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Hebrews

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For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
For Christ the Anointed One, Messiah, Christ N-NMS H5547 Χριστὸς christos
did not enter to go in (to), enter V-AIA-3S H1525 εἰσῆλθεν eisēlthen
a holy place sacred, holy Adj-ANP H40    
made with hands, made by hand Adj-ANP H5499 χειροποίητα cheiropoiēta
a [mere] copy struck back, corresponding to Adj-ANP H499 ἀντίτυπα antitupa
of the TRUE one, true. Adj-GNP H228 ἀληθινῶν alēthinōn
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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but into heaven heaven N-AMS H3772 οὐρανόν ouranon
itself, (1) self (emphatic) (2) he, she, it (used for the third pers. pron.) (3) the same PPro-AM3S H846 αὐτὸν auton
now now, the present Adv H3568 νῦν nun
to appear to exhibit, appear (in person), to declare V-ANP H1718 ἐμφανισθῆναι emphanisthēnai
in the presence the face N-DNS H4383 προσώπῳ prosōpō
of God God, a god N-GMS H2316 θεοῦ theou
for us;      

People

Mered

a man of Judah

Meres

a Persian noble

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New American Standard Bible 1995 For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
King James Bible For Christ did is not enter a entered into the holy place places made with hands, a mere copy which are the figures of the true one, true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;us:
Berean Bible For Christ did has entered not enter a into holy place places made with by hands, a mere copy copies of the true one, ones, but into heaven itself, now to appear for us in the presence of God for us;God,
Hebrew Greek English For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;