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Jesus Our High Priest8 1Here is the point of what we are saying: We have a high priesta like that, who sits on the right sideb of God's throne in heaven. 2Our high priest serves in the Most Holy Placec. He serves in the true place of worshipd that was made by God, not by anyone here on earth.
3Every high priest has the work of offering gifts and sacrificese to God. So our high priest must also offer something to God. 4If our high priest were now living on earth, he would not be a priest. I say this because there are already priests here who follow the law by offering gifts to God. 5The work that these priests do is really only a copy and a shadow of what is in heaven. That is why God warned Mosesf when he was ready to build the Holy Tentg: "Be sure to make everything exactly like the pattern I showed you on the mountain."h 6But the work that has been given to Jesus is much greater than the work that was given to those priests. In the same way, the new agreementi that Jesus brought from God to his people is much greater than the old one. And the new agreement is based on better promises.
7If there was nothing wrong with the first agreementj, then there would be no need for a second agreement. 8But God found something wrong with the people. He said,
| "The time is coming, says the Lord, when I will give a new agreement to the people of Israelk and to the people of Judahl.
9It will not be like the agreement that I gave to their fathers. That is the agreement I gave when I took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt.
They did not continue following the agreement I gave them, and I turned away from them, says the Lord.
10This is the new agreement I will give the people of Israel. I will give this agreement in the future, says the Lord:
I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write my laws on their hearts.
I will be their God, and they will be my people.
11Never again will anyone have to teach their neighbors or their family to know the Lord.
All people - the greatest and the least important - will know me.
12And I will forgive the wrongs they have done, and I will not remember their sins."m | |
13God called this a new agreement, so he has made the first agreement old. And anything that is old and useless is ready to disappear.
ahigh priest The most important priest and leader of the Israelites or the Jews, God’s people under the “old agreement.” Under the “new agreement” the high priest for God’s people is Jesus Christ. Read Heb. 7:11-8:13.
b8:1 right side The place of honor and authority (power).
c8:2 Most Holy Place Literally, “holies” for “holy of holies,” the spiritual place where God lives and is worshiped.
d8:2 place of worship Literally, “Tabernacle” or “tent.”
esacrifice To offer a gift to God as an expression of worship, thanksgiving, or payment for sin. Also, the gift that is offered. In the Old Testament it was usually a special animal that was killed and burned on an altar. The Old Testament sacrifices offered for sins were symbolic of the perfect sacrifice that God himself would provide through Jesus Christ. Jesus gave his own life as a sacrifice to pay for the sins of all people. See Heb. 10:1-14.
fMoses One of the most important leaders of the Israelites during the time of the Old Testament. God used him to give the people his law, which is often called “the Law of Moses.”
gHoly Tent Or “Tabernacle,” the special tent described in the Law of Moses, where God lived among his people and where the Israelite priests performed their worship duties. It was often called the “Meeting Tent” because it was where the Israelites went to meet with God. It was used until Solomon built the Temple in Jerusalem.
h8:5 Quote from Ex. 25:40.
inew agreement The “better agreement” that God has given to his people through Jesus Christ. See “agreement.”
jfirst agreement The contract God gave to the Israelites when he gave them the Law of Moses. See “agreement.”
kIsrael Another name for Jacob (see Gen. 32:24-28) and for the nation God chose to accomplish his plan of blessing the world through the Messiah (see “Messiah”). The people of Israel were the descendants of Jacob’s twelve sons. In the New Testament this name is sometimes used in a broader sense to mean all of God’s people.
lJudah One of the 12 sons of Jacob (Israel); also the tribe and, later, the nation named after him. Described as the “southern kingdom,” it was made up of the Israelite tribes that occupied the southern part of Palestine, while the northern tribes were united into a “northern kingdom” known as Israel.
mJeremiah 31:31-34
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