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Hebrews 8 Summary
The Better Covenant and Heavenly Ministry
The author summarizes that Christ is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens as a high priest and minister of the true tabernacle which the Lord, not man, pitched. As mediator of a better covenant established on better promises than the first, Christ obtained a more excellent ministry. God prophesies through Jeremiah of a new covenant where he will write his laws in the hearts and minds of the people and remember their sins no more, making the old covenant obsolete and ready to vanish away.
Key themes
Key verses
Hebrews 8:1
“Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;”
Hebrews 8:6
“But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.”
Hebrews 8:10
“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:”
Hebrews 8:12
“For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.”
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