Jan 14, 2024
Hebrews 7:26-8:6
For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high
priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and
exalted above the heavens. 27 He has no need, like those
high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and
then for those of the people, since He did this once for all when
He offered up Himself.
28 For the law appoints men in their weakness as high
priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law,
appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.
8:1 Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have
such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the
throne of the Majesty in Heaven, 2 a minister in the
holy places, in the true tent that the Lord set up, not man.
3 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and
sacrifices; thus it is necessary for this priest also to have
something to offer. 4 Now if He were on earth, He would
not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer gifts
according to the law. 5 They serve a copy and shadow of
the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he
was instructed by God, saying, “See that you make everything
according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.”
6 But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is
as much more excellent than the old as the covenant He mediates is
better, since it is enacted on better promises.
Key Words: High Priest, Offer, Son, Perfect,
Heaven, Ministry
Keystone Verse: For it was indeed fitting that we
should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained,
separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. (Hebrews
7:26)