CHAPTER 8
The 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,
And since
every
high priest
is appointed
to
offer
both
gifts
and
sacrifices,
it was
necessary
for this One
also
to have
something
to offer.
Now
if
He were
on
earth,
He would not be
a priest,
since there are already
priests
to offer
gifts
according to
the Law.
They
serve at
a copy
and
shadow
of the
heavenly sanctuary.
That 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."
Now,
however,
Jesus has received
a much
more excellent
ministry,
just as
the covenant
He mediates
is better
and
is founded
on
better
promises.
But
God found fault
with the people
and said:
“Behold,
the days
are coming,
declares
the Lord,
when
I will make
a new
covenant
with
the
house
of Israel
and
with
the
house
of Judah.
It will not
be like
the
covenant
I made
with
their
fathers
when
I
took
them
by the
hand
to lead
them
out of
the land
of Egypt,
because
they
did not abide
by
My
covenant,
and I
disregarded
them,
declares
the Lord.
For
this is
the
covenant
I will make
with the
house
of Israel
after
those
days,
declares
the Lord.
I will put
My
laws
in
their
minds,
and
inscribe
them
on
their
hearts.
And
I will be
their
God,
and
they
will be
My
people.
No longer will each one teach
his
neighbor
or
his
brother,
saying,
‘Know
the
Lord,’
because
they will all know
Me,
from
the least
of them
to
the greatest.
By
speaking of
a new covenant,
He has made
the
first one obsolete;
and
what
is obsolete
and
aging
will soon
disappear.