Hebrews 8- New Covenant

 

Hebrews 8 – New Covenant

 

There is not a High Priest in the line of Aaron that had a chair to sit on in the tabernacle. That’s because they were too busy with work and sacrifices. Since Christ died, all has been fulfilled and we don’t have to wonder if we do enough to earn salvation. All we need to do is turn to Jesus Christ and trust Him as our Savior. He sat down at the right hand of God because He finished our redemption.

It is possible that when God instructed Moses to build the tabernacle, He gave him a pattern of the original in heaven. He was very detailed in His instructions to Moses. We worship God when we pray, when we study His Word, and when we walk in obedience to Him. God made His throne a throne of grace and invites us to come to Him with confidence and assurance that He is there. We need to come to Him with faith. Without faith it is impossible to please Him.

The New Covenant He mentions is the New Testament. The Old Testament was Moses’ law. The New Testament is a better covenant, better promises that will be fulfilled in the future. Since the Old Covenant was not faultless it was necessary for a better covenant. There was nothing wrong with God’s law but with the people who could not keep God’s laws. The New Covenant will be written in our hearts not on stone tablets so we will be able to obey it. There will be forgiveness of sin. There will be a complete pardon.

We have a new covenant based on better promises. God has given us the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ as our intercessor and is in heaven to help us.

 

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