{"id":263,"date":"2024-02-18T22:44:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T22:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/txcolliers.net\/biblestudy\/?p=263"},"modified":"2024-02-18T22:44:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T22:44:46","slug":"christ-and-the-new-covenant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/txcolliers.net\/biblestudy\/?p=263","title":{"rendered":"Christ and the New Covenant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s been a couple of weeks since we last met. So to get back into the “flow” of the Preacher’s sermon, let’s take a quick look at how he summarized the previous passage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus Is like Melchizedek<\/strong> (Reconnect)\nHebrews 7:15-28\n\nThis change has been made very clear since a different priest, who is like Melchizedek, has appeared. Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed. And the psalmist pointed this out when he prophesied,\n\u201cYou are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.\u201d<\/em>\nYes, the old requirement about the priesthood was set aside because it was weak and useless. For the law never made anything perfect. But now we have confidence in a better hope, through which we draw near to God.\nThis new system was established with a solemn oath. Aaron\u2019s descendants became priests without such an oath, but there was an oath regarding Jesus. For God said to him,\n\u201cThe LORD has taken an oath and will not break his vow:\n\u2018You are a priest forever.\u2019\u201d<\/em>\nBecause of this oath, Jesus is the one who guarantees this better covenant with God.\nThere were many priests under the old system, for death prevented them from remaining in office. But because Jesus lives forever, his priesthood lasts forever. Therefore he is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf.\nHe is the kind of high priest we need because he is holy and blameless, unstained by sin. He has been set apart from sinners and has been given the highest place of honor in heaven. Unlike those other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices every day. They did this for their own sins first and then for the sins of the people. But Jesus did this once for all when he offered himself as the sacrifice for the people\u2019s sins. The law appointed high priests who were limited by human weakness. But after the law was given, God appointed his Son with an oath, and his Son has been made the perfect High Priest forever.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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  • Who is Melchizedek?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Why is Christ compared to Melchizedek?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Why was it important for the author to make this point?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • What are the characteristics of Jesus as our Great High Priest?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    Christ Our High Priest<\/strong>\nHebrews 8:1-6\n\nHere is the main point: We have a High Priest who sat down in the place of honor beside the throne of the majestic God in heaven. There he ministers in the heavenly Tabernacle, the true place of worship that was built by the Lord and not by human hands.\n\nAnd since every high priest is required to offer gifts and sacrifices, our High Priest must make an offering, too. If he were here on earth, he would not even be a priest, since there already are priests who offer the gifts required by the law. They serve in a system of worship that is only a copy, a shadow of the real one in heaven. For when Moses was getting ready to build the Tabernacle, God gave him this warning: \u201cBe sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain.\u201d\n\nBut now Jesus, our High Priest, has been given a ministry that is far superior to the old priesthood, for he is the one who mediates for us a far better covenant with God, based on better promises.\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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    • What do you think when you see the author starting his sentence with “Here is the main point”?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • What is the author’s main point?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • What is being contrasted in this passage? Why would this have resonated with the original recipients of this letter (sermon)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      The New Covenant<\/strong>\nHebrews 8:7-13\n\nIf the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second covenant to replace it. But when God found fault with the people, he said:\n\n\u201cThe day is coming, says the LORD,\nwhen I will make a new covenant\nwith the people of Israel and Judah.\nThis covenant will not be like the one\nI made with their ancestors\nwhen I took them by the hand\nand led them out of the land of Egypt.\nThey did not remain faithful to my covenant,\nso I turned my back on them, says the LORD.\nBut this is the new covenant I will make\nwith the people of Israel on that day, says the LORD:\nI will put my laws in their minds,\nand I will write them on their hearts.\nI will be their God,\nand they will be my people.\nAnd they will not need to teach their neighbors,\nnor will they need to teach their relatives,\nsaying, \u2018You should know the LORD.\u2019\nFor everyone, from the least to the greatest,\nwill know me already.\nAnd I will forgive their wickedness,\nand I will never again remember their sins.\u201d<\/em>\n\nWhen God speaks of a \u201cnew\u201d covenant, it means he has made the first one obsolete. It is now out of date and will soon disappear.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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      • What is a covenant?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Why does the author shift from talking about Jesus as High Priest to talking about a “new covenant”?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • What is the new covenant, according to the passage from the prophet Jeremiah? (Jer 31:31-34)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • What happened to the old covenant?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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