Hebrews:8

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* Here is a summary of the things we are discussing : We have this kind of high priest . He sat down at the right hand of the throne of the majesty in heaven . * He is a minister of the Holy Place and of the true Tabernacle , built by Jehovah and not man . * Every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices . It is necessary to have something to offer . * If he were on earth , he would not be a priest , for there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law . * The work they do as priests is only a copy and a shadow of what is in heaven . It is the same as it was with Moses . When he was about to build the sacred tent , God told him : »Be sure to make everything according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain .« * Jesus has obtained a more excellent ministry . The covenant that he arranged between God and his people is a better one , because it is based on promises of better things . * If there had been nothing wrong with the first covenant , there would not have been a need for a second one . * God finds fault with his people and said to them : »‘The time is coming ,’ says Jehovah , ‘when I will draw up a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah . (Jeremiah strkjv @31:31 ) * »‘It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt . They were not faithful to the covenant I made with them , and so I paid no attention to them . * »‘This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days ,’ said Jehovah : ‘I will put my teachings in their mind , I will write them upon their hearts . I will be their God , and they will be my people . (Jeremiah strkjv @31:32 ) * »‘They will not teach a neighbor or brother saying : »Know Jehovah .« All will know me from the little one among them to the great among them . (Hosea strkjv @2:20 ) * »‘I will forgive their wickedness and I will remember their sins no more .’« * By calling this covenant »new ,« he has made the first one old . That which grows old and aged will soon disappear .

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