Series Five: Figures

Hebrews 9:24 KJV
"For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now appear in the presence of God for us."

Heb. 9:24a NCV tells us that "Christ did not go into the Most Holy Place made by humans, which is only a copy of the real one. He went into heaven itself and is there now before God to help us."

The word, figure mean something that represents a form especially of a person and/or a pictorial illustration. Or the figure could be "picture like this" or "copy like this or "compare like this."

I remember reading one article about "the treasure." A Christmas story of a father who went to the store to find the gifts for his children. The father wrapped the gifts and put them under the tree. The children glee with excitement when at times they watched the gifts day by day. They could hardly wait for that day of Christmas to find out what was inside the gifts. Oh, the excitement was unbearable, but they wait!

Imagine the father had taken the pleasure of watching his own children waiting until that day the gifts were opened and their glowing faces show surprised.

Suppose the father did not wrap the gifts he bought and put under the tree and they had already saw it . . . Was it any thrill? Were there any excitement?

Now you know why our Heavenly Father like to wrap the "gifts" to us and we have to "figure" it out what was in the gifts. That gift is "The Bible" and often it had "figures," "pattern," and "types." We search, study, talk or preach about His Word. Imagine our Heavenly Father delights in us searching "the treasure," "Christ" in the Old Testament. The "sprinkling of blood" was the figure of Christ's blood.

And many more! Let's delight our heavenly Father by searching His Word!