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Hebrews 8: Superiority of the New Covenant

Superiority of the New Covenant
Hebrews 8 shows that Jesus is the mediator of a new and better covenant which has been enacted on better promises. Jesus is ministering in the heavenly tabernacle at the right hand of God not in an earthly one (which was a copy and shadow of heavenly things). The New Covenant is written on our hearts and enables us to know the Lord in an intimate way. Jesus has promised to forgive our sins and remember them no more. The New Covenant has made the Old one obsolete.

“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 who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man” (Hebrews 8:1-2)…
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“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. If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already men who offer the gifts prescribed by the law” (…
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“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.” ( Hebrews 8:5 )…
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“But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, and it is founded on better promises” ( Hebrews 8:6 ) Jesus is the mediator or guarantor of the Covenant of grace. This covenant is…
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“For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. But God found fault with the people and said: “The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the…
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Friday, 09 December 2011

The New Covenant (Hebrews 8:10-12)

“This is the covenant I will make with the house 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. No longer will a man teach his…
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“By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear” ( Hebrews 8:13 ) Right now we have a whole generation of children growing up that are not familiar with some of the things we grew up with. Take…
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You won’t drown if Jesus is in your boat!

You won’t drown if Jesus is in your boat!

I just made it through a very stressful and challenging week. In the midst I found myself working through the book of Matthew. As I came to Matthew 8, where Jesus and the disciples are  in a boat, in the middle of the storm. As read,I stopped an...

Juli Camarin | May 06, 2012

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Will You Be Made Whole?

Will You Be Made Whole?

Jesus asked a particularly interesting question to the disabled man by the pool of Bethesda. “Will thou be made whole?” ( John 5:6 KJV ). The man had been lying crippled for thirty-eight years waiting for someone to help him into the pool when the an...

Juli Camarin | Apr 22, 2012

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The Resurrection Means It Worked

The Resurrection Means It Worked

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins” ( I Corinthians 15:17 ) Our entire belief system hinges on one thing, that Christ Jesus was raised from the dead. And in so doing, defeating sin, conquering death, ...

Juli Camarin | Apr 08, 2012

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