Hebrews – Chapter 8

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…Hebrews 8:1 – When I planned out my order for what books we’d cover in our 2025 reading plan, I didn’t purposefully have us read Exodus before Hebrews, but I’m so grateful the Lord designed it this way for it has helped me so much to understand what’s being spoken about in our Hebrews study. We saw in the last section of Exodus the creation of all the parts of the Tabernacle. There was the altar and the table and the lampstand and the ark. All beautiful pieces to be used in the service of the priests in the Tabernacle. Yet until recently I hadn’t noticed there was the absence of any sort of chair for the priests to sit in. No chairs meant there was no resting for the priest because the work was never done for them. Due to the inability of the law and animal sacrifices to make one perfect, the priests were in a constant cycle of sacrifice and service before the Lord. Yet look at the position of Jesus in our passage…seated. His work is done. His sacrifice was perfect. Jesus doesn’t need to be constantly running around offering more sacrifices to make us holy, the work is completed for His sacrifice was enough. How wonderful is it to know our Savior is seated for His work is finished! I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3192

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. Hebrews 8:6 – So what are these better promises? What makes this new covenant better than the last? Well have you ever had someone tell you that you were doing something wrong but never tell you how to fix it and do it right? It’s so frustrating because you know you’ve messed up, but you also don’t know how to fix it. That’s what the law does. It identities sin, helps us see the wrong, but the law can’t fix you and make you right. That’s why this new covenant with Jesus is so amazing. It still shows us we are in the wrong with sin, but He shows us a way to fix it all in Him. He doesn’t leave us camping in our shame, knowing we’ve done wrong. He steps right into that campsite and says I’ll take you out of here and fix all this. That’s a better promise. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after 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. And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. Hebrews 8:10-11 – What’s beautiful about these verses is that we see that it’s always been God’s heart for us to come back to Him and be close to Him. Yes this was found written in Hebrews, but it’s a passage pulled from Joshua. Know that from the very beginning all God wanted with you is to be with you, to be your Heavenly Father, and be your God. This new covenant found in Jesus opens the doors for all that to be a reality. God has shown He wants you, so do you want Him? If so show Him that today! I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 571

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. Hebrews 8:6 – What Christ has and what He offers us is better. It’s better than the old covenant and it’s better than anything this world can offer. This is truly the summation of the book of Hebrews. That the old covenant that God had with His people was good and for the season it was used it worked, but now something new has come. A new way to connect and exist with God. One that far exceeds anything else ever offered to humanity. It’s life everlasting with God all paid for by the blood of Jesus. Today we get to exist in this better never having to live under the old covenant. So for us let’s keep in mind how much better this new life Jesus offers us is over our old life controlled by sin. Sin can never and will never be able to give us anything that comes close to the good that Jesus offers. What God has is better. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1604