Haikus through Hebrews, chapter 9

Glimpses of Chapter 9...

Cherubim above

Glory overshadowing

Mercy seat below

But when Christ appeared,

High Priest of good things come, he

Entered once for all

A will cannot take

Effect while he who willed it

Still lives, so he died

By means of his blood

He secured an eternal

Redemption for us

He will appear a
Second time, for those who wait
Eagerly for him

*Important Note: Please read through the whole of Hebrews (I recommend the English Standard Version or New American Standard Bible) for contextual significance (and significant context!). There is a lot of Scriptural meat found outside these 17 syllables.  I pray that the Spirit will cover over any errors made on my part, and most importantly, that He will speak truth to your heart.  To God alone be the glory!

9:1

That first covenant

Between God and Israel

Had regulations

9:1-2

For worship and an

Earthly place of holiness

A tabernacle

9:2

Prepared in its first

Room were the lampstand, table,

Consecrated bread

9:2-3

Called the Holy Place.

Behind the second curtain

A second section

9:3-4

Called the Holy of 

Holies, which had the golden

Altar of incense

9:4

And the ark of the

Covenant covered on all

Sides with gold, in which

9:4 (continued)

Was a golden urn

Holding the manna, Aaron's

Staff that had budded,

9:4-5

And the tablets of

The covenant.  Above the
Ark were cherubim

9:5
Of glory over-
Shadowing the mercy seat
But speak not of this

9:6

These preparations

Having thus been made, the priests

Go regularly

9:6 (continued)

Into the outer

Tabernacle, performing

The divine worship.

9:7

But only the high

Priest enters the inner room

Once a year, and not

9:7 (continued)

Without blood, which he
Offers for himself and for

Unintentional

9:7-8
Sins of the people.

By this the Holy Spirit
Indicates that the

9:8

Way into the Most

Holy Place had not yet been
Disclosed while the first

9:8-9

Tabernacle was
Still standing, this a symbol

For the present age.

9:9 
Sacrifices and

Gifts cannot cleanse the

Worshiper's conscience.

9:10

They are physical

Regulations and only

Deal with food, drink, and

9:10 (continued)

Various washings

Imposed on them till the time
Of restoration.

9:11

But when Christ appeared,

As a high priest of the good

Things that have come, then

9:11 (continued)

Through the greater and

More perfect tabernacle,

Not made with hands, and

9:11-12

Not a part of this

Creation, he entered the

Most holy place once

9:12

For all, not by the

Blood of goats and calves, but by
His own blood, having

9:12-13
Obtained eternal

Redemption. For if the blood of

Goats and bulls and the

9:13

Ashes of a young

Cow, sprinkling those who have been

Defiled sanctify

9:13-14

For the cleansing of
The flesh, how much more will the
Blood of Christ cleanse our

9:14

Consciences from dead
Works to serve the living God?
For through the power

9:14 (continued)
Of the eternal

Spirit he offered himself

Unblemished to God.

9:15

For this reason he
Is the mediator of

A new covenant

9:15 (continued)

So that those who are
Called may receive the promise

Of the eternal

9:15 (continued)

Inheritance, since

A death has taken place for
Redemption from sins

9:15-16

Committed under

The first covenant.  For where
A will exists, the

9:16-17
Death of the one who

Made it must be established

For a will only

9:17

Takes effect at death,
Since it is not in force as
Long as the one who

9:17-18
Made it is alive.
That is why even the first 
Covenant was not

9:18-19
Inaugurated
Without blood.  For when Moses
Had spoken every

9:19

Commandment of the
Law to all the people, he
Took the blood of the

9:19
Calves and the goats, with

Water and scarlet wool and
Hyssop, and sprinkled

9:19-20

Both the book itself

And all the people, saying,
"This is the blood of

9:20-21

The covenant which

God commanded you."  In the

Same way he sprinkled

9:21
The tabernacle
And all the articles of
Worship with the blood.

9:22

Everything is

Purified with blood.  Without

The shedding of blood

9:22-23

There's no forgiveness.

Thus it was necessary

For the copies of

9:23

The heavenly things

To be purified with these

Sacrifices, but

9:23 (continued)

The heavenly things

Themselves to be purified

With sacrifices

9:23-24

Better than these.  For

Christ has entered, not into

Holy places made

9:24

With human hands, which

Are copies of the true things,

But into heaven

9:24 (continued)

Itself, so that he

Might now appear for us in 

The presence of God.

9:25

Nor was it that he

Would offer himself often,

The way the high priest

9:25 (continued)

Enters the holy

Place year after year with blood

That is not his own.

9:26

Then Christ would have had

To suffer many times since
Creating the world.

9:26 (continued)

But now at the end

Of the ages, he's appeared
Once for all for the

9:26-27

Removal of sin
By sacrificing himself.
And just as it is

9:27

Appointed for man
To die once, and after that
Judgment, so also

9:28

Christ, having been
Offered to bear the sins of
Many, will appear

9:28 (continued)

A second time, not
To deal with sin but to save
Those who wait for him.