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Originally Posted by Esaias
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
(Colossians 1:20) It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
(Hebrews 9:23-24) Christ's work of reconciliation and purification is not limited to us, or to earthly things and people, but also involved a purifying of things in heaven, and/or heaven itself.
So, does anyone have any ideas about what that involves? |
Well, in terms of reconciliation, we know that humanity was at enmity with God, as God was not reconciled to us until Christ died, so perhaps the "things" in heaven that needed to be reconciled at least included, if not limited to, God Himself.
As far as the patterns of things being purified, I do not know. In Revelation I believe we read that there is an ark there, perhaps the ark of the testimony, at least it's pattern, which received the blood of Christ when he entered into the heavenlies, so maybe something to do with that. That's just a guess, though.
I guess it depends on what the patterns were and what the things were, as well. Solve for that, and the rest probably comes naturally.
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