Hebrews 9:9-15
(Use the link below to read the verses.)
“You’re
Fired” was the phrase made famous on the reality TV show The Apprentice
starring our newly inaugurated president, Donald Trump.
The
premise of the show was that two teams of young business people competed
against one another on a project or task. Whichever team lost had to face Trump
in the board room to determine who contributed the least to their team;
whereupon Trump would immediately tell that person, in no uncertain terms, “You’re
fired”!
By
doing this, the team would theoretically be a newer, stronger version of itself
that
should be able to compete and possibly win the next contest. This concept
of improving a faulty system by eliminating or changing the members can be seen
in the Hebrew passage today.
The
perfect system came through the blood of Jesus Christ. He was the perfect lamb
that was sacrificed once and for all. Nothing you or I can do, or have done, is
too sinful or shameful for the blood of Christ to wipe away forever.
In
the Old Testament, God provided a sacrificial system through Moses. It involved
the High Priest entering the Holy Place once a year to make a blood sacrifice
for his sins and for the sins of Israel. But this was not enough because it had
to be done year after year after year. The system was flawed.
9 This is an illustration pointing to the present time. For the
gifts and sacrifices that the priests offer are not able to cleanse the
consciences of the people who bring them. 10 For that old
system deals only with food and drink and various cleansing ceremonies—physical
regulations that were in effect only until a better system could be
established. NLT
The
perfect system came through the blood of Jesus Christ. He was the perfect lamb
that was sacrificed once and for all. Nothing you or I can do, or have done, is
too sinful or shameful for the blood of Christ to wipe away forever.
14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the
eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from
acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! NIV
In
The Apprentice, Trump fired participants because they were weak, because
they
Spirit, provided the perfect way for the weak, for those who
fail and for those who aren’t good enough; to be perfected, to live with
purpose and to spend eternity with our Heavenly Father.
failed or because they weren’t good enough. In real life though, Jesus,
through the Holy
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