Ephesians 5:26-27
5:26 to sanctify her by cleansing her
with the washing of the water by the word,
5:27 so that he
may present the church to himself as glorious – not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
Hebrews 9:13-14
9:13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled consecrated them and provided ritual purity,
9:14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our
consciences from dead works to worship the living God.
Hebrews 9:1
The Arrangement and Ritual of the Earthly Sanctuary
9:1 Now the first covenant, in fact, had regulations for worship and its earthly sanctuary.
Hebrews 1:7
1:7 And he says
of the angels, “
He makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire,”
Hebrews 1:9
1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness.
So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing.”