The Second One is the Charm

The time spent across the last three posts on Hebrews chapter 7 to form a grip on the “better hope” finds payoff in Heb. 8. Moses was the chosen one by God’s good nature to lead Israel out of Egypt—Moses was the one chosen to build the tabernacle in the desert on the journey to the land of milk and honey. Both the journey and the tabernacle serve as a representation—or a copy or shadow of the true representative. 

According to Heb. 8:4-6 there is a difference between the human priest and out Great High Priest, 

Hebrews 8:4–6 (CSB)  

4Now if he were on earth, he wouldn’t be a priest, since there are those offering the gifts prescribed by the law. 5These serve as a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was warned when he was about to complete the tabernacle. For God said, Be careful that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain. 6But Jesus has now obtained a superior ministry, and to that degree he is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been established on better promises.  

The Incarnate Son, Jesus Christ, became the true and “better hope” by his High Priestly service as the sacrifice for sin. The first covenant held fault due to the human mediator—the Levite Priests—God saw this and installed a “new covenant” (Heb. 8: 13) that declared the first obsolete.  

Hebrews 8:10 (CSB)  

10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.  

The Cross is complete because the person on the Cross for you is faultless, pure, the eternal lamb of God—so that event is all you need to find the “better hope.” If you are struggling with sin and want to know a better hope, the door to Celebrate Recovery on Monday evenings is open for you to walk through.