Hebrews 8
Jesus is the mediator of a better covenant, established on better promises. The old covenant is obsolete.
HebrewsChapter 8 of 1313 versesBerean Standard Bible
In this passage: Holy PlaceEgypt
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The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.
And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.
Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.
The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
See that you make everything according to the pattern shown on the mountain
“See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
Read Exodus 25:40›The tabernacle — built to God's exact specifications because it was 'a copy and shadow of what is in heaven.' The tent in the desert was a scale model of heaven's reality.
“You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.”
Read Exodus 25:9›Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
I will make a new covenant — Hebrews quotes Jeremiah at length
“Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.”
Read Jeremiah 31:31›The days are coming when I will make a new covenant
“Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.”
Read Jeremiah 31:31›It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.
It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors
“It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.”
Read Jeremiah 31:32›For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts
““But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
Read Jeremiah 31:33›I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts
““But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
Read Jeremiah 31:33›No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.
For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
I will forgive their wickedness and remember their sins no more
“No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.””
Read Jeremiah 31:34›By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.
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“See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
““This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.””
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”
““But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
Hebrews 8:132 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!”
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