INTRODUCTION:

(Deuteronomy 4:2 [KJV])
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

(Proverbs 30:5, 6 [KJV])
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

(Isaiah 28:10 [KJV])
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

(Isaiah 28:13 [KJV])
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

(2 Peter 1:20 [KJV])
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

All of the studies found here, whether book studies or topical studies, are done with research with mainly two things: The KING JAMES BIBLE and a plain old, 1828 Webster's Dictionary. Why? Outside of actually studying secular and Jewish history, archaeology, one needs nothing more. You do not need foreign, dead languages that no one speaks, nor lexicons, nor concordances, nor commentaries, because they differ not only with one another and with the KING JAMES BIBLE, they create division, confusion, debate, and unbelief, apostasy, and a falling away from God Himself. We do not need them. That Word of God written and preserved for us in our own language is supposed to be enough, like the Old Testament was for the Jews, and as the New Testament was for the early Christians in Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, German, etc.

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There are studies within as tangents on words, subjects found within the two testaments, as to broaden the scope of the study, to learn more, deeper truths. This is not an intellectual site with PhDs, theologians, and no worldly wisdom.. Check everything out, everything. Not just here, but with everything you read and see and hear. Be Bereans:

(Acts 17:11 [KJV])
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

(1 Thessalonians 2:13 [KJV])
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

Always research for yourself, use all of the context, and never privately interpret!

Start of study

HEBREWS CHAPTER 10: OUR SACRIFICE: JESUS CHRIST,
ONCE FOR ALL, ONCE FOR ALWAYS, ONCE FOREVER

(Hebrews 10:1 [AKJV/PCE])
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

Shadows are caused by blocking out some light, which now only goes around the shape of the object blocking the light and only show silhouettes
Images can be seen in mirrors, shown on cameras, screens, paper, canvas, etc. very close representations of the original object or person
With a shadow, it is not exactly discernible what the object is, with an image, it can be discerned what it represents
We are declared righteous, holy, perfect in Christ, something no work can do
When we are in Christ, we have the right to stand before a Holy God, else, because unbelievers are not in Christ they we cannot stand, but fall
Knowing this is why we can rest, as God did on the seventh day

SHAD'OW, n.

Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a plane and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as the shadow of a man, of a tree or a tower. The shadow of the earth in in an eclipse of the moon is proof of its sphericity .
Darkness; shade; obscurity. Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise. Denham.
Shelter made by any thing that intercepts the light, heat or influence of the air. In secret shadow from the sunny ray, On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid. Spenser.
Obscure place; secluded retreat. To secret shadows I retire. [Obs.] Dryden.
Dark part of a picture. Obs. [In the last two senses, shade is now used.]
A spirit; a ghost. Obs. [In this sense, shade is now used.]
In painting, the representation of a real shadow.
An imperfect and faint representation; opposed to substance.
The law of having a shadow of good things to come. Heb 10.
Inseparable companion.
Sin and her shadow, death. Milton.
Type; mystical representation.
Types and shadows of that destin'd seed. Milton.
Protection; shelter; favor.
Slight or faint appearance.
Shadow of death, terrible darkness, trouble or death.

SHADOWS

(Matthew 4:16 [AKJV/PCE])
The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

(Mark 4:32 [AKJV/PCE])
But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

(Mark 9:7 [AKJV/PCE])
And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

(Luke 1:35 [AKJV/PCE])
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

(Luke 1:79 [AKJV/PCE])
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

(Luke 9:34 [AKJV/PCE])
While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.

(Acts 5:15 [AKJV/PCE])
Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.

(Colossians 2:17 [AKJV/PCE])
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

(James 1:17 [AKJV/PCE])
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Death in its darkness casts a show
Shadows provide relief to creatures in the hot sun
As a sign to Jews, Peter's shadow walking by in the sunlight overshadowed the sick with God's light
Changing in our lives away from God casts spiritual shadows of turning, which God cannot and does not do

IM'AGE, n. [L. imago.]

A representation or similitude of any person or thing, formed of a material substance; as an image wrought out of stone, wood or wax.
Whose is this image and superscription? Mat 22.
A statue.
An idol; the representation of any person or thing, that is an object of worship. The second commandment forbids the worship of images.
The likeness of any thing on canvas; a picture; a resemblance painted.
Any copy, representation or likeness.
The child is the image of its mother.
Semblance; show; appearance.
The face of things a frightful image bears.
An idea; a representation of any thing to the mind; a conception; a picture drawn by fancy.
Can we conceive image of aught delightful, soft or great?
In rhetoric, a lively description of any thing in discourse, which presents a kind of picture to the mind.
In optics, the figure of any object, made by rays of light proceeding from the several points of it. Thus a mirror reflects the image of a person standing before it, as does water in a vessel or stream, when undisturbed.

IMAGES

(Romans 1:23 [AKJV/PCE])
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

(Romans 8:29 [AKJV/PCE])
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

(Romans 11:4 [AKJV/PCE])
But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.

(1 Corinthians 11:7 [AKJV/PCE])
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

(1 Corinthians 15:49 [AKJV/PCE])
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

(2 Corinthians 3:18 [AKJV/PCE])
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

(2 Corinthians 4:4 [AKJV/PCE])
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

(Colossians 1:15 [AKJV/PCE])
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

(Colossians 3:10 [AKJV/PCE])
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

Adam was made in God's image, Eve from Adam in Adam's image, which determines everything
We see ours in a mirror, take the images with cameras, paint them
Jesus Christ is the image of God
God wants us to conform to the image of our Saviour, His Son Jesus Christ
Images can be good and can be evil; we can choose which one
The enemy wants us to have images of idols in every place
By simply existing, we literally are and carry the image of the world in the flesh or the image of God

(Hebrews 10:2 [AKJV/PCE])
For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

The implied answer is a resounding, "YES!!!"
The problem is not just the sin, it is the sin nature, the mind, the thoughts, the conscience, not just the acts.
Animal sacrifices do not change that; the Holy Ghost and submission to Him and His Word does, moment by moment, day by day
That word "conscience" only appears in the New Testament
Works did not purge sin, remove it completely
Sin purged, Holy Spirit resident, declared righteous by God Himself through Christ, we are righteous and holy before God the Father by a new nature, being a new creature, a new man, not by our own anything

PURE HEART, PURE MIND, PURE CONSCIENCE, BY FAITH NOT WORKS

(Matthew 5:27-28 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

(John 8:9 [AKJV/PCE])
And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

(Acts 23:1 [AKJV/PCE])
And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

(Acts 24:16 [AKJV/PCE])
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.

(Romans 2:15 [AKJV/PCE])
Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

(Romans 9:1 [AKJV/PCE])
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,

(Romans 13:5 [AKJV/PCE])
Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

(1 Corinthians 8:7 [AKJV/PCE])
Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

(1 Corinthians 8:10 [AKJV/PCE])
For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

(1 Corinthians 8:12 [AKJV/PCE])
But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.

(1 Corinthians 10:25 [AKJV/PCE])
Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:

(1 Corinthians 10:27-29 [AKJV/PCE])
If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?

(2 Corinthians 1:12 [AKJV/PCE])
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

(2 Corinthians 4:2 [AKJV/PCE])
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

(2 Corinthians 5:11 [AKJV/PCE])
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

(1 Timothy 1:5 [AKJV/PCE])
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

(1 Timothy 1:19 [AKJV/PCE])
Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

(1 Timothy 3:9 [AKJV/PCE])
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

(1 Timothy 4:2 [AKJV/PCE])
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

(2 Timothy 1:3 [AKJV/PCE])
I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

(Titus 1:15 [AKJV/PCE])
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

(Hebrews 9:9 [AKJV/PCE])
Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

(Hebrews 9:14 [AKJV/PCE])
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

(Hebrews 10:2 [AKJV/PCE])
For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

(Hebrews 10:22 [AKJV/PCE])
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

(Hebrews 13:18 [AKJV/PCE])
Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

(1 Peter 2:19 [AKJV/PCE])
For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

(1 Peter 3:16 [AKJV/PCE])
Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

(1 Peter 3:21 [AKJV/PCE])
The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

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(Hebrews 10:3 [AKJV/PCE])
But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.

The sins are not purged, the sin nature not changed, by the works, they sins are temporarily atoned for is all that happens...until next time
Why every year and not once for all? Because sin is not purged, it is resident in the body, the flesh, and animal blood does not remove it
The entire sacrificial system was to bring them into fellowship with God, to show they had a different God to the nations around them, and to point them to Christ

(Hebrews 10:4 [AKJV/PCE])
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

And this is why it did not save them
Sacrifices are works, today we call it "works salvation", which did not save them, did not save us, will never save anyone, because it cannot

(Hebrews 10:5-7 [AKJV/PCE])
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

God hated Israel's sacrifices when they did not follow Him, and told them so
It was because they thought they were saved by works, and did abominable ones, or sacrificed according to the law, but lived their lives as unbelievers, without faith in God, but in god, following other false idols and gods
This is the reason for their captivities
The Jews were, are and always will be God's Chosen people; it is just that they lacked the faith to want to understand that the sacrifices were to point them to their Messiah, not to get them to heaven
This same abomination is in America and in all cults, denominations, this "works salvation" heresy, like somehow we work to get saved
No, we work because we are already saved, so as to Glorify God, which is our purpose, since He desires fellowship unbroken with us, broken by sin and a lack of repentance (reversing direction, turning around)

WORKS SALVATION AND ABOMINATIONS ARE AN ABOMINATION, REJECTED BY GOD

A small sampling of verses showing God hates our religiosity, our feigning, our "Churchianity"

(Isaiah 1:10-15 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

(Amos 5:21-27 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.

(Psalms 40:6-7 [AKJV/PCE])
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,

(Proverbs 15:8 [AKJV/PCE])
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

(Hebrews 10:8-9 [AKJV/PCE])
Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

It must be remembered that the law told them to do sacrifices, because God told them to
It must also be remembered that God did not change that law for them in the Old Testament; He merely rejected them because of their behavior, their sacrifices of uncleain things or their unclean heart, worshiping other gods
If there is a building where you want to build a building, you have to first take down the first building
The law was given to one day be replaced by Grace through Jesus Christ

(Hebrews 10:10 [AKJV/PCE])
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

We are declared sanctified, as in made holy and righteous, not earned that holiness and righteousness
That body was offered; we never asked for it, like any gift
We do not have to accept it; like any gift
Once for all, not every time we meet, not when we have communion (we should take communion), not twice, not in the temple, not in any city in the Roman Empire, but out on the byway, where they crucified many, daily

SANC'TIFIED, pp.

Made holy; consecrated; set apart for sacred services.
Affectedly holy.

(Hebrews 10:11 [AKJV/PCE])
And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

If the blood of bulls and goats took away sins, once would be enough
It covered them before the eyes of the LORD, but only for that time period, as often as it was done
We are covered, hid in Christ, one time, forever
Our sins are taken away, removed, done away with, never to be seen by God again
We CAN break fellowship with God through unconfessed sin, but not cease being saved, not cease His children, any more than our own children can cease being our children, estranged, in sin as a toddler, teenager, whatever

(Hebrews 10:12 [AKJV/PCE])
But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

Again repeated so we get it, "one sacrifice for sins for ever", making this doctrine of salvation by grace through faith said so many times in Scripture it is absolutely undeniable

(Hebrews 10:13 [AKJV/PCE])
From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.

That is coming soon
According the to throne one earth for Solomon, that footstool is in front of the throne of Christ, which is in heaven
This quotes Psalm 110:1, below
That footstool is His footstool
That footstool is the earth (Acts 7:49)
That one on earth was forgotten by God in His righteous anger when Israel sinned against God, (Lamentations 2:1, Isaiah 66:1)
This is quoted by Jesus Himself in Matthew 22:44, Luke 20:43
Peter quoted it in Acts 2:35

THE EARTH, FOOTSTOOL OF JESUS CHRIST, WITH THE ENEMIES OF JESUS CHRIST

(1 Chronicles 28:2 [AKJV/PCE])
Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

(2 Chronicles 9:18 [AKJV/PCE])
And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:

(Psalms 99:5 [AKJV/PCE])
Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.

(Psalms 110:1 [AKJV/PCE])
A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

(Psalms 132:7 [AKJV/PCE])
We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.

(Isaiah 66:1 [AKJV/PCE])
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

(Lamentations 2:1 [AKJV/PCE])
How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!

(Matthew 5:35 [AKJV/PCE])
Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

(Matthew 22:44 [AKJV/PCE])
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?

(Mark 12:36 [AKJV/PCE])
For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

(Luke 20:43 [AKJV/PCE])
Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

(Acts 2:35 [AKJV/PCE])
Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

(Acts 7:49 [AKJV/PCE])
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

(Hebrews 1:13 [AKJV/PCE])
But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?

(Hebrews 10:13 [AKJV/PCE])
From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.

(James 2:3 [AKJV/PCE])
And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:

(Hebrews 10:14 [AKJV/PCE])
For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

Just to make sure everyone gets it...
One offering..........for ever, all who believe by faith and do not work to get saved or "stay saved"

(Hebrews 10:15 [AKJV/PCE])
Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,

"Also" means that He was a witness to them, making the Holy Ghost God, the God of the Trinity, in both testaments, Who told the Jews this as well

(Hebrews 10:16 [AKJV/PCE])
This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

They, not having the Holy Ghost living in them (with a very few exceptions) as us, actually having the Holy Ghost living in us, being His temple, will not need the written law, today if they get saved; future when all Israel will get saved, livign with the Holy Ghost in the Millennial Kingdom, they will have grace as the law of faith, in their hearts
We have the law in our hearts, and have it in the Old Testament as a way to point to the New Testament, and the Saviour, Jesus Christ, as they did
This is why those persecuted people who get saved and have no scriptures can obey the LORD-THEY HAVE NO CHOICE, and they have the Holy Ghost in them
We have an advantage here because we do have them many of which, sadly, are collecting dust on shelves, rarely opened, read, studied

(Hebrews 10:17-18 [AKJV/PCE])
And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

Forgiven, all sins, forever, not just temporarily, to be paid for at the next sacrifice (works)
Offering for sin does not work for forgiveness, as the veil of the temple was rent in two, revealing the Holiest of Holies (God's Throne), through the body of Jesus Christ
The veil is still upon the eyes of the heart for Israel and all unbelievers in Christ, one day to be taken away for Israel, God's people
Verse twenty below tells us that the vail is the flesh of Christ, torn and bled out for us

ACCESS TO THE HOLY OF HOLIES

(Matthew 27:51 [AKJV/PCE])
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

(Mark 15:38 [AKJV/PCE])
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

(Luke 23:45 [AKJV/PCE])
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

(2 Corinthians 3:14-16 [AKJV/PCE])
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

(Isaiah 6:10 [AKJV/PCE])
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

(Hebrews 10:19-20 [AKJV/PCE])
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

Not much can be added that has not already been said here
New Covenant, New Testament, a living way, no more law to keep but the Law of Faith, and obedience to God with thankful hearts because He saved us

(Hebrews 10:21-22 [AKJV/PCE])
And having an high priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

We can talk right straight directly to God in prayer, through the High Priest Jesus Christ, no priests, no other person
Jesus Christ is our one mediator, our attorney
Full assurance of faith, not full assurance that our works will be satisfying to atone for our sins (they are not assuring, they do not atone for anything)

(Galatians 3:20 [AKJV/PCE])
Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

(1 Timothy 2:5 [AKJV/PCE])
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

(Hebrews 10:23 [AKJV/PCE])
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

Faith, faith, faith
Now that we are saved, not being saved, let us walk accordingly, as in the verses below, as in what to do to be obedient to the God Who knos us, Who we now know, who were alienated before being saved
God is faithful to us; let's return that faithfulness

(Hebrews 10:24-25 [AKJV/PCE])
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Whenever possible, we need others for fellowship, to encourage and be encouraged, to teach andbe taught, to pray for and be prayed for, to disciple and be discipled
To exhort and be exhorted, correct and be corrected, instruct and be instructed
The horizontal part of that Cross is other people, other believers and our relationship with them
The vertical is our relatiojnshiop with God. The vertical holds up the horizontal, not the other way around

(Hebrews 10:26 [AKJV/PCE])
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

One can look at God's Word and walk away yo tin (adultery, stealing, cursing God's Name, you name it)
There are consequences, which is a way to know if someone is saved, because that, in this life, does not happen to unbelievers, who live their lives in sin and "get away with it"-until they die, then pay for it, forever
"The price was paid for your sin, you said yes to that redemption, start acting like it"
If after God rebukes, chastens, we refuse to walk in His Ways and glorify the flash so that the world literally asks us, "So you call yourself a Christian?", what other remedy does God have with us but to remove us from the world? We are not used of God and only the wicked have long lives in sin, many riches, freedom to sin, they are none of His and so He has a different way, giving them time often to repent
We have the freedom to not sin, the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of Christ in us, to not sin, but we can grieve the Holy Ghost with our sin
if the lost do not repent, they get an eternal reward in hell. IF we do not, we get consequences up to and including death, after we abuse His mercy and grace so bad, then we lose our rewards when we get there that God wanted to give us
This is because God loves us, and wants us to love Him back for what He did for us, like He wants the world to do, but they often will not, forsaking His offer of salvtion
This has been witnessed personally many times

(Proverbs 3:12 [AKJV/PCE])
For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

(Revelation 3:19 [AKJV/PCE])
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

(Ephesians 4:30 [AKJV/PCE])
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

(Revelation 2:18-23 [AKJV/PCE])
And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first. Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

(Hebrews 10:27 [AKJV/PCE])
But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

Their fiery indignation will be hell; ours may be really bad consequences in this life, and an early retirement (death from this life) to God because we no longer glorify Him
We will be saved, so as through fire, but lose many rewards God set aside for us and we tossed into the trash can to walk in the flesh, to live in "sin for a season"

(Hebrews 10:28 [AKJV/PCE])
He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

One person can falsely testify of a crime, alone, which is why it took more to truthfully (hopefully truthful, unless in a conspiracy) to have someone be put to death then

WITNESSES AND THE LAW

(Numbers 35:31 [AKJV/PCE])
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.

(Deuteronomy 17:6 [AKJV/PCE])
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

(Matthew 18:16 [AKJV/PCE])
But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

(2 Corinthians 13:1 [AKJV/PCE])
This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

(Hebrews 10:29 [AKJV/PCE])
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

Stomping the idea of Jesus out of the head of believers with the heel
Perhaps present when they shouted, repeatedly, "Crucify Him!"
Either covenant, the imperfect but perfect sacrifice for a period of an animal sacrifice that God accepted for a time to atone for their sin(s), that blood meaning nothing to them, not seeing that the prophets told them one day in Psalm 22:16, Isaiah 53:1-6, Genesis 3:15 that another Blood would come to destroy the serpent in the garden forever, but especially later the Blood of Christ, which is holy, counting it as nothing
Here is the Trinity, Son, God, Spirit of grace
That was despising Moses's law which did not save, so God's New Covenant through the Blood of Christ is even more punishable by death, having God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit against you, with nothing to say, no plea of "not guilty" because they cannot argue with God

(Hebrews 10:30 [AKJV/PCE])
For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

God is the only witness needed, and there will be judgment in the form of an eternal sentence only, no lawyer
This is why it is so important for us to walk worthy of our calling, as look at what happened to them in the Old Testament, over and over, sin, rinse, repeat, sin, rinse, repeat, sin, rinse, repeat

(Hebrews 10:31 [AKJV/PCE])
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

We are always to have a healthy fear of God, something the world lacks completely
We will all stand before God; woe betide them who rejected Him all of their lives!!
We are already in His Hands, safely protected, even under intense persecution unto death, because He has us for eternity, new glorified bodies, never to be harmed again, forever
Man's hands in Scripture, in history, even today, which do not follow God do much evil
Man's hands which follow God are doing the LORD's work, using God's hands to guide and strengthen their hands, and do good for the LORD
Same hands, different work, different result
Both will be rewarded at the Hand of the Creator, by the Hand of the Creator
God bless the entire planet with His Hands, and especially so His people Israel, His chosen nation, and the church, as they follow Him
Those Hands were pierced with nails for our salvation!
The previous verse spoke of how man stomped all over God (trodden under foot the Son of God), now, one day soon, His hands and feet pierced, now healed, stronger than they were on earth, in His Glory, He will avenge Himself on those who reject Him

THE HANDS OF THE LIVING GOD

(Genesis 49:24 [AKJV/PCE])
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

(Deuteronomy 33:7 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

(Deuteronomy 33:11 [AKJV/PCE])
Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.

(2 Chronicles 6:4 [AKJV/PCE])
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,

(Job 1:10 [AKJV/PCE])
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

(Job 5:18 [AKJV/PCE])
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

(Job 20:10 [AKJV/PCE])
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

(Job 34:19 [AKJV/PCE])
How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

(Psalms 22:16 [AKJV/PCE])
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

(Psalms 28:5 [AKJV/PCE])
Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

(Isaiah 41:10 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

(Psalms 55:20 [AKJV/PCE])
He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

(Psalms 78:54 [AKJV/PCE])
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

(Psalms 78:72 [AKJV/PCE])
So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

(Psalms 95:5 [AKJV/PCE])
The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

(Psalms 111:7 [AKJV/PCE])
The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.

(Isaiah 5:12 [AKJV/PCE])
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

(Isaiah 25:10-11 [AKJV/PCE])
For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill. And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.

(Matthew 19:13 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

(Matthew 19:15 [AKJV/PCE])
And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.

(Mark 6:2 [AKJV/PCE])
And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?

(Mark 6:5 [AKJV/PCE])
And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

(Mark 8:23 [AKJV/PCE])
And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.

(Mark 8:25 [AKJV/PCE])
After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

(Mark 10:16 [AKJV/PCE])
And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.

(Luke 4:40 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

(Luke 13:13 [AKJV/PCE])
And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

(Luke 24:40 [AKJV/PCE])
And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.

(Luke 24:50 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

(John 13:3 [AKJV/PCE])
Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;

(John 20:20 [AKJV/PCE])
And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.

Now do a study through Scripture on the hands of men who were saved, declared righteous, followed God and used God's Hands to do the work and see what their hands did, and one more study, this time on carnal, fleshly, worldly hands and see what their hands did who did not follow God, or when Israel did not follow God.

(Hebrews 10:32 [AKJV/PCE])
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

After they got saved, they were persecuted to the point of death, some being crucified upside, such as Peter, burned at the stake, hot oil or wax pouredo n them and set afire under Nero, Caligula, Trajan, et al
This is just the emperors, not even the people at that time
This was the cause of the dispersion from the empires that led to Christianity founding America, being spread all around the world, fleeing the swords of men, the crosses of men, the arrows of men-ALL EVIL

The hands of man: pure evil, the Roman Empire

1st century A.D.

Augustus (27 BCE–14 A.D.)
Tiberius (14–37 A.D.)
Caligula (37–41 A.D.)
Claudius (41–54 A.D.)
Nero (54–68 A.D.)
Galba (68–69 A.D.)
Otho (January–April 69 A.D.)
Aulus Vitellius (July–December 69 A.D.)
Vespasian (69–79 A.D.)
Titus (79–81 A.D.)
Domitian (81–96 A.D.)
Nerva (96–98 A.D.)

2nd century A.D.

Trajan (98–117 A.D.)
Hadrian (117–138 A.D.)
Antoninus Pius (138–161 A.D.)
Marcus Aurelius (161–180 A.D.)
Lucius Verus (161–169 A.D.)
Commodus (177–192 A.D.)
Publius Helvius Pertinax (January–March 193 A.D.)
Marcus Didius Severus Julianus (March–June 193 A.D.)
Septimius Severus (193–211 A.D.)

3rd century A.D.

Caracalla (198–217 A.D.)
Publius Septimius Geta (209–211 A.D.)
Macrinus (217–218 A.D.)
Elagabalus (218–222 A.D.)
Severus Alexander (222–235 A.D.)
Maximinus (235–238 A.D.)
Gordian I (March–April 238 A.D.)
Gordian II (March–April 238 A.D.)
Pupienus Maximus (April 22–July 29, 238 A.D.)
Balbinus (April 22–July 29, 238 A.D.)
Gordian III (238–244 A.D.)
Philip (244–249 A.D.)
Decius (249–251 A.D.)
Hostilian (251 A.D.)
Gallus (251–253 A.D.)
Aemilian (253 A.D.)
Valerian (253–260 A.D.)
Gallienus (253–268 A.D.)
Claudius II Gothicus (268–270 A.D.)
Quintillus (270 A.D.)
Aurelian (270–275 A.D.)
Tacitus (275–276 A.D.)
Florian (June–September 276 A.D.)
Probus (276–282 A.D.)
Carus (282–283 A.D.)
Numerian (283–284 A.D.)
Carinus (283–285 A.D.)
Diocletian (east, 284–305 CE; divided the empire into east and west)
Maximian (west, 286–305 A.D.)

4th century A.D.

Constantius I (west, 305–306 A.D.)
Galerius (east, 305–311 A.D.)
Severus (west, 306–307 A.D.)
Maxentius (west, 306–312 A.D.)
Constantine I (306–337 CE; reunified the empire)
Galerius Valerius Maximinus (310–313 A.D.)
Licinius (308–324 A.D.)
Constantine II (337–340 A.D.)
Constantius II (337–361 A.D.)
Constans I (337–350 A.D.)
Gallus Caesar (351–354 A.D.)
Julian (361–363 A.D.)
Jovian (363–364 A.D.)
Valentinian I (west, 364–375 A.D.)
Valens (east, 364–378 A.D.)
Gratian (west, 367–383 CE; coemperor with Valentinian I)
Valentinian II (375–392 CE; crowned as child)
Theodosius I (east, 379–392 CE; east and west, 392–395 A.D.)
Arcadius (east, 383–395 CE, coemperor; 395–402 CE, sole emperor)
Magnus Maximus (west, 383–388 A.D.)
Honorius (west, 393–395 CE, coemperor; 395–423 CE, sole emperor)

5th century A.D.

Theodosius II (east, 408–450 A.D.)
Constantius III (west, 421 CE, coemperor)
Valentinian III (west, 425–455 A.D.)
Marcian (east, 450–457 A.D.)
Petronius Maximus (west, March 17–May 31, 455 A.D.)
Avitus (west, 455–456 A.D.)
Majorian (west, 457–461 A.D.)
Libius Severus (west, 461–465 A.D.)
Anthemius (west, 467–472 A.D.)
Olybrius (west, April–November 472 A.D.)
Glycerius (west, 473–474 A.D.)
Julius Nepos (west, 474–475 A.D.)
Romulus Augustulus (west, 475–476 A.D.)
Leo I (east, 457–474 A.D.)
Leo II (east, 474 A.D.)
Zeno (east, 474–491 A.D.)

(Hebrews 10:33 [AKJV/PCE])
Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.

This was the show of the persecuting Roman Empire leaders for centuries, to do it in the public arenas, stadiums
Crosses leaving Jerusalem with bodies for miles, hungry lions in the arena against Christian families, pouring wax on Christians, tying or nailing them to crosses and posts, lighting them on fire to light Nero's garden at night
This was an open show, for along time and this is only while the author of Hebrews wa alive and writing, not to mention centuries later!
Did they charge money like today for a sport to the people? No idea, maybe they tried it, maybe just to bolster and show their power in the flesh

(Hebrews 10:34 [AKJV/PCE])
For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

This is coming here soon, so we can rejoice only in Christ, in Him is our hope, our future, never to end
We will need both to give and get compassion for the bonds that await, if the Rapture does not come first before it starts here in America
And it WILL start here soon, as we are no more special than any other Christians who are already persecuted worldwide, because we are as that ancient Roman Empire, crumbling within because of evil

(Hebrews 10:35 [AKJV/PCE])
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

Our faith in Jesus Christ will be rewarded, more so when we are persecuted
Recompence can be justice for evil or reward for good, and faith is good
Knowing our reward is waiting for us, coming, promised by the One Who always kept, keeps and will keep His promises, we can rest, be confident, have hope, joy, peace

(Hebrews 10:36 [AKJV/PCE])
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

This is what we lack, the waiting, because we look at our lives in this world
If we live to 120 years, what is that to eternity?
The only way this can be done is be renewing our mind through the reading of God's Word, prayerfully, praying earnestly, letting the Holy Ghost alone guide us
There may come a time soon whe, right before the Pre-Tribulation Rapture, that this is all we have, because that is all they had, all that those persecuted around the world have

(Hebrews 10:37 [AKJV/PCE])
For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

This was 2,000 years ago, so we are that much closer today, with Israel back in the land, the One World systems working to start, being prepared the last 200 plus years
If Jesus does not return soon, the people on earth will destroy themselves and earth, but that is not going to happen, because God will, and make a new heaven and a new earth one day
When Jesus return to take us out, it is instantaneous. When He comes with us and the angels to destroy the enemy and usher in the Millennial Kingdom, that will be a horse ride from heaven to earth, suddenly, surprisingly to the inhabitants of earth

(Hebrews 10:38 [AKJV/PCE])
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

We live by faith, forever not works
We work because it benefits us and other-precisely BECAUSE WE ARE SAVED, not to get saved or stay saved
There were, are and always be those never get actually saved, who are fake, feigning belief, speaking "Christianese", who apostates, today especially the famous ones in America and those who follow them
Correct them once, twice, and then walk away (Titus 3:10)

(Hebrews 10:39 [AKJV/PCE])
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

They are not of us, not to be among us, as they spoil the entire bag of apples, do not represent Christ or us, nor are known of Him, nor know Him
They are perfect actors and actresses, making people think that they are saved, barely distinguishable from believers
One can "go to church as many times as the doors are open", get that "degree" from that "Christian college" or seminary as high up as they like and even be behind a pulpit, work or an employees in the church, and not BE THE the Church
They do not believe to the saving of the soul, but just enough to "fake it till they do not make it"

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