The central truth for this session is: It is only through Jesus’ perfect sacrifice that I am made right with God. Read this blog post by Bobby Jamieson and think about how worship was practiced in the Old Testament and how Jesus fulfills and transforms the worship of the Mosaic covenant. Think over the following questions after you’ve read the post by Jamieson.
- Where did God’s presence reside specifically in the Old Testament in regard to their worship?
- The tabernacle, and later temple, were the places where God’s presence resided then. Read John 1:14 and John 4:21-24. How does Jesus fulfill the Mosaic covenant?
- Read Hebrews 7:27 and Hebrews 9:13-14. Jesus fills and replaces the Levitical sacrifices by a single offering of Himself. Rather than just a small number of priests having access to God, now all of God’s people have access to Him.
Thank God for sending Jesus as the sacrifice for our sins. Reflect on His sacrifice this week and read more about what the Bible says about worship and how we are to worship Him today.
Seriously, I’m not happy with this series of lessons.
We are now in Session 9 and the Teaching Plans and Commentaries have asked many of the same questions over and over and over again the past several weeks. Examples (direct quotes from your materials) “What were some likenesses between Jesus’ high priesthood and the Jewish high priests?” “What crucial differences stand out?” “How does realizing Jesus is always able to save and is always interceding help us to live a more consistent faith?” “Can we see how these qualifications make Him our perfect representative before God, to intercede for us?” “What was different in the offering Jesus made in the holy of holies versus the offerings made by the high priest each year on the Day of Atonement?” “identify the limitations of the earthly tabernacle sacrifices.” “identify the completeness of Jesus’ sacrifice. ” “ASK: How would you summarize the value of Christ serving as Mediator? How does the idea of Jesus being Mediator impact your understanding of Christ? ”
Such repetition!
I love teaching, I love the Bible, but I’m beginning to think I no longer need your services. I pray some changes are coming in the near future.
Monica DeBiase
Hi Monica,
We’re sorry that you are uphappy with the content. Thank you for your comment and feedback on the repetitive questions. We appreciate it and will take your comment into consideration as we plan and continue to make improvements to our Explore the Bible: Students curriculum. We will email with a further response and contact info if you want to call us and discuss this more.
Thank you for again for your feedback.