Sanctified Study | November 2014

The Priesthood, the Holy Place, and the Most Holy Place

1.  Exodus 28, 29 and Hebrews 4-7

This is a crucial comparison.  See if you can answer the following questions as you study these chapters:

Who was Melchizedek and why was it important for us to know that Jesus was after his order rather than a Levite priest?

Are sanctified people still tempted to sin?  

How do we know this from these scriptures?

By what things did Jesus "learn obedience"?

Who called Jesus to be our high priest?  (Who sanctified Him?)

Look through the Hebrews passages and make a note of each time you find the words "partake" "partaker" or forms of the word "share" (if it is ESV).  How do we become partakers with Christ or the Holy Spirit?  Of what particular things are we partakers if we are His holy people?

How does Hebrew 6 tie our sanctification all the way back to the call of Abraham in Genesis 12?

How does our hope enter into the Most Holy Place?  

Who went into the Most Holy Place first for us?

When and how did the Most Holy Place become accessible to "regular people" (priests in the kingdom today)?  Find the passages in Matthew 27, Mark 15, and Luke 23.

How does tithing teach us that Melchizedek's priesthood was greater than the Levitical priesthood? 

What does "consecrate" mean in Hebrews 7:28?  

What are the characteristics from the passage that made Jesus consecrated (verse 26)?  

How can we work to have those characteristics today?  

How is it that we are separate from sinners?

2.  Read Exodus 30 & 40.  List some ways that God showed He was serious about the sanctification of his priests and the tabernacle.  Do you think he is serious about the sanctification of his priests today?  Find some New Testament passages that validate your answer.

**Please note the original source of this study is found here.  This is placed here for convenience of our local study group.