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Verse Hebrews 8:7. _IF THAT FIRST HAD BEEN FAULTLESS_] This is nearly
the same argument with that in Hebrews 7:11. The simple meaning is: If
the first covenant had made a provision for and actually c...
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FOR IF THAT FIRST COVENANT HAD BEEN FAULTLESS - see the note on
Hebrews 7:11. It is implied here that God had said that that covenant
was not perfect or faultless. The meaning is not that that first
c...
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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...
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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...
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THE WAY TO REALITY (Hebrews 8:1-6)...
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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...
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FAULTLESS. Greek. _amemptos_. See Philippians 2:15.
SHOULD. would....
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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...
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_if that first covenant had been faultless_ Whereas it was as he has
said "weak" and "unprofitable" and "earthly" (Hebrews 7:18). The
difference between the writer's treatment of the relation between...
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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...
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ΕἸ ΓᾺΡ … ἌΜΕΜΠΤΟΣ. Whereas it was as he has said
ἀσθενής and ἀνωφελής and σαρκίνη (Hebrews
7:16; Hebrews 7:18). The difference between the writer’s treatment
of the relation between Christianity and J...
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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.”...
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_CHRIST'S PRIESTHOOD AND THE NEW COVENANT -- HEBREWS 8:6-8:_ The
writer here offers more proof that Christ's priesthood is better. His
priesthood is better because the new covenant is better. The New...
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_HEBREWS 8:7_.— Mr. Peirce is of opinion, that what follows, to the
end of this chapter, is a digression, or an argument brought in by the
apostle incidentally, upon his having said that Christ had ob...
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_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
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THE TWO COVENANTS
(Hebrews 8:6-9)
In the 7th chapter the apostle has demonstrated by irrefutable logic
and upon the authority of Holy Scripture that the priesthood of Christ
has superceded the Aaroni...
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For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place
have been sought for the second.
Same reasonings as in Hebrews 7:11.
FAULTLESS - perfect in its parts, so as not to be found fau...
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11 It would be very difficult for the Hebrews to acknowledge the
failure of the Aaronic priesthood. Yet this is distinctly involved in
the announcement of a priest after a different order. Had our Lor...
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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...
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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...
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FOR THE SECOND. — Rather, _for a second._ This verse connects itself
with the words, “a better covenant” in Hebrews 8:6. The form of
expression used clearly points to the intended inference — that
cov...
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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...
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εἰ γὰρ ἡ πρώτη … “For if that first had been
faultless, no place would have been sought for a second.” ἡ
πρώτη sc. διαθήκη. πρώτη for προτέρα as in
Acts 1:1; 1 Corinthians 15:47, and this epistle _pas...
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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...
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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...
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THE NEED FOR A NEW COVENANT
If the first covenant had been without fault, there would have been no
need for a new one. The fault of the first covenant was that man could
not find justification before...
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(7) For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then should no
place have been sought for the second.
(7) He proves by the testimony of Jeremiah that there is a second
Testament or covenant, and...
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_For if that first testament had been faultless: if it had not been
imperfect, and all those sacrifices and ceremonies insufficient for
the justification, salvation, and redemption of mankind, there w...
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(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...
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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...
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7._For if that first, etc. _He confirms what he had said of the
excellency of the covenant which God has made with us through Christ;
and he confirms it on this ground, because the covenant of the Law...
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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...
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FOR IF THAT FIRST COVENANT HAD BEEN FAULTLESS,.... Not the covenant of
works; that was made in paradise, this on Mount Sinai; that was made
with Adam and his posterity, this with the Jews only; that h...
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Εἰ γὰρ ἡ πρώτη ἐκείνη η῏ν ἄμεμπτος,
οὐκ ἄν δευτέρας ἐζητεῖτο τόπος.
For if that first [_covenant_] had been blameless, then should no
place have been sought for the second.
In this verse, and so also...
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For if that first _covenant_ had been faultless, then should no place
have been sought for the second.
Ver. 7. _Had been faultless_] Such as had not been weak and
unprofitable, Hebrews 7:18; see the...
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HEB. 8:7. FOR IF THAT FIRST (COVENANT) HAD BEEN FAULTLESS, THEN
SHOULD NO PLACE HAVE BEEN SOUGHT FOR THE SECOND.
An important discussion of this text on the relation between the first
and second cov...
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_But now_, &c. In this verse begins the second part of the chapter
concerning the difference between the two covenants, the old and the
new, with the pre-eminence of the latter to the former, and of t...
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FIRST COVENANT; that at Sinai.
THE SECOND; that of the gospel....
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FOR IF THAT FIRST COVENANT HAD BEEN FAULTLESS, THEN SHOULD NO PLACE
HAVE BEEN SOUGHT FOR THE SECOND....
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The proof that Christ's ministry has fully replaced that of the
Levitical priesthood:...
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"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...
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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...
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This proves the gospel covenant better than the Mosaical, for if it
had not, there would have been no second. FOR IF THAT FIRST COVENANT
HAD BEEN FAULTLESS: that first covenant, of which Moses was the...
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Hebrews 8:7 For G1063 if G1487 that G1565 first G4413 been G2258
(G5713) faultless G273 no G3756 place...
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Hebrews 8:7. FOR ... the better promises implied in what follows are
themselves a proof of the inferiority of the old covenant NO PLACE
WOULD HAVE BEEN SOUGHT, _i.e_ in the development of the Divine
p...
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THAT FIRST COVENANT
(η πρωτη εκεινη). The word διαθηκη (covenant) is
not expressed, but clearly meant by the feminine gender
πρωτη.FAULTLESS
(αμεμπτος). Old compound adjective for which see Luke 1...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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IF THERE HAD BEEN. "If the first covenant given on Sinai had been
faultless, and sinners could have been put right with God and forgiven
by it, a second covenant would never have been introduced!" See...
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_If that first covenant had been faultless_
THE IMPERFECTION OF THE FIRST COVENANT
Observe here
1.
What is charged on the first covenant, and that is faultiness, by
which we are not to understand...
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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.
⇐...
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 8:7 IF THAT FIRST COVENANT HAD BEEN
FAULTLESS. The Mosaic covenant was not wrong. Rather, it was weak and
ineffective (Hebrews 7:18) by comparison to the
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_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...
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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
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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...
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Galatians 3:21; Hebrews 7:11; Hebrews 7:18; Hebrews 8:6...
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The statement that a better covenant was enacted upon better promises
is justified by the very existence of that second covenant. "If that
first covenant had been faultless, there would no place have...
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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...
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For if the first had been faultless — If that dispensation had
answered all God's designs and man's wants, if it had not been weak
and unprofitable unable to make anything perfect, no place would have...
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Observe here, 1. What is charged on the first covenant, and that is
faultiness: By which we are not to understand any sinful faultiness,
but defectiveness and imperfection only: For it was not faulty...