Hebrews 13:10-15 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
‘Altar’ – An altar stood for the benefit of the sacrifices. In Christianity, it stands for the benefits of the death of Christ as well as symbolically being a place to meet God.
‘For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.’ Here a comparison is made of the sacrifice of beasts and that of Christ: the animals being burned outside the camp and Christ being crucified outside the gates of Jerusalem.
‘Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.’ As Christ bore reproach by being led as a criminal outside of Jerusalem to die, let us be willing to bear persecution for Him (2Tim. 3:12).
‘For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.’ The 3rd and last New Testament prophecy in Hebrews (13:14; 11:10, 16; Rev. 21:1-27).
‘By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.’ By Christ let us offer the sacrifice of praise continually, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name, and not daily sacrifices of animals which could never take away sins (10:1-18).
Living the Word 