Hebrews 9:24

Christ did not enter a man-made copy but heaven itself, where he now appears before God on our behalf. He is our representative in God's very presence.

Cross-references · 28

• Heb 12:2looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Heb 9:11–12But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,
• Heb 9:23It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
• Heb 8:2a servant of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
• John 16:28I came from the Father, and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.”
• Mark 16:19So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
• John 2:19–21Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
• Eph 4:8–11Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.”
• Acts 3:21whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.
• Col 3:2Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
• Mark 14:58“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’”
• Rom 8:33Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.
• Eph 1:20–22which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
• Exod 28:29Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before Yahweh continually.
• Luke 24:51While he blessed them, he withdrew from them, and was carried up into heaven.
• John 6:62Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?
• Ps 68:18You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.
• Heb 6:20where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
• Acts 1:9–11When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.
• Heb 1:3His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• Exod 28:12You shall put the two stones on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for a memorial.
• Zech 3:1He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before Yahweh’s angel, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.
• Heb 8:5who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, “See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.”
• Rev 8:3Another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer. Much incense was given to him, that he should add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne.
• Heb 9:9which is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making the worshiper perfect;
• 1 Pet 3:22who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
• 1 Jn 2:1–2My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
• Heb 7:25–26Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

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