The
High Priest Of A New Covenant
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,
2
AND WHO SERVES IN THE SANCTUARY,
THE
TRUE TABERNACLE SET UP BY THE LORD,
NOT
BY MAN .
3
Every High Priest is appointed
To
Offer both Gifts and Sacrifices,
And
so it was necessary for this one also
To
have something to Offer.
4
If He were on Earth,
He
would not be a Priest,
For
there are already men who Offer the Gifts
Prescribed
by the Law.
5
They serve at a Sanctuary that 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.'
6
But the Ministry Jesus has received
Is
as Superior to theirs as the Covenant
OF
WHICH HE IS THE MEDIATOR
Is
Superior to the Old one,
AND
IT IS FOUNDED ON BETTER PROMISES.
7
For if there had been nothing wrong with that First Covenant,
No
place would have been sought for another.
8
But God found Fault with the people and said:
'The
Time is coming says the Lord,
WHEN
I WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT
With
the House of Israel and with the House of Judah.
9
It will not be like the Covenant I made with their forefathers
When
I took them by the hand
To
lead them out of Egypt,
Because
they did not remains Faithful to My Covenant,
AND
I TURNED AWAY FROM THEM, DECLARES THE LORD.
THIS
IS THE COVENANT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL
After
that time, declares the Lord.
I
WILL PUT MY LAWS IN THEIR MINDS
AND
WRITE THEM ON THEIR HEARTS.
I
WILL BE THEIR GOD,
AND
THEY WILL BE MY PEOPLE.
11
No longer will a man Teach his neighbor,
Or
a man his brother, saying,
'KNOW
THE LORD,'
BECAUSE
THEY WILL ALL KNOW ME,
FROM
THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST.
12
For I will forgive their Wickedness
And
will remember their Sins No More.'
13
BY CALLING THIS COVENANT 'NEW,'
HE
HAS MADE THE FIRST ONE OBSOLETE;
AND
WHAT IS OBSOLETE AND AGING
WILL
SOON DISAPPEAR.
(Hebrews
8)
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