NT Reality Replaces OT Shadows
Two posts present Christ as the New Testament reality who replaced the Old Testament shadows and figures. After writing these posts my Bible reading was in Hebrews. There I saw the earthly tabernacle and temple are prefigures of the heavenly New Jerusalem.
Hebrews 8:4-5 says “those who offer the gifts according to the law, who serve the example and shadow of the heavenly things.” Hebrews 9:9 tells us that the holy of holies “is a figure for the present time.”
Hebrews 9:11 is about Christ as the High Priest in “the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made by hands, that is, not of this creation.” Hebrews 10:1 tells su that the law is a shadow of the good things in the NT.
Hebrews 9:23-24 add “It was necessary therefore for the examples of the things in the heavens to be purified by these, but the heavenly things themselves, by better sacrifices than these. For Christ did not enter into a holy place made by hands, a figure of the true, but into heaven itself,…”
In these verses the OT tabernacle and temple are earthly and hand-made shadows and figures. The NT reality is heavenly, greater, more perfect, and not of the old creation. The heavenly holy of holies ultimately comes down “out of heaven” to be New Jerusalem on the new earth.
Posted by Don on March 11, 2024
https://newjerusalem12.wordpress.com/2024/03/11/nt-reality-replaces-ot-shadows/
