Hebrews 8 - a podcast by Mary DeMuth

Today’s Scripture:







So let me sum up what we’ve covered so far, for there is much we have said: we have a High Priest, a perfect Priest who sits in the place of honor in the highest heavens, at the right hand of the throne of the Majestic One, 2 a Minister within the heavenly sanctuary set up by the Lord, not by human hands.







3 As I have said, it is the role of every high priest to offer gifts and sacrifices to God, so clearly this Priest of ours must have something to offer as well. 4 If He were on earth, then He would not be a priest at all because there are already priests who can offer gifts according to the law of Moses 5 in a sanctuary that is only a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary. We know this because God admonished Moses as he set up the tent for the Lord’s sanctuary: “Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I showed you on the mountain.”[a] 6 But now Jesus has taken on a new and improved priestly ministry; and in that respect, He has been made the Mediator of a better covenant established on better promises. 7 Remember, if the first covenant had been able to reconcile everyone to God, there would be no reason for a second covenant. 8 God found fault with the priests when He said through the prophet Jeremiah,







“Look! The time is coming,” the Eternal Lord says,    “when I will bring about a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors    when I took them by the hand    and led them out of slavery in the land of Egypt.They did not remain faithful to that covenant,    so,” the Eternal One says, “I turned away from them.10 But when those days are over,” the Eternal One says, “I will make    this kind of covenant with the people of Israel:I will put My laws on their minds    and write them upon their hearts.I will be their God,    and they will be My people.11 In those days, they won’t need to teach each other My ways    or to say to each other, ‘Know the Eternal.’In those days, all will know Me,    from the least to the greatest.12 I will be merciful when they fail,    and I will erase their sins and wicked acts out of My memory    as though they had never existed.”[b]







13 With the words “a new covenant,” God made the first covenant old, and what is old and no longer effective will soon fade away completely.







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