Tag Archives: Hebrews

“Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness.” (Hebrews 9:1, ESV) My wife and I have made many moves during our marriage. To the best of my knowledge we have moved somewhere around eleven times and have purchased seven different houses in these moves. Some of the homesContinue reading “Superior Sanctuary (Hebrews 9:1)”

“In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.” (Hebrews 8:13, ESV) In business, I have often found that some people just do not listen. You may tell them how to do something based on years of experience andContinue reading “Out with the Old (Hebrews 8:13)”

“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: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: And they shall not teachContinue reading “New Blessings (Hebrews 8:10-12)”

“For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:” (Hebrews 8:8, KJV 1900) When I was a young boy my mother would get me one of those connect the dots books. IContinue reading “Israel’s New Covenant (Hebrews 8:8-9)”

“But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.” (Hebrews 8:6, KJV 1900) As a degreed Mechanical Engineer, I worked in machine design. I once worked as a Plant Engineer in a printing plant. They had aContinue reading “Covenant Deficiency (Hebrews 8:6-9)”

“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;” (Hebrews 8:1, KJV 1900) Often may wife and I will watch mystery shows on the television. We kind of try toContinue reading “The Point (Hebrews 8:1-5)”

“Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.” (Hebrews 7:27, KJV 1900) Certain things are better than others. One reason that we classify something as better has to do with itsContinue reading “Better Sacrifice (Hebrews 7:26-28)”

“This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant.” (Hebrews 7:22, ESV) What is my guarantee? Often in life, we will ask this question. I knew a person who purchased a mattress that had a moneyback guarantee if for any reason they were dissatisfied with it. They were dissatisfied and when they attempted to getContinue reading “The Guarantee (Hebrews 7:22-28)”

“And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)” (Hebrews 7:20–21, KJV 1900) In 1974, IContinue reading “The Oath (Hebrews 7:20-22)”

“And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.” (Hebrews 7:15–16, KJV 1900) When I worked in business management, I was often tasked with hiring people. InContinue reading “Best Qualified (Hebrews 7:15-19)”