HEBREWS 8:1-9:28 Jesus : The New Covenant
ZOOMED IN OUTLINE The high priestly office of the Son (5:11-10:39) A. The danger of immaturity (5:11-6:12) B. The basis for confidence and steadfastness (6:13-20) C. The Son’s high priestly ministry (7:1-10:18) 1. The person of our high priest (ch. 7) 2. The work of our high priest (ch. 8 & 9)
CHIASTIC STRUCTURE A. The old worship, earthly & figurative (8:1-6) B. The first covenant, imperfect & provisioned (8:7-13) C. The old & powerless institution of worship (9:1-10) C’. The new, effective institutions (9:11-14) B’. The new covenant (9:15-23) A’. The entrance to heaven (9:24-28)
Hebrews 8 1-2 :: CHrist’s SUPERIOR & New Ministry
CHRIST’S MINISTRY IS SUPERIOR IN THREE WAYS: 1. He serves as a seated priest 2. He is an enthroned priest 3. He is a heavenly priest
Hebrews 8 3-5 :: Christ’s Ministry in Opposition to the old
Hebrews 8 6 :: the new ministry comes with a better covenant
JESUS IS A SUPERIOR HIGH PRIEST 1. He is greater than Aaron 2. He works in a better sanctuary 3. He offers a better sacrifice 4. He is a mediator of a better covenant 5. His work rests on better promises
Hebrews 8 7-13:: New Covenant in opposition to the old
THE NEW COVENANT IS SUPERIOR IN FOUR WAYS: 1. Superior inwardness (10a) 2. Superior relationship (10b) 3. Superior knowledge (11) 4. Superior forgiveness (12)
Hebrews 9 1-10:: The hea venl y sanctuary
THE OLD COVENANT IS INFERIOR IN FIVE WAYS: 1. It was an earthly sanctuary (1) 2. It was a type of something greater (2-5) 3. It was inaccessible to the people (6-7) 4. It was only temporary (8) 5. Its ministry was external rather than internal (9-10)
Hebrews 9 11-15:: The superior priestl y ministry
“But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.” EPHESIANS 2:4-7
Hebrews 9 16-28:: The superior sacrifice for sin
THE NEW COVENANT IS SUPERIOR IN FIVE WAYS: 1. It is heavenly (11) 2. Its ministry is effective in dealing with sin (12-15) 3. Its ministry rests on a more costly sacrifice (16-23) 4. It represents fulfillment (24) 5. It is final and complete (25-28)
HEBREWS 8:1-9:28 Jesus : The New Covenant
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