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Welcome to Day 2259 of Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom Hebrews-14 May I Speak to Your Conscience, Please \u2013 Daily Wisdom Putnam Church Message \u2013 07/30/2023 \u201cMay I Speak To Your Conscience, Please?\u201d Hebrews 9:1-14 As we continued our extended series through the book of Hebrews in the New Testament last week, we discussed the New Covenant that Christ brings to us. The New Testament, or New Covenant, is the Good News, commonly called the Gospel. This week, we will explore the Reformation of Conscience. \xa0 Let\u2019s read Hebrews 9:1-14 on page 1871 of your Pew Bible. 1 \xa0Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.\xa02\xa0A tabernacle\xa0was set up. In its first room were the lampstand\xa0and the table\xa0with its consecrated bread;\xa0this was called the Holy Place.\xa03\xa0Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,\xa04\xa0which had the golden altar of incense\xa0and the gold-covered ark of the covenant.\xa0This ark contained the gold jar of manna,\xa0Aaron\u2019s staff that had budded,\xa0and the stone tablets of the covenant.\xa05\xa0Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory,\xa0overshadowing the atonement cover.\xa0But we cannot discuss these things in detail now. 6\xa0When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly\xa0into the outer room to carry on their ministry.\xa07\xa0But only the high priest entered\xa0the inner room,\xa0and that only once a year,\xa0and never without blood,\xa0which he offered for himself\xa0and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.\xa08\xa0The Holy Spirit was showing\xa0by this that the way\xa0into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first Tabernacle was still functioning.\xa09\xa0This is an illustration\xa0for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered\xa0were not able to clear the conscience\xa0of the worshiper.\xa010\xa0They are only a matter of food\xa0and drink\xa0and various ceremonial washings\u2014external regulations\xa0applying until the time of the new order. The Blood of Christ 11\xa0But when Christ came as high priest\xa0of the good things that are now already here,[a]\xa0he went through the greater and more perfect Tabernacle\xa0that is not made with human hands,\xa0that is to say, is not a part of this creation.\xa012\xa0He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves;\xa0but he entered the Most Holy Place\xa0once for all\xa0by his own blood,\xa0thus obtaining[b]\xa0eternal redemption.\xa013\xa0The blood of goats and bulls\xa0and the ashes of a heifer\xa0sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean.\xa014\xa0How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit\xa0offered himself\xa0unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences\xa0from acts that lead to...