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Podcast: Reasoning Through the Bible
Episode: S22 || Jesus Opens the New Covenant || Hebrews 9:13-28 || Session 22
Description: Continue in Hebrews chapter 9 with us and watch the old system of sacrifices meet its match. We start with the red heifer—ashes, water, and the relentless push for ritual purity—and move to the heart of the chapter: only Jesus' blood reaches the conscience. The priests never stopped working; blood pooled, smoke rose, and still guilt lingered. That grisly scene teaches us that sin is not a paper cut but a wound that demands life. Then everything changes. Jesus, unblemished and willing, enters not a man-made sanctuary but heaven itself as our Mediator, offering one sacrifice that finally ends...