Hebrews
Chapter
8
{Superiority
of Jesus Christ as High Priest Continues}
1~~Now
the main point on what is being communicated is this:
we
have such a category of high priest {Jesus Christ},
Who
has sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.
{Superiority
of our High Priest Continues from Chapter 7 - Superior Tabernacle}
2~~A
minister {Royal High Priest} of the 'sanctuary'/'holy places', even
of the tabernacle/tent . . . that is the REAL one,
which
the Lord {Jesus as the creator} 'put together'/pitched, and not man.
{Note: The writer is still comparing the superiority of the priesthood of Jesus Christ with that of the Levitical priesthood. The earthly tabernacle was at first a tent and later a 'brick and mortar type building', but Jesus' tent is the entire heaven . . . which He also created or 'pitched'!}
{Another
Superiority - the Superior Sacrifice}
3~~For
every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices,
for
this reason, therefore it is concluded necessary
that
This One also have something which He might offer.
{Note: Levitical priests offered the blood of animals. Jesus Christ offered Himself as the sacrifice. His sacrifice was superior to that offered by Levitical priests.}
4~~For
if indeed He {Jesus} were on the earth - but He is not -
He
would not even be a priest,
while
there are ones {illegitimately} offering {Levitical} gifts
according
to the {Mosaic} law {as the authorizing agency for the priesthood}.
{Note: When this was written in 67 AD, for 37 years the Levitical priesthood had been illegitimately operating on earth even though the Jewish Age ended 10 days after the ascension and now the Royal Priesthood was operational.}
{Superiority
of Reality (of Jesus' Priesthood) to Shadows (Levitical Priesthood)}
5~~Who
{Levitical Priests} are such a category {of priests}
as
performing worship service
as
a copy and shadow of the heavenly things,
since
Moses had received divine instruction
when
he was about to construct the tabernacle {large tent}.
For,
He said {Exodus 25:40}, "Be taking note {understand/perceive},
you shall make all things {Exodus - Chapters 25, 26, and 27}
according to the blueprint having been explained to you - to your
advantage - on the mountain {Sinai}.
{Note: Moses as the contractor received from Christ exact details on building the tabernacle. This was the shadow of heaven and Moses was instructed to be EXACT. Jesus was the original and the tabernacle was the shadow of the original (and heaven).}
{Superiority of the Ministry of our High Priest}
6~~
But now He {Jesus} has obtained
in
the past with the result that He always possesses
a
more excellent/outstanding {priestly} ministry,
by
as much as also, He keeps on being the mediator
of
a better covenant,
which
category of covenant has been {legally} established/ordained
upon
better promises {of blessings}.
7~~For
if that first {Mosaic Law} had been faultless/blameless,
but
it was not, then a place would NOT have been found for the second
{the New covenant to Israel - Jeremiah 31: 31- 34}.
{Old
Testament Documentation of New Covenant to Israel - Verses 8-12}
8~~For
you see, when finding fault with them {Israel - 586BC},
He
{God} communicates {Start quote - Jeremiah 31: 31-34},
"Behold/Perceive
. . . the days come {millennial reign}, says the Lord, indeed/'in
reality' I will fulfill/carryout/make a new covenant
to
the house of Israel and to the house of Judah."
9~~
"Not according to the covenant {Mosaic Law}
which
I made with their fathers
on
the day when I took them by their hand {a grace metaphor}
to
bring them out of the land of Egypt.
Because
they did not continue in My covenant,
I
also disregarded them, communicates the Lord."
10~~"Because
this . . . {is} the covenant {New Covenant to Israel} which I will
assign to the house of Israel
after
those days {after the millennium begins},
causing
to give My doctrines
for
the purpose of their thinking {thinking IS living}, even
upon
their hearts/'right lobes'
I
will engrave them {the doctrines} says the Lord.
Also,
I will be their God {literally 'be to them for a God'}, and
they
shall be My people {literally 'be to Me for a people'}."
11~~"Also,
they shall NOT teach
{literally
'not never teach' double negative is a VERY strong negative in the Greek}
each
one . . . his fellow citizen, and
each
one . . . his 'intimate friend'/brother, saying,
'KNOW
THE LORD.' {Why NOT command this?}
Because
ALL SHALL know Me . . . from the least to the greatest {of them}."
12~~"Because
I will be gracious in the sphere of their unrighteousnesses, and
I
will never remember their sins anymore."
{end
quote - Jeremiah 31: 31-34 - Starts in Verse 8}
13~~In
His citation of the new {new covenant to Israel}
He
has made obsolete the first
{covenant to Israel - the Mosaic Law}.
Now
the one {Mosaic Law} 'being superceded'/'becoming obsolete'
and
growing old is near {total} destruction.
{Note: This is a warning of the coming of the 5th cycle of discipline to the Jews in Jerusalem who would go out 3years after this was written. They were warned.}
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