希伯來書9:16-28

9:16 凡有遺命必須等到留遺命（遺命：原文與約字同）的人死了；
9:17 因為人死了，遺命才有效力，若留遺命的尚在，那遺命還有用處嗎？
9:18 所以，前約也不是不用血立的；
9:19 因為摩西當日照著律法將各樣誡命傳給眾百姓，就拿朱紅色絨和牛膝草，把牛犢山羊的血和水灑在書上，又灑在眾百姓身上，說：
9:20 「這血就是上帝與你們立約的憑據。」
9:21 他又照樣把血灑在帳幕和各樣器皿上。
9:22 按著律法，凡物差不多都是用血潔淨的；若不流血，罪就不得赦免了。
9:23 照著天上樣式做的物件必須用這些祭物去潔淨；但那天上的本物自然當用更美的祭物去潔淨。
9:24 因為基督並不是進了人手所造的聖所（這不過是真聖所的影像），乃是進了天堂，如今為我們顯在上帝面前；
9:25 也不是多次將自己獻上，像那大祭司每年帶著牛羊的血（牛羊的血：原文作不是自己的血）進入聖所，
9:26 如果這樣，他從創世以來，就必多次受苦了。但如今在這末世顯現一次，把自己獻為祭，好除掉罪。
9:27 按著定命，人人都有一死，死後且有審判。
9:28 像這樣，基督既然一次被獻，擔當了多人的罪，將來要向那等候他的人第二次顯現，並與罪無關，乃是為拯救他們。

¹⁶ In the case of a will, it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, ¹⁷ because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. ¹⁸ This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. ¹⁹ When Moses had proclaimed every command of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people. ²⁰ He said, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.” ²¹ In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies. ²² In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
²³ It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ²⁴ For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence. ²⁵ Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. ²⁶ Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. ²⁷ Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, ²⁸ so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

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    耶穌基督的寶血是高過牛和羊的血，要潔淨屬天的會幕，正如牛和羊的血潔淨世上的會幕、器皿、祭司，使這一切都歸上帝為聖！但是，牛和羊的血是一次再一次的撒，卻無法永遠潔淨與成聖！然而耶穌基督的寶血，卻大有功效，只要一次就完全了！

    當然這很容易讓人想到「一次得救就永遠得救」的議題！但是，就基督寶血的功效，可是不隨便，只要一次就可以了！不需要一次再一次，這是因為人的信心之問題。人常常是以自己的景況來評論事情，忘記基督耶穌不只是完全的人，也是完全的上帝！祂的人性和你我一般，都是有限的！而祂的神性卻是永恆的，所以一次就可以有永遠的效力，不用也不必多次！

    也因此，我們的得救，也是一次就有永遠的果效，不用一次又一次，反覆的接受或相信！只要我們宣告：「我願意接受耶穌基督為救主」，就已經是蒙耶穌基督救恩的人了！

希伯來書9:15

為此，他作了新約的中保，既然受死贖了人在前約之時所犯的罪過，便叫蒙召之人得著所應許永遠的產業。

 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

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    耶穌基督做了新約的中保，卻就由祂的死完成了舊約律法的要求，使我們不僅在舊約的律法前稱義，更美的是透過耶穌基督的拯救，我們可以承受上帝的國，永遠在上帝的保守之下！

    上帝之所以為上帝，就是祂的做為總是讓我們驚嘆！超過我們能夠想像的，正像在我們的想法中，是要親自做到，才能使自己安心，認為如此才能蒙上帝的喜悅！可是，我們有自己的極限，自己無法突破的地方，可是上帝卻能而且幫我們補足了！

    就像一個年輕人，很努力向他的師傅學習畫畫，可是再怎麼努力就是畫不好，話到累了、睡著了！他的師傅看見了，就幫他補了幾筆。結果他醒來，發現他的畫作竟然充滿神韻，宛如絕世之作品！

    我們的生命也是如此，有了主耶穌的做為在我們身上，我們就成為上帝的寶貝，成為上帝的兒女，可以享受永生的福樂，就是從信靠耶穌基督為救主的那一刻，上帝就永遠我們同在了！我們就承受永遠的產業了！

希伯來書9:11-14

9:11 但現在基督已經來到，作了將來美事的大祭司，經過那更大更全備的帳幕，不是人手所造，也不是屬乎這世界的；
9:12 並且不用山羊和牛犢的血，乃用自己的血，只一次進入聖所，成了永遠贖罪的事。
9:13 若山羊和公牛的血，並母牛犢的灰，灑在不潔的人身上，尚且叫人成聖，身體潔淨，
9:14 何況基督藉著永遠的靈，將自己無瑕無疵獻給上帝，他的血豈不更能洗淨你們的心（原文是良心），除去你們的死行，使你們事奉那永生上帝嗎？

¹¹ But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here,^[a] he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. ¹² He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining^[b] eternal redemption. ¹³ The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. ¹⁴ How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death,^[c] so that we may serve the living God!

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    耶穌基督與舊約（律法）的大祭司是不相同的：律法的大祭司是在人間有形的帳幕來服事上帝，而耶穌基督是在天上無形的帳幕來服事上帝；律法的大祭司是獻牛或羊的血，耶穌基督是現自己的血；律法的大祭司是一次再一次的獻祭，耶穌基督是一次的獻上就成就永遠的功效！

    我們要再一次好好的思考，我們每一次的禮拜不再是獻祭，家裡的敬拜也不應稱為家庭祭壇。雖然保羅用「活祭」來形容我們獻上自己為主用的心志。但這與獻祭意義已經不同了，因為這些都是出於記念和感謝，是享受上帝的同在，與上帝交流的狀態，是一種歡慶，是得上帝供應，是上帝親自用榮光來圍繞我們！

    感謝上帝，藉由耶穌基督的獻祭，我們得以進入上帝的帳幕，成為上帝子民、兒女，使我們無時無刻都有上帝兒女的自由與喜悅，並且盼望耶穌基督再來，上帝國完全實現實，我們就永遠在上帝的面前敬拜祂，千年如一日、一日如千年！

希伯來書9:1-10

9:1 原來前約有禮拜的條例和屬世界的聖幕。
9:2 因為有預備的帳幕，頭一層叫作聖所，裡面有燈臺、桌子，和陳設餅。
9:3 第二幔子後又有一層帳幕，叫作至聖所，
9:4 有金香爐（爐：或譯壇），有包金的約櫃，櫃裡有盛嗎哪的金罐和亞倫發過芽的杖，並兩塊約版；
9:5 櫃上面有榮耀基路伯的影罩著施恩（施恩：原文是蔽罪）座。這幾件我現在不能一一細說。
9:6 這些物件既如此預備齊了，眾祭司就常進頭一層帳幕，行拜上帝的禮。
9:7 至於第二層帳幕，惟有大祭司一年一次獨自進去，沒有不帶著血為自己和百姓的過錯獻上。
9:8 聖靈用此指明，頭一層帳幕仍存的時候，進入至聖所的路還未顯明。
9:9 那頭一層帳幕作現今的一個表樣，所獻的禮物和祭物，就著良心說，都不能叫禮拜的人得以完全。
9:10 這些事，連那飲食和諸般洗濯的規矩，都不過是屬肉體的條例，命定到振興的時候為止。

Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. ² A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand and the table with its consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place. ³ Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, ⁴ which had the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. ⁵ Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

⁶ When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry. ⁷ But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. ⁸ The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning. ⁹ This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. ¹⁰ They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings—external regulations applying until the time of the new order.

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    舊約的會幕是照著天上的樣式呈現在地上，意思就是說「可見」是「不能見」的影子，是為了顧及人的軟弱所設立的，因為人無法直接靠著那「不能見」的，人總需要那能見的，尤其是基督耶穌尚未來的時候，大家不知那能見的意義為何，就需要那可見的。

    但是今天基督已經來了，真正的獻祭也發生、也顯明了，也因為基督已經完成了，所以會幕與獻祭的事也不需要了，也因此聖殿也沒有存在的意義。所以，耶路撒冷的聖殿被毀是正常的；因為真正的已經來到，上帝國正在進行中，有一天會完全實現！

    同樣今日的教會也是暫時性的組織，在主耶穌再來的時候，上帝國完全的實現，那時候教會就轉化成上帝國，不再是現在的教會樣式，而是化零為整，成為上帝榮耀的國了！

    因此，教會是在上帝國尚未實現時的一個組織，或大或小不是問題，遵行上帝旨意預備主耶穌再來，迎接上帝國的實現，才是教會存在的目地，不要將帳篷當成宮殿，一切都會過去，只有耶穌基督的國才是永遠長存！