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Themes in Hebrews 8

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Themes in Hebrews 8

Hebrews 8:1 (show verse)

Now 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 heaven

Christ » Priesthood of » Exaltation
Christ, the high priest » Superior to aaron and the levitical priests
Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Superior to aaron and the levitical priests
Majesty » Name of God
Priesthood » Of Christ » Exaltation
Throne » Figurative » Anthropomorphic » Of God

Hebrews 8:2 (show verse)

and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tent set up by the Lord and not by any human.

Christ, the high priest » Superior to aaron and the levitical priests
Church » Tabernacle
Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Superior to aaron and the levitical priests
Jesus Christ » Names of » Minister of the sanctuary
Sanctuary » Symbolical
Symbols and similitudes » Tabernacle
Tabernacle » Illustrative » Of the church
Tabernacle » Symbol of spiritual things
Tabernacle » The priests » Were the ministers of
Types » Of the saviour » High priest, typical of the mediatorship
Types » Miscellaneous » The sanctuary a type of the heavenly sanctuary

Hebrews 8:3 (show verse)

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, this high priest had to offer something, too.

Priest » The function he served was superior to that of other priests » To offer sacrifices

Hebrews 8:4 (show verse)

Now if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, because other men offer the gifts prescribed by the Law.

Covenant » The second covenant
The high priest » Inferior to Christ in » Being of the order of aaron

They 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 tent: "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain."

Church » Tabernacle
Covenant » The second covenant
The high priest » Inferior to Christ in » Being of the order of aaron
Pattern » Of the tabernacle
Sanctuary » Symbolical
Symbols and similitudes » Tabernacle
Tabernacle » Pattern of, revealed to moses
Tabernacle » Moses was commanded to make, after a divine pattern
Tabernacle » Symbol of spiritual things
Types » Miscellaneous » The sanctuary a type of the heavenly sanctuary

Hebrews 8:6 (show verse)

However, Jesus has now obtained a more superior ministry, since the covenant he mediates is founded on better promises.

Advocate » Saviour » Became mediator between God and man
Better » The keyword of Hebrews » Better covenant
Better » The keyword of Hebrews » Better promises
Christ » His foreknowledge » His pre-eminence
Christ » Precious » Preeminence of
Christ » Mediator » Became mediator between God and man
Christ, the high priest » Superior to aaron and the levitical priests
Christ, the mediator » Of the gospel covenant
Covenant » The second covenant
The Covenant » Christ, the mediator of
new Dispensation » General references to
new Dispensation » Superiority of over the old shown in the key-word better, in the epistle of hebrews » Better covenant
new Dispensation » Superiority of over the old shown in the key-word better, in the epistle of hebrews » Better promises
Divinity » His foreknowledge » His pre-eminence
Glory of Christ » As mediator
Gospel » Called the new covenant
Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Superior to aaron and the levitical priests
Mediator » Christ as
New » Creature dispensation » Superiority of the new dispensation over the old))
New » The keyword of Hebrews » Better covenant
New » The keyword of Hebrews » Better promises
Preeminence » Of Christ
The promises of God » The covenant established upon
Jesus Christ, Savior » Became mediator between God and man
Superiority of the new dispensation » General references to

Hebrews 8:7 (show verse)

If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need to look for a second one,

Covenant » The second covenant
Gospel » Called the new covenant
Offerings » Insufficiency of

Hebrews 8:8 (show verse)

but 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.

Covenant » The new
Covenant » The second covenant
The Covenant » Renewed under the gospel
Covenants » The new
Gospel » Called the new covenant
New » Birth » Covenant
Offerings » Insufficiency of

Hebrews 8:9 (show verse)

It 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.

Covenant » The second covenant
Covenant » Of God with men » Broken by the jews
Covenant » Of God with men » Repudiated by God on account of jews' idolatry
The Covenant » Renewed under the gospel
Gospel » Called the new covenant
Offerings » Insufficiency of

Hebrews 8:10 (show verse)

For 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.

Covenant » The new
Covenant » The second covenant
The Covenant » Renewed under the gospel
The Covenant » All saints interested in
The Covenant » Blessings connected with
Covenants » The new
Forgetting » What the lord will forget
God » People of general references to » The law written upon their hearts
Gospel » Called the new covenant
Jews, the » Called God's people » The law written upon their hearts
Law » Bondage of » In the heart
The law of God » Saints » Have, written on their hearts
New » Birth » Covenant
Offerings » Insufficiency of
God's People » General references to » The law written upon their hearts
The promises of God » Subjects of » Putting the law into the heart
Seven » Editions of the divine law » 6th edition written on the heart
The bible » The law part of » In the heart
Writing » On the heart

Hebrews 8:11 (show verse)

Never 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.

Covenant » The second covenant
The Covenant » Blessings connected with
Forgetting » What the lord will forget
Gospel » Called the new covenant
Offerings » Insufficiency of

Hebrews 8:12 (show verse)

For I will be merciful regarding their wrong deeds, and I will never again remember their sins."

Covenant » The second covenant
The Covenant » Blessings connected with
Forgetting » What the lord will forget
God's Promises » Of mercy » Of pardon
Gospel » Called the new covenant
Offerings » Insufficiency of
Pardon » Promised
The promises of God » Subjects of » Forgiveness of sins
Sinners » Pardon of » Promised

Hebrews 8:13 (show verse)

In speaking of a "new" covenant, he has made the first one obsolete, and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.

Ceremonialism » Laws of, abolished
Covenant » The second covenant
The Covenant » Renewed under the gospel
Gospel » Called the new covenant
Judah » Kings of judaism » Superseded by Christianity
Law » Bondage of » Ceremonial abolished in Christ
Offerings » Insufficiency of
The bible » The law part of » Ceremonial abolished in Christ
Tribe » Kings of judaism » Superseded by Christianity