Quotes About Sacred

who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all Godís angels worship Him.”

You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor

It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,

And none of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,

and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.

The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.

A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.

Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaronís staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.

In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.

For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there.

After this I looked, and the temple—the tabernacle of the Testimony—was opened in heaven.

And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”