacred service and sets apart what is dedicated to God. It took place in a most solemn service after Moses read the book of the covenant, when he sprinkled blood on the altar and on the people, by which the children of Israel were once more set apart as a peculiar people.
Blood placed on the altar signified the people's consecration to God, and blood placed on the people signified that God accepted them as His special treasure through Christ's sprinkled blood. The old covenant formed between God and Israel at Sinai was ratified by the blood of a sacrifice. The covenant made with Adam and renewed to Abraham existed by the promise of God since the first intimation of redemption, was accepted by faith, and had the law of God as its basis as an arrangement for bringing men again into harmony with the divine will where they could obey God's law, but it could not be ratified until the death of Christ; it is called the second or new covenant because the blood of Christ by which it was sealed was shed after the blood of the first covenant, yet it was valid in the days of Abraham because it was then confirmed by the promise and by the oath of God.
These animal offerings were types that pointed forward to Christ's sacrifice, and when Christ gave His life they lost their value and their sacrificial role ended. The sprinkling of the blood represented the shedding of the blood of Jesus, by which human beings are cleansed from sin. The pattern connects with Christ's blood ratifying the new covenant.
The covenant ceremony typified the covenant between God and each believer in Jesus Christ. The bread and wine of the sacrament keep before His disciples the sacrifice made for each person. Jesus' blood is efficacious: faith in that blood is the only hope and stronghold, and God's promise is sealed by it.