Via copy/paste from a comment/reply by Rob Skiba in a thread on his wall: When I read Hebrews 8 and saw the italicized words in my KJV, it prompted me to look into it deeper. Hebrews 8 caps off what was said in the prior 4 chapters by saying... 1 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;2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. (The NASB says, Now the main point in what has been said is this:) It is clear this author is telling us the context we should be considering for that chapter. Verse 10 tells us about an upgrade in the Law (going from stone tablets to being written on our hearts and minds). So, how can we call such a significant upgrade obsolete as most of our Bibles do in verse 13? That makes no sense at all. Replace the word covenant (which was wrongly inserted into verses 7 and 13) with the main point of the prior 4 chapters and you will see that it is the old priesthood (which did indeed become obsolete) that is being replaced by the better one through Christ (in the order of Melchizedek), thus, enforcing the upgraded Law, which has now been written on our hearts as declared in vs. 10: For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israelafter those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds,and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God,and they shall be my people. Keeping the main point in focus, lets now read Hebrews 8 with the proper understanding laid out for us in the previous 4 chapters: Hebrews 8 (ISV) 1 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 2 and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tent set up by the Lord and not by any human. 3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, this high priest had to offer something, too. 4 Now if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, because other men offer the gifts prescribed by the Law. 5 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.” 6 However, Jesus has now obtained a more superior ministry, since the covenant he mediates is founded on better promises. 7 If the first priesthood had been faultless, there would have been no need to look for a second one, 8 but God found something wrong with his people [NOTE: this verse proves the context by using the word people - as in Levites. It does not say God found something wrong with His perfect Law] 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. 9 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. 10 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. 11 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. 12 For I will be merciful regarding their wrong deeds, and I will never again remember their sins.”j 13 In speaking of a “new” priesthood, he has made the first one [the Levites] obsolete, and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear. Indeed, by 70 AD, the Temple was destroyed and the first, aging, flawed Levitical priesthood was forever replaced by the better one we have in Christ, in the order of Melchizedek. Suddenly, now the whole thing makes perfect sense - instead of blatantly contradicting itself. Jeremiah 16:19 Yahweh, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, to you shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit. Never put your trust/faith/doctrine in ENGLISH TRANSLATOR inserted (italics) words!
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 04:29:07 +0000
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