D.
Christ's new covenant superior to the old
8:1—10:18
1.
A better covenant of better promises with a more excellent ministry
8:1-13
Heb. 8
:1
8:1
Now in the things which are being said the chief point
is this: We have such a
aHigh Priest, who sat down on the
bright hand of the
cthrone of the
dMajesty in the
1heavens,
Heb. 8
:2
8:2
A 1aMinister of the
2bholy places, even of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
Heb. 8
:3
8:3
For every high priest is established for the
aoffering of both
1gifts and sacrifices; hence it is necessary that this One also have something which He may
boffer.
Heb. 8
:4
8:4
Now then if He were on earth, He would not be a Priest at all, there being those who offer the gifts according to the law,
Heb. 8
:5
8:5
Who serve the
1aexample and
bshadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to complete the tabernacle; for,
c"See,'' He said,"that you make all things according to the pattern that was shown to you in the mountain.''
Heb. 8
:6
8:6
But now He has obtained a more excellent
1ministry inasmuch as He is also the
2aMediator of a
3bbetter ccovenant, which has been
4enacted upon
5better dpromises.
Heb. 8
:7
8:7
For if that
1afirst covenant had been faultless, no
2place would have been
bsought for a second.
Heb. 8
:8
8:8
For finding fault with them He says,
a"Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, and I will consummate a
bnew covenant upon the house of Israel and upon the house of Judah,
Heb. 8
:9
8:9
Not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord.
Heb. 8
:10
8:10
For athis is the covenant which I will covenant with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will impart My
1laws into their
2mind, and on their hearts I will
3inscribe them; and
4I will be God to them, and
5they will be a people to Me.
Heb. 8
:11
8:11
And they shall by no means each
ateach his fellow citizen and each his brother, saying, Know the Lord; for all will
1know Me from the little one to the great one among them.
Heb. 8
:12
8:12
For aI will be
1propitious to their unrighteousnesses, and their sins I shall by no means remember anymore.''
Heb. 8
:13
8:13
In saying, A
anew covenant, He has made the
1first old. But that which is becoming old and growing decrepit is near to
bdisappearing.
