HOLD FAST THE HOPE
(Transcribed Message)

Sunday Morning:  October 28, 2001

Text: Hebrews 10:19-23  "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

20. By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

21. And having an high priest (9 chapters, 2 – 10) over the house of God;

22. Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

23. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)"

BRETHREN

Hebrews 10:19  "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,"

TO THE HOLY OF HOLIES

Two curtains or veils in the tent in the tabernacle. The outer veil to the holy place. (Exodus 26:36, 37) The enter veil to the holy of holies. (Exodus 26:31-35)

TWO VEILS

Hebrews 9:3  "And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;"

THE SECOND VEIL

Mark 15:38  "And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom."

NOT WITHOUT BLOOD

Hebrews 9:7  "But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:"

LIVING WAY THROUGH THE VEIL

Hebrews 10:20  "By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;"

A LIVING HOPE

1 Peter 1:3-4  "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4. To [for] an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,"

HOPE, THE ANCHOR

Hebrews 6:19-20  "Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; 20. Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec."

AN HIGH PRIEST

Hebrews 10:21  "And having an high priest over the house of God;" (Hebrews 3:6)

OF GOOD THINGS TO COME

Hebrews 9:11  "But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;"

INHERITANCE

Hebrews 9:15  "And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance."

FULL ASSURANCE OF FAITH

Hebrews 10:22  "Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water."

WITHOUT THE CAMP

Hebrews 13:12-13  "Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. 13. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach."

FAITH IS NOT VAIN

1 Corinthians 15:13-14  "But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14. And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain."

RED HEIFER

Numbers 19:3  "And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:"

CLEANSING IN WATER

Numbers 19:7  "Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even."

WATER OF PURIFICATION

Numbers 19:9  "And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin."

CUT OFF

Numbers 19:13  "Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him."

BLOOD AND WATER

John 19:34  "But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water."

THEM THAT WITHOUT

Colossians 4:3-5  "Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: 4. That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. 5. Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time."

WASH WITH WATER

Exodus 30:18-20  "Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, . ., and thou shalt put water therein. 19. For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: 20. When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; . . ."

AN HOLY PRIESTHOOD

1 Peter 2:5  "Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ."

THE ELECT

1 Peter 1:2  "Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied."

A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD

1 Peter 2:9-10  "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10. Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy."

 KINGS AND PRIESTS

Revelation 1:5-6  "And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed [loosed] us from our sins in his own blood, 6. And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen."

PRIEST OF GOD

Revelation 20:6  "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years."

HOLD FAST

Hebrews 10:23  "Let us hold fast the profession [confession] of our faith [hope] without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)"