Halfway through the letter, we get to “Now this is the main point” 😅 An important reminder to read scripture in its context and not cherry-pick verses. The more familiar we are with the overall framework, the better we can understand the individual sentences!
In verse 10, the new covenant is defined by God putting His laws in our hearts and minds. Fascinating that the new covenant is often styled as superseding those laws—they’re described here as a central feature! So verse 13 can’t be about God’s commandments becoming obsolete and passing away.
The earthly tabernacle was a “copy and shadow” (verse 5) of a heavenly reality. What replaced it was not a total reinventing of what came first, but something deeper and more profound that mirrors the first, this time with “better promises” (verse 6) than the first could offer.
Halfway through the letter, we get to “Now this is the main point” 😅 An important reminder to read scripture in its context and not cherry-pick verses. The more familiar we are with the overall framework, the better we can understand the individual sentences!
In verse 10, the new covenant is defined by God putting His laws in our hearts and minds. Fascinating that the new covenant is often styled as superseding those laws—they’re described here as a central feature! So verse 13 can’t be about God’s commandments becoming obsolete and passing away.
The earthly tabernacle was a “copy and shadow” (verse 5) of a heavenly reality. What replaced it was not a total reinventing of what came first, but something deeper and more profound that mirrors the first, this time with “better promises” (verse 6) than the first could offer.