Context

1. Who was this letter written to? [ Hebrews 1:1 ]
2. What is ready to vanish away? [ Hebrews 8:13 ]

Characters

3. What was the purpose of the tent? [ Hebrews 9:1-5 ]
   1. Why was the most holy place special?
4. Who could go into the most holy place? [ Hebrews 9:7 ]
   1. When did this happen? How did it happen?
   2. How did this illustrate that the way had not yet opened? [ Hebrews 9:8-9a ]
   3. What were the gifts and sacrifices not able to achieve? [ Hebrews 9:9b-10 ]
5. Where has Jesus entered? [ Hebrews 9:11-12a ]
   1. How did he enter? [ Hebrews 9:12b ]
   2. What is Jesus’ sacrifice able to achieve? [ Hebrews 9:13-14, 15 ]
6. How many times was Jesus sacrificed? [ Hebrews 9:25-26 ]
   1. How does this compare with the other sacrifices?
   2. How should the readers of the letter behave in response to Jesus and his return? [ Hebrews 9:28 ]
7. What did the repeated sacrifices remind the people of? [ Hebrews 10:3 ]
8. What did Jesus come to do? [ Hebrews 10:5-7 ]
9. Why has Jesus sat down at the right hand of God? [ Hebrews 10:11-12 ]
   1. What will happen to his enemies? [ Hebrews 10:13 ]
   2. What should the readers of this letter no longer be doing? [ Hebrews 10:18 ]

Application

10. How does the tent help us understand God’s holiness and our sin?
11. What was Jesus able to do that no high priest before him was able to do?
    1. Why does this give us hope?
12. Why is Jesus’ sacrifice better than all previous sacrifices?
    1. Who did he die for?
    2. What is the power of his sacrifice?
    3. What will happen to Jesus’ enemies?
    4. Why should we not be offering sacrifices to God?