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Intro - We live in a world of broken promises…things that are guaranteed but not really.
This is due to the nature of man.
The problem with every contract or agreement is man.
This is what the new covenant remedies...
TR: What does the New Covenant accomplish?
Consecration
Mediator of New Covenant
This covenant actually redeems versus covering up sin.
There was a problem with the first covenant, the problem was sin!
What the Old Covenant sought to do couldn’t be accomplished due to the nature of man.
One of the chief principles of the OT was to set apart God’s people and in doing so usher them into an eternal inheritance and fellowship with God
While there was a promise of eternal inheritance, no one could get it since they were withheld by their sin.
Yet here’s one of the most awesome things abt the New Covenant…it looks backward and forward.
It remedies the sins committed under the first covenant and opens a path to new fellowship going forward.
One of the most difficult things to accomplish is letting go of the past.
This world teaches us that the best indicator of future actions is past behaviors.
Yet we see that Jesus is not only able to redeem from sins committed in the past but also change the heart of those sinners.
I often wrestle, as many of you do, when parenting and attempting to hold back the tidal wave of sins that we’ve had to endure from impacting our children.
What was attempted by the OT is now accomplished by the NT.
His people are set apart, not by the blood of bulls & goats but by the blood of Christ.
Here the writer uses a play on words and interchanges the terms “covenant” and “will”
Rabbit Trail: One of my fears that the Spirit just kept checking me on when preparing this sermon is this question “are those who name Jesus as Lord really set a part?”
Here the writer uses a play on words and interchanges the terms “covenant” and “will”
Up until this point the writer has used the same Greek word ”covenant” or “testament”.
However here is switches it to speak abt a “will”.
What God has instituted is not simply an agreement but a will inaugurated in blood.
Here what God is trying to tell the Hebrews is this…that they should have naturally understood that the New Covenant was a progression out of the Old.
The Old was a will BUT a will only takes effect when the author of it dies...
So God, the author of the Old Covenant and guarantor of the promises found therein, had to die, so that those promises could be given to His children....
The question then becomes, how can God....die?
Jesus Christ....
Jesus’ death simultaneously opened the door for the inheritance from the Old Covenant AND initiated a New Covenant.
TR: Why is the New Covenant started with blood?
Costliness
Just like with the Old Covenant, this New Covenant had to start with the shedding of blood.
Listen folks, I hope you’re seeing how closely these two covenants are linked.
The New Covenant is the execution of the promises given under the Old and is the natural maturation of the Old Covenant.
Not with the rules and regulations but with the essence and principles.
Therefore, your ignorance of that Old Covenant is inevitably going to lead to your abuse of the New.
One of those main principles is that everything that is valuable....costs.
We live in a society that would have you believe that you can get valuable things, results, etc. without paying.
If you want to enter into union and fellowship with God it is going to cost.
The writer of Hebrews takes us back to the first covenant and reminds us that they only made it through a massive slaughter and gory depiction of being sprinkled with blood.
How would you respond to that image?
EVERYTHING was covered in blood.
It cost LIFE in order to enter into fellowship with God.
The cost of forgiveness has always involved the sacrifice of life.
Before you get to partake in the life with Christ you have to partake in the death of Christ.
You can’t get to the New Covenant without going thru the death first.
Romans 12:
We are called to model that sacrifice through our daily sacrificing of ourselves to the will of God.
Make no mistake abt it.
You do not share in the peace of God if you don’t first share in the conviction for your sin and what it cost.
The OT set this rule that there is no forgiveness of sins without the shedding of blood.
The writer is pleading with them to remember that forgiveness has ALWAYS had a cost, this time it cost the blood of their Messiah.
TR: Jesus’ sacrifice though didn’t end with his death but began a consummation to all things...
Consummation
Jesus did not accomplish his actions purely here on earth but also in Heaven.
Jesus’ death was so powerful, His blood so mighty, that it impacted both Heaven and Earth.
One thing we have to stand in awe of is the power of Jesus Christ.
We are amazed at the stories of people in the Bible when they do things to defy the laws of nature.
And yet we see that Jesus, through one singular act impacted multiple realities, both physical and spiritual.
He’s telling the Hebrews, don’t stand in awe of the temple where the priest is…stand in awe of Heaven where the true High Priest is…Jesus Christ
Christian, don’t stand in awe of this building or anything on this earth that may seem holy, instead reverence Jesus alone.
And here’s the mindblowing thing…Jesus took us with him...
Ephesians
To see how dumbfounded we are with power, the priests, as we see in the Gospels, believed themselves to be elite.
They were merely actors whose work didn’t accomplish any sort of redemption.
Jesus’ blood not only purchased past but present and future redemption.
In addition, he only had to do His routine once.
Jesus’ sacrifice only happened once and overwhelmed the daily billions of sacrifices that were conducted by the priests.
Now think of this thought....if Jesus‘ death shifted heaven and earth, if Jesus’ humiliation accomplished an eternal redemption and inheritance....what will his life mean???
Jesus only died once…he’s not going to die again.
The “will appear a second time” ought to give you a shudder.
Instead, when he comes back it’s going to be for a different purpose.
At this point it won’t be to deal with sin but it’ll be to save
When he comes back it’s going to be for a different purpose.
At this point it won’t be to deal with sin but it’ll be to save
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Jesus is returning to SAVE!!! To complete that which was purchased on the CROSS!!!
Just as with the Old Testament High Priest, after giving the sacrifice he walked out the sanctuary letting folks know they had been atoned for.
Jesus too, will one day leave the heavenly sanctuary and will reappear.
PRAISE GOD!!!
Save who?
Those who are eagerly waiting for Him.
Who are those that are eagerly waiting for Him?
Those that have been born again internally thru the New Covenant.
You can’t eagerly wait unless you’ve been redeemed!
Some of ya’ll are eagerly waiting for something but it ain’t Jesus.
This was the Hebrew problem as well.
He is coming to save those who have had a heart change and desire to do His word!!!
Not for the moral person, the humanitarian, etc. but for the person that has been broken and desires to be made new!!!
Who has a desire to live out His Words, however much you may struggle do you want Him to lead your life rather than your own desires?!?!
If so, then He’s coming for you!
Praise God He’s coming back for you!
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