Hebrews 8:1-13
Jesus is the High Priest of a better Temple and Covenant.
HEBREWS 8:1-13
1 Now the main 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 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 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.” [Exodus 25:40]
6 But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since 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.” [Jeremiah 31:31-34]
13 By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.
JESUS FULFILLS THE LAW OF MOSES!
- In the burnt offering, Jesus is our Savior!
- In the meal offering, Jesus is our Sustanence!
- In the fellowship offering, Jesus is our Security!
- In the sin offering, Jesus is our Substitute!
- In the guilt offering, Jesus is our Satisfaction!
- In the Passover, Jesus is the Lamb of God!
- In the Feast of Unleavened Bread, He is the Bread of Life!
- In the Feast of First Fruits, He is the First Born of the Father!
- In the Feast of Pentecost, He is the Lord of the Harvest!
- In the Feast of Trumpets, He is the Coming King!
- In the Day of Atonement, He is the Atoning Sacrifice for sin!
- In the Feast of Tabernacles, He is the New Dwelling Place!
- In the Temple's outer court, He is the sacrifice at the brazen altar and the One who cleanses at the brazen laver!
- In the Holy Place, He gives the bread of His Word at the table of shewbread, sends the Holy Spirit at the seven golden candlesticks, and intercedes for us at the altar of incense.
- His flesh is the veil that is torn for fellowship with God the Father and in the Holy of Holies He is the one who sits on the mercy seat with His Father, surrounded and worshipped by angels because of the blood He shed to save His people!
- Jesus is our curse on the tree and the blessing of Abraham, our Priest and King, Savior and Judge!