GOD’S NEW COVENANT

 

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 a Mere human being.

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 priests

Who Offer the Gifts Prescribed by the Law.

5 They Serve at the 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 in fact the Ministry Jesus has Received

Is as Superior to theirs

AS THE NEW COVENANT IS ESTABLISHED

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 Days are Coming, declares the Lord,

WHEN I WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT

With the People of Israel

And with the People of Judah.

9 It will not be like the Covenant

I made with their Ancestors

When I took them by the hand

To lead them out of Egypt,

Because they did not Remain Faithful

To My Covenant,

And I Turned Away from them, declares the Lord.

10 THIS IS THE COVENANT

I WILL ESTABLISH WITH THE PEOPLE 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 they Teach their Neighbor,

Or say to one another, “Know the Lord,’

BECAUSE THEY WILL ALL KNOW ME,

FROM THE LEAST OF THEM TO THE GREATEST.

12 FOR I WILL FORGIVE THEIR WICKEDNESS

AND WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO MORE.”

(Hebrews 8:1-12, NIV)