These verses are about who is our High Priest, Jesus Christ, based on a chain of verses that are referenced in a specific order to help give clarity and context.* It has very minimal commentary so that you can do your own self-reflection and discovery of the verses. Many times the Bible explains itself if you just know where to look.
With each group of verses, there are probing questions to help you consider what is being said. Each verse in the study is linked to an online Bible, should you want to check the context of the verses around it. Also, allowing verification of what scripture says, as well as purity of a study based only on the Bible.
1. What has been Christ’s position and work since His ascension?
- Hebrews 8:1-3 (KJV) — “”
- Hebrews 9:24 (KJV) — “”
2. How was Christ’s priestly work typified by Moses?
- Hebrews 8:4-5 (KJV) — “”
3. How is the earthly sanctuary described?
- Hebrews 9:1-5 (KJV) — “”
Study Exodus, chapters 25 to 30.
4. What was the order of service in the earthly sanctuary?
- Hebrews 9:6-10 (KJV) — “”
“For 359 days the service of the sanctuary had to do with the first apartment. The ten commandment law within the ark in the most holy place demanded the life of the sinner. 1 John 3:4; Romans 6:23. Thus the sinner, recognizing his guilt, brought his offering. Then laying his hands upon the head of the innocent victim representing the Christ to come, he confessed his sin, the animal was slain, and its blood put on the horns of the altar and poured at the foot of the altar. Thus the sins of all who confessed were pardoned, and in type transferred to the sanctuary.”
5. What took place on the day of atonement?
- Leviticus 23:26-32 (KJV) — “”
- Leviticus 16:3 (KJV) — “”
- Leviticus 16:5-8 (KJV) — “”
- Leviticus 16:15 (KJV) — “”
- Leviticus 16:16-22 (KJV) — “”
“The tenth day of the seventh month was the day of atonement. On this day the sanctuary was cleansed of the blood record of sins confessed furing the year. The only ones passing the test of this yearly judgment day were those who had confessed every known sin. In a service strictly conforming to God’s instructions, the high priest took the blood of the Lord’s goat into the most holy place, where the visible presence of God appeared. The sprinkling of the blood there transferred the sins to the high priest in type, after which he cleansed the out apartment, and then transferred the guilt to the goat representing the one responsible for all sin, Azazel, or Satan. The goat was then loosed in a desert place, a ‘land of forgetfulness.’”
6. Of what was this earthly sanctuary and service a figure?
- Revelation 4:5 (KJV) — “”
- Revelation 8:3-4 (KJV) — “”
- Revelation 11:19 (KJV) — “”
- Hebrews 9:11-12 (KJV) — “”
7. Does the heavenly sanctuary need to be cleansed?
- Hebrews 9:22-23 (KJV) — “”
8. When is the heavenly sanctuary to be cleansed?
- Daniel 8:14 (KJV) — “”
- See:
- Ezekiel 4:6 (KJV) — “”
- Numbers 14:34 (KJV) — “”
9. How much of this long period of time did the angel say was allotted to the Jews?
- Daniel 9:20-24 (KJV) — “”
10. What event marked the beginning?
- Daniel 9:25 (KJV) — “”
- Ezra 7:8-10 (KJV) — “”
“Ezra started on the ‘first day of the first month,’ answering to April in our calendar. He arrived at Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, in the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes, B.C. 457, answering to our August and September. Thus the first half of the year 457 B.C. was past when the decree went forth.”
11. How many years would reach to the Messiah?
- Daniel 9:25 (KJV) — “”
- Seven weeks and 62 weeks, or 69 weeks = 483 years. See diagram.
12. What great events would come in the seventieth week?
- Daniel 9:26-27 (KJV) — “”
- See diagram.
13. What events marked the close of the 70 weeks, or 490 years?
- Acts 8:1-4 (KJV) — “”
- In A.D. 34 the Jews officially rejected the gospel by stoning Stephen, and the gospel went to the Gentiles.
14. How much of the 2300 years still remained?
- 2300 less 490 leaves 1810 years. The 490 years extended to A.D. 34. Adding the 1810 years left of the 2300 brings the end of this important prophecy in 1844.
15. What did the angel Gabriel say would begin at the close of the 2300 years in 1844?
- Daniel 8:14 (KJV) — “”
- The cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary, or day of judgment.
This study guide was based on Reading No. 9, pages 98-99 from Brief Bible Readings for Busy People,
prepared by the Home Missionary Department
of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
Review and Herald Publishing. Published originally in 1930.
View the original study guide, which this guide is based on, as a scanned PDF. Full credit to them.
*A Bible chain reference is a system of cross-referencing between different passages or verses of the Bible to connect and relate different concepts, themes, or topics mentioned in different parts of the Bible. It helps readers gain a deeper understanding of the overall message and meaning of the text. To use it, readers start with a particular topic or theme and then look up the corresponding list of verses, paying attention to the connections and relationships between them. Studying them in a particular order, helps one understand the topic from beginning to end. Just like peeling the layers off of an onion. It’s a useful tool for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of the Bible and its teachings.
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