8:10-12
This failure is actually good news, as is God’s plan for a new covenant. For God knows that we are sinful, unable in our own right to change ourselves, or save ourselves in any way. Yet instead of giving us the judgement we deserve, He has provided a means of salvation, the cross of Jesus Christ. A means that involves cleansing us of our sins, forgiving us, and putting a new heart within us. He puts His law on our hearts and minds. We will all know the Lord, not just a select few.
8:13
The Hebrews needed to realise that the old covenant was no longer of any use, it was now obsolete. It had pointed the way forward, pointed to the solution that was going to arrive. Now that the real thing has arrived we no longer need the signpost. Now as I said earlier, this most definitely does not mean the Old Testament is of no value. Look at how much Jesus and all the New Testament writers referred to it! But when we look at it we look to see how it points to Jesus. Moreover, note that the writer says the old covenant. He is specifically saying that the ritual aspects of the old covenant are no longer of any validity.
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