Christ’s Eternal Priesthood 1 UDB The most important part of everything that I have written is that we have a high priest who has sat down to rule in the place of greatest honor in heaven, beside God himself. BSB BSB: The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
2 UDB He serves in the sanctuary, that is, in the true place of worship in heaven. That is the true sacred tent, for the Lord set it up, not Moses. BSB BSB: and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.
3 UDB God appoints every high priest to offer gifts and sacrifices for the people's sins. So since Christ became a high priest, he also had to offer something. BSB BSB: And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.
4 UDB Since there are already priests who offer gifts as God's law requires, if Christ were now living on the earth, he would not be a high priest at all. BSB BSB: Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.
5 UDB The priests in Jerusalem perform rituals that are only a copy of what Christ does in heaven. This is why when Moses was about to set up the sacred tent, God told him, "Be sure that you make everything according to what I showed you on Mount Sinai!" BSB BSB: The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
The New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:26–40)
6 UDB But now Christ serves in a much better way than the Jewish priests do. In the same way, the new covenant that he established between God and people is better than the old one. When he established the new covenant, he promised us better things than the laws that God gave Moses. BSB BSB: Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
7 UDB God needed to make this new covenant because the first covenant had not done everything well. BSB BSB: For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
9 UDB That covenant will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I led them out of Egypt like a father leads his young child. They did not continue to obey my covenant, so I let them alone,' says the Lord. BSB BSB: It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.
10 UDB 'This is the covenant that I will make with the Israelites, after the first covenant has ended. I will enable them to understand my laws, and I will help them to obey my laws sincerely and from their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. BSB BSB: For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
11 UDB No one will need to teach a fellow citizen or tell his fellow kinsmen, "You acknowledge that the Lord is God," because all my people will acknowledge me. Everyone among my people, from the least important to the most important, will know me. BSB BSB: No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.
12 UDB I will mercifully forgive them for the wicked things they have done. I will no longer consider that they are guilty for their sins.'" BSB BSB: For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
13 UDB Since God said that he was making a new covenant, we know that he considered that the first covenant was no longer in use and that it would soon disappear. BSB BSB: By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.
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