Hebreos 9:9

9 Esto nos ilustra hoy día que las ofrendas y los sacrificios que allí se ofrecen no tienen poder alguno para perfeccionar la conciencia de los que celebran ese culto.

Hebreos 9:9 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 9:9

Which was a figure for the time then present
The tabernacle in general was a figure of Christ's human nature, ( Hebrews 8:2 ) and the most holy part of it was a figure of heaven itself, ( Hebrews 9:24 ) the whole service of it was typical and shadowy; but it was but a temporary figure; it was for that present time only; the things of it were suited to that dispensation, and are now abolished, and ought not to be revived, the ordinances of the Gospel being greatly preferable to them; and while it did continue, it was only a parable, as the word here used signifies; it was like a dark saying; it had much obscurity and darkness in it; or as the Vulgate Latin version renders it, it was a "figure of the present time"; that is, of the Gospel dispensation; it was a shadow of good things to come under that; it prefigured what is now accomplished; or rather it was a "figure unto, or until the present time"; till Christ came, when all figures, types, and shadows fled away, and were of no more real use and service:

in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices;
that is, in which tabernacle, or at which then present time, or (kay' hn) , "according to which figure or parable", as the Alexandrian copy and Vulgate Latin version read, gifts and sacrifices were offered by the priests; see ( Hebrews 5:1 ) ( 8:3 ) ,

that could not make him that did the service perfect;
neither the priest that offered them, nor the people whom he represented, and for whom he did the service; they could not make real and perfect expiation for sin, nor justify from it, nor cleanse and sanctify; the spiritual worshippers had their sins expiated by the sacrifice of Christ; and their persons were justified by his righteousness, and they were cleansed by his blood: the particular instance in which, legal sacrifices did not make perfect is, "pertaining to the conscience"; there is in every man a conscience, and when sin is charged home upon it, that is filled with a sense of divine wrath; nor can it be pacified with anything short of what will answer the law and justice of God, and which is only done by the blood and righteousness of Christ.

Hebreos 9:9 In-Context

7 Pero en la segunda parte entra únicamente el sumo sacerdote, y solo una vez al año, provisto siempre de sangre que ofrece por sí mismo y por los pecados de ignorancia cometidos por el pueblo.

8 Con esto el Espíritu Santo da a entender que, mientras siga en pie el primer tabernáculo, aún no se habrá revelado el camino que conduce al Lugar Santísimo.

9 Esto nos ilustra hoy día que las ofrendas y los sacrificios que allí se ofrecen no tienen poder alguno para perfeccionar la conciencia de los que celebran ese culto.

10 No se trata más que de reglas externas relacionadas con alimentos, bebidas y diversas ceremonias de purificación, válidas solo hasta el tiempo señalado para reformarlo todo.

11 Cristo, por el contrario, al presentarse como sumo sacerdote de los bienes definitivos en el tabernáculo más excelente y perfecto, no hecho por manos humanas (es decir, que no es de esta creación),