Hebrews 8:9 - Prayer Tents

Hebrews 8

The Messiah Has a Better Ministry

8Now the main point in what we are saying is this: we do have this kind of high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heavenG1161G1909G3004G2774G2192G5108G749G3739G2523G1722G1188G2362G3172G1722G37722and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord and not by any human.G3011G39G2532G228G4633G3739G2962G4078G2532G3756G4443For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, this high priest had to offer something, too.G1063G3956G749G2525G1519G4374G1435G5037G2532G2378G3606G316G5126G2192G5100G2532G3739G43744Now if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, because other men offer the gifts prescribed by the law.G1063G1487G3303G2258G1909G1093G302G3761G2258G2409G5607G2409G4374G1435G2596G35515They serve in a sanctuary that is a copy, a shadow of the heavenly one. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain."G3748G3000G5262G2532G4639G2032G2531G3475G5537G3195G2005G4633G1063G3708G5346G4160G3956G2596G5179G1166G4671G1722G37356However, Jesus has now obtained a more superior ministry, since the covenant he mediates is founded on better promises.G1161G3570G5177G1313G3009G3745G2532G2076G3316G2909G1242G3748G3549G1909G2909G1860

The New Covenant is Better than the Old

7If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need to look for a second one,G1063G1487G1565G4413G2258G273G302G3756G5117G2212G12088but God found something wrong with his people when he said, "Look! The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.G1063G3201G846G3004G2400G2250G2064G3004G2962G2532G4931G2537G1242G1909G3624G2474G2532G1909G3624G24559It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors at the time when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. Because they did not remain loyal to my covenant, I ignored them, declares the Lord.G3756G2596G1242G3739G4160G846G3962G1722G2250G1949G846G3450G5495G1806G846G1537G1093G125G3754G846G1696G3756G1722G3450G1242G2504G272G846G272G3004G296210For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.G3754G3778G1242G3739G1303G3624G2474G3326G1565G2250G3004G2962G1325G3450G3551G1519G846G1271G2532G1924G846G1909G846G2588G2532G2071G1519G846G2316G2532G846G2071G1519G3427G299211Never again will everyone teach his neighbor or his brother by saying, 'Know the Lord,' because all of them will know me, from the least important to the most important.G2532G1321G3364G1321G1538G846G4139G2532G1538G846G80G3004G1097G2962G3754G3956G1492G3165G575G3398G846G2193G3173G84612For I will be merciful regarding their wrong deeds, and I will never again remember their sins."G3754G2071G2436G846G93G2532G846G266G2532G846G458G3415G3364G208913In speaking of a "new" covenant, he has made the first one obsolete, and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.G1722G3004G2537G3822G4413G3822G1161G3822G2532G1095G1451G854