HEBREWS PART 18
Hebrews 8:1-9:5
II. GOD’S FINAL WORD IN HIS SON 1:1-10:18
E. The Superiority of the Son to Aaron - 4:14-10:18
1. A Better Position - 4:14-16
2. A Better Priest - 5:1-7:28
3. The Certainty of Salvation - 6:9-20
4. The Priesthood of Melchizedek - 7:1-28
5. The Levitical Priesthood and the Priesthood of Jesus -7:11-25
6. A Better Covenant - 8:1-13
a. Better Promises - 8:1-6
1. Jesus is at the right hand of the throne on high (v1)
2. He is in the true tabernacle that the Lord pitched (v2)
3. Since Jesus is there, He has something to offer (v3)
4. He wouldn’t be a priest on earth (v4)
5. The earthly was a copy of the heavenly tabernacle v5
6. Jesus; Mediator and Priest of the New Covenant (v6)
b. The Superiority of the New Covenant -8:7-12
1. The Mosaic Covenant was with fault (v7)
2. Therefore, a New Covenant will come into effect, not like the Old Covenant in the past, because the prophets predicted a replacement (v8-12)
3. The Mosaic covenant was old, now its obsolete (v13)
7. A Better Sanctuary - 9:1-10
a. The Layout of the Tabernacle - 9:1-5
1. The old tabernacle had its divine functions (v1)
2. Holy Place: lamp stand and table of show bread (v2)
3. A veil separated Holy place from Holy of Holies (v3)
4. The furniture inside the Holy of Holies (v4-5a)
5. The details are not important for this point (v5b)
b. The Priestly Service - 9:6-7
1. The priests did the same thing everyday (v6)
2. Only the high priest, once a year, with blood (v7)
c. The Limitations of the Service - 9:8-10
1. Holy Spirit is teaching the old had limited access (v8)
2. The old was a symbol, a type, an illustration (v9)
3. The old was based on fleshly regulations (v10)