This is the covenant. This New Covenant: (1) is inward or spiritual; (2) is individual, and therefore universal; (3) is kind and allows forgiveness. The Law is a curse (James 2:10; Galatians 3:10). Whatever forgiveness those who lived under the Law received, came because of God's act in Christ (see Hebrews 9:15). Minds. hearts. This is in contrast to writing them on stone tablets. Their God. my people. Compare Revelation 21:3 and note.
Verse Hebrews 8:10. _THIS_ IS _THE COVENANT_] This is the nature of that glorious system of religion which I shall publish among them _after_ _those days_, i.e., in the times of the Gospel. _I WILL...
FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT - This is the arrangement, or the dispensation which shall succeed the old one. “With the house of Israel.” With the true Israel; that is, with all those whom he will regard a...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. Christ, the High Priest (Hebrews 8:1)_ 2. The old covenant and the new (Hebrews 8:7) Hebrews 7:1 The new priesthood which the better priest exerciseth in heaven furthermore implies a...
The promises associated with the old covenant are described in the classical passage of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 31:31), which is now quoted at length. But attention is first called to the fact that another...
For, if the first covenant, which is so well known to you, had been faultless there would have been no need to seek any place for a second one. It is to censure them that he says: "Look you the days a...
THE WAY TO REALITY (Hebrews 8:1-6)...
MAKE. Greek. _diatithemi._ See Acts 3:25. I WILL PUT. Literally "giving". Same Greek. word in 2 Corinthians 8:16. &c. WRITE. Greek. _epigrapho._ See Mark 15:26. IN. upon. Greek....
_and write them in their hearts_ The gift of an _inner_law, not written on granite slabs, but on the fleshen tablets of the heart, is the first promise of the New Covenant. It involves the difference...
Threefold superiority of the New to the Old Covenant, as prophesied by Jeremiah; being a proof that the "promises" of the New Covenant are "better...
THREEFOLD SUPERIORITY OF THE NEW TO THE OLD COVENANT, AS PROPHESIED BY JEREMIAH; BEING A PROOF THAT THE “PROMISES” OF THE NEW COVENANT ARE “BETTER.”...
CH. 8. Having compared the two Priesthoods, and shewn the inferiority of the Aaronic priesthood to that of Christ as “a High Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek,” the writer now proceeds to...
ἘΠῚ ΚΑΡΔΊΑΣ. The gift of an _inner_ law, not written on granite slabs, but on the fleshen tablets of the heart, is the first promise of the New Covenant. It involves the difference between the Voice o...
_CHRIST'S PRIESTHOOD AND COVENANT EXCELLED THE OLD -- HEBREWS 8:9-13:_ This new arrangement is different from that which was made with Israel when God brought them out of Egypt. It includes everyone a...
FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT, &C.— "This new covenant shall be of a much better tenor than that: for this is the sum and substance of the covenant which I will make with all my spiritual Israel who persev...
_He is a Mediator of a new covenant. Hebrews 8:6-13_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 8:6-13 Hebrews 8:6 But now hath He obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as He is also the Mediator of a better cove
THE TWO COVENANTS (Hebrews 8:10-13) The subject of the two covenants supplies the principal key which unlocks for us the meaning of God’s dispensational dealings with His people here on earth. Its im...
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, a...
8 Few phrases are so unfortunately confusing as "the New Testament". The Greek word for "testament" and its Hebrew equivalent never carry the ordinary meaning of a will, or legal instrument for the di...
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...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 8 4 JESUS IS THE BETTER *MEDIATOR 8:1-10:39 A NEW AND BETTER AGREEMENT 8:1-13 THE WORK OF CHRIST IS GREATER THAN THAT OF THE OLD PRIEST...
I WILL MAKE. — Literally, _I will covenant_ — not the same word as in Hebrews 8:8. ISRAEL. — Formerly (Hebrews 8:8), Israel and Judah. When the reunion of the nation had once been signified, _“_Israe...
ὅτι αὕτη ἡ διαθήκη ἣν διαθήσομαι … “For this is the covenant which I will covenant with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord.” The ὅτι justifies the differentiation of this covenant fr...
A justification of the establishment of a better covenant, on the grounds (1) that the first covenant was not faultless; (2) that Jeremiah had predicted the introduction of a new covenant (_a_) not li...
THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT Hebrews 8:1 _ Such a High Priest_, Hebrews 8:1. He sits because His work is finished so far as His sacrifice is concerned. His place is at God's right hand-the seat o...
Having established the fact of the superiority of Christ, the argument now proceeds to deal with the superiority of the relationships consequent thereupon. The central verity is set forth in the words...
THE BETTER QUALITIES OF THE NEW COVENANT While continuing to refer to the quotation from Jeremiah, the author shows the better qualities of the new covenant. For instance, the law of Moses was written...
For this is the testament which I will make with the house of Israel, and with all nations, as I promised to Abraham, I will give (literally, by giving) my laws into their mind, and I will write this...
(7) For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. (8) For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will m...
The apostle now resumes his great theme, Christ called a Priest of God for ever after the order of Melchisedec. He alludes, in the beginning of our chapter, to the historical facts of Genesis. We must...
10_For this is the covenant that I will make, etc. _There are two main parts in this covenant; the first regards the gratuitous remission of sins; and the other, the inward renovation of the heart; th...
Chapter 8 in this respect is simple and clear; the last Verses only give room for a few remarks. The sum of the doctrine we have been considering is, that we have a High Priest who is seated on the th...
FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL,.... That is, this is the sum and substance of the covenant, which God promised to make with, or to make manifest and known to his ch...
Ὅτι αὕτη ἡ διαθήκη ἣν διαθήσομαι τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραὴλ μετὰ τὰς ἡμέρας ἐκείνας, λέγει Κύριος, διδοὺς νόμους μου εἰς τὴν διάνοιαν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπὶ καρδίας αὐτῶν ἐπιγράψω αὐτούς · καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτοῖς εἰς Θεὸν, καὶ...
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,...
Heb. 8:10-13 Hebrews 8:10-13. 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:...
_For this is the covenant that I will make after those days_ In the times of the Messiah; _I will put my laws into their mind_ I will open the eyes of their understanding, and give them light to disce...
PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MIND, AND-THEIR HEARTS; deeply and permanently impress them on their minds, and incline their hearts to obey them. AND I WILL BE their God, AND THEY SHALL BE my people. In the g...
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...
The proof that Christ's ministry has fully replaced that of the Levitical priesthood:...
"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: a minister of the sanctuary, and of the...
PUT: _ Gr._ give IN: Or, upon...
7-13 The superior excellence of the priesthood of Christ, above that of Aaron, is shown from that covenant of grace, of which Christ was Mediator. The law not only made all subject to it, liable to b...
OLBGrk;OLBHeb; FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE: _for, _ showeth it should not be such a covenant-form as was given on Mount Sinai, it being wholly different, and that denied before, being ca...
Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen What laws does He inscribe? "That all shall know God, from small to great; "and, "I will be merciful to them," says God, "and will not remember their...
Hebrews 8:10 For G3754 this G3778 covenant G1242 that G3739 make G1303 (G5695) house G3624 Israel G2474 after...
Hebrews 8:10. The new differs also from the old in this, that (_a_) God will write His law upon their hearts; (_b_) they shall be permanently His people, and He will be their God (Hebrews 8:11); (_c_)...
THIS (αυτη). The "new" one of verse Hebrews 8:8.THAT I WILL MAKE (ην διαθησομα). Future middle of διατιθημ, "that I will covenant," cognate accusative (ην), using the same root in the verb as in...
LORD Jehovah. (Jeremiah 31:33)....
Hebrews 8:1 , HEBREWS 8:6; HEBREWS 8:10 The New Covenant Its Promises. I. Pardon is the last named of the promises, but it is the first bestowed. The terms of the promise indicate two things respecti...
Hebrews 8:6 The Blessings of the New Covenant. I. The blessings of the New Covenant are all based upon the forgiveness of sin. God promises to put His laws into our minds, and write them upon our hea...
Hebrews 8:7. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I w...
CONTENTS: Aaronic priests a shadow of Christ who mediates a better covenant. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Moses. CONCLUSION: We have in our Lord Jesus Christ such a High Priest as no other people ever ha...
Hebrews 8:1. _Of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum._ Paul here recapitulates, for so the grandeur of his arguments required, and he does not do it in a dry and barren manner, but with r...
_I will put My laws into their mind_ GOD’S COVENANT WITH THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH I. WHAT IS IMPORTED GENERALLY IN THE WORDS. 1. That a covenant shall be made, and a covenant-relation shall subsist...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 8:1 Jesus is the eternal high priest, ministering from heaven in the true tabernacle and enacting the better promises of the new covenant. ⇐...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 8:8 HE FINDS FAULT WITH THEM. God blames sinful humanity for the failure of the first covenant. Jeremiah 31:31 is quoted here. That passage
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 8:7. FAULTLESS.—Not merely “free from defect,” but “incomplete,” unable fully to meet man’s case. The old system was complete enough for its limited sphere and...
EXPOSITION THE HIGH PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST FULFILS THE SYMBOLISM OF THE AARONIC, AND IS ALONE AN ETERNAL REALITY. Christ's heavenly priesthood, shown above to be of a higher order t
Now of the things which we have spoken this is the essence: We have such a high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heavens; he is a minister of the sanctuary, and of...
1 Corinthians 6:16; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 Peter 2:9; 2 Corinthians 3:3;...
The covenant which I will make [η δ ι α θ η κ η η ν δ ο α θ η σ ο μ α ι]. The noun and the verb are cognate - the arrangement which I will arrange. A covenant [δ ι α θ η κ η] is something arranged [δ...
OUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST Hebrews 7:1 _and Hebrews 8:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS Christ was God's Priest after the order of Melchisedec. "The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a Priest for ever after...
This is the covenant I will make after those days — After the Mosaic dispensation is abolished. I will put my laws in their minds — I will open their eyes, and enlighten their understanding, to see th...
Observe here, 1. The persons with whom this covenant is made, the house of Israel, and the house of Judah; not made with them as. political body, because their policy was to be dissolved, but as. part...