We ended with Heb 7 knowing that Jesus is the hope and the anchor of our soul.
Heb 8 opens up with a summary of it all:-
V1 Jesus is the high priest who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens
V 2 Jesus is the minister of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man
V6 Jesus is the mediator of a better covenant
What is a covenant?
Basically, A covenant is a solemn agreement to engage in or refrain from a specified action. It refers to sacred agreements between God and human beings.
Covenants can be conditional and unconditional.
In the OT, we can see a few covenants : Noahic covenant where rainbows are given as a sign from God after the flood . Abrahamic covenant where God promised to make him a great nation. The Mosaic covenant where God gave the ten commandments to the children of Israel. Davidic covenant where God chose King David to reign and where the Messiah lineage would come from.
All these are the Old covenants.
V7 "For if the first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second"?
V8 "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,
V9 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
V10 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;
V11 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.
V12 FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, AND THEIR SINS AND THEIR INIQUITIES WILL I REMEMBER NO MORE"
[Jer 32: 31-34]
Personal reflections
Thank Jesus for His personal sacrifice on the cross for me. Without the shedding of the blood , there is no remission of sins. He is the mediator of a better covenant. When He died, He gave us His Holy Spirit as a counsellor to guide us into all truth. He resides in our body- which is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Our conscience pricks us when we are off course- thank God for the "policing" of the Holy Spirit!
Each time I behold a rainbow, I am reminded, By His grace, I am saved, not by my efforts - merely through His grace. John 14:6" He is the way the truth and the life" Amen! Eph 2:8-9 " For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God; Not of works, lest any man should boast"
Covenants can be conditional and unconditional.
In the OT, we can see a few covenants : Noahic covenant where rainbows are given as a sign from God after the flood . Abrahamic covenant where God promised to make him a great nation. The Mosaic covenant where God gave the ten commandments to the children of Israel. Davidic covenant where God chose King David to reign and where the Messiah lineage would come from.
All these are the Old covenants.
V7 "For if the first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second"?
V8 "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,
V9 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
V10 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;
V11 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.
V12 FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, AND THEIR SINS AND THEIR INIQUITIES WILL I REMEMBER NO MORE"
[Jer 32: 31-34]
Personal reflections
Thank Jesus for His personal sacrifice on the cross for me. Without the shedding of the blood , there is no remission of sins. He is the mediator of a better covenant. When He died, He gave us His Holy Spirit as a counsellor to guide us into all truth. He resides in our body- which is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Our conscience pricks us when we are off course- thank God for the "policing" of the Holy Spirit!
Each time I behold a rainbow, I am reminded, By His grace, I am saved, not by my efforts - merely through His grace. John 14:6" He is the way the truth and the life" Amen! Eph 2:8-9 " For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God; Not of works, lest any man should boast"
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