raiding the lost ark

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RAIDING THE LOST ARK HEBREWS 9:1-10 Lean In 1. In your childhood home, what place was off limits? What things were you told, “Don’t touch”? Look Down Read Hebrews 9:1-10 (For more detailed information regarding the ark of the tabernacle and its content, see Exodus 25-31) 2. List the furnishings in the tabernacle. 3. Match the letters on the diagram with the names of the parts of the tabernacle.

___ Lampstand

___ Brazen altar/ burnt offerings

___ Holy Place

___ Table of consecrated bread

___ Ark of covenant/mercy seat

___ Altar of incense

___ Most Holy Place

___ Bronze basin/laver

4. What was in and on the Ark of the Covenant? (See v.4-5) 5. According to Hebrews 10:1 and 9:23, what was the function of the law? 6. What is the New Testament reality that the temple furnishings were shadowing? List them (i.e. Lampstand-> Jesus being the light of the world) 7. Who went into the first part of the tabernacle and for what purpose? (v.6) 8. Who went into the second part of the tabernacle, when, and for what purpose? (v.7) 9. The practices described in vv. 6,7 indicated what, according to v8? Explain the significance of this. 10. What purposes were Old Testament sacrifices not able to accomplish? Look Out 11. Where have you seen people focused on the law instead of the realities the law was shadowing? Look In 12. How would you feel if Jesus was "off limits" and you could not commune with Him unless you made elaborate preparations and for only once a year? 13. The tabernacle is also referred to as the tent of meeting where God would meet his people. What does your ‘tent of meeting’ looks like? 14. Which of the New Testament realities (question 6) is the most significant for you right now? Why so?