Hebrews 8:1
THE SUM] RV 'the chief point.'... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SUM] RV 'the chief point.'... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HIGH PRIEST OF THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY AND THE FULFILMENT OF JEREMIAH'S PROPHECY Christ, as Melchizedek-High-Priest, has a higher ministry than the Levitical priesthood, because He ministers in the true Tabernacle in heaven which indeed was the pattern for the earthly tabernacle (Hebrews 8:1). B... [ Continue Reading ]
A MINISTER] i.e. an officiating high priest. THE SANCTUARY] corresponds to the innermost chamber of the tabernacle, which is a general name for the whole place of ministry. It is called the 'true' tabernacle, i.e. authentic or primary, that on earth being secondary, a copy of the heavenly (Hebrews... [ Continue Reading ]
GIFTS AND SACRIFICES] see on Hebrews 5:1. A high priest implies an offering, and this Christ has: see on Hebrews 7:27 and references there.... [ Continue Reading ]
The connexion is with Hebrews 8:2. Christ's ministry must be in the heavenly tabernacle, for there is already a priesthood on earth; the office on earth is preoccupied. 'He would not be a priest at all' (so RV), much less a high priest. It has been inferred from this v. that the Epistle was written... [ Continue Reading ]
EXAMPLE] RV 'copy,' implying that there is an original in heaven. Observe that the heavenly is the real; the earthly is the copy and shadow. The reference is to Exodus 25:40 : cp. Acts 7:44.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW] is logical, not temporal, and means,' this being so.' BETTER PROMISES] see Hebrews 8:10. 8-12. The promise is taken from Jeremiah 31:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
REGARDED THEM NOT] i.e. rejected them after they had broken the covenant; or, let them alone: cp. Matthew 23:38; RM. 10-12. The second covenant is better than the first, because, (1) it is an internal principle instead of an external code; (2) it is universally realised; every member of the covenan... [ Continue Reading ]