Hebrews 8
[1] Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; [2] A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. [3] For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. [4] For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: [5] Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
- There appears to be a difference in the Old covenant and the New but what is that difference?
- The first Covenant was through Moses while the second was with Christ who was more excellent than Abraham and Moses.
- Part of the problem was with the people who were at fault.
[6] But now hath he obtained a more excellent[1] ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better[2] covenant, which was established upon better promises.
[7] For if that first covenant had been faultless[3], then should no place have been sought for the second.
[8] For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
[9] Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
[10] For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
[11] And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
[12] For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
[13] In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
- A main difference was that the law must be written on your heart in the new and not just preformed. The performance of works is still required because works are the evidence of faith and if there were no works or little works or works of iniquity then we know that there is no real faith.
- Christ made it clear that you not only could not commit adultery but you cannot even want to commit adultery.[4]
- Understanding the will of God and the kingdom is not just about studying and words or phrases but is dependent upon revelation. Flesh and blood[5] does not reveal that understanding.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1313 ~διάφορος~ diaphoros \@dee-af’-or-os\@ from 1308; adj AV-more excellent 2, differing 1, divers 1; 4 1) different, varying in kind 2) excellent, surpassing
- ↑ 2909 ~κρείττων~ kreitton \@krite’-tohn\@ comparative of a derivative of 2904; ; adj AV-better 17, best 1; 18 1) more useful, more serviceable, more advantageous 2) more excellent
- ↑ 273 ~ἄμεμπτος~ amemptos \@am’-emp-tos\@ from 1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of 3201; adj AV-blameless 3, unblameable 1, faultless 1; 5 1) blameless, deserving no censure, free from fault or defect For Synonyms see entry 5887
- ↑ Matthew 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. 2 Peter 2:14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
- ↑ Matthew 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
- 1 Corinthians 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
- Galatians 1:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
- Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
- Hebrews 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;