A Better Covenant - Part 1 (Hebrews 8:1-6)
Bob Schultz, April 10, 2016Part of the Book of Hebrews series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
This week we begin a brand new chapter in our study of Hebrews - 8:1-6. In this section, the writer does a brilliant job of connecting what has gone before, with what is to follow, namely a comparison and contrast between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. Our text will serve as a profound Lord's Supper meditation as well as we continue to lift up Christ as our final priest and final sacrifice.
Hebrews 8:1–6 (Listen)
8:1 Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, 2 a minister in the holy places, in the true tent that the Lord set up, not man. 3 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer. 4 Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law. 5 They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, “See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.” 6 But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.
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