New Priest, New Law, New Covenant

In Hebrews 7 through 10 the author is telling us about the New Convenant through Jesus Christ. The former law was weak and made nothing perfect. There was need of a better hope which is in Christ. He came to function as a priest to offer sacrifice for our sins. He did not offer the blood of animals though. He offered His own blood. He was the perfect, and last sacrifice needed which ushered in the new covenant. No more need to sacrifice year after year. He was able to offer it one time for all time.

He sat down at the right hand of God, (10:12)
He has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. (10:14)
“I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.” (10:17)
No longer any offering for sin. (10:18)

Now we can have confidence. No shame, no fear, no condemnation.

“We have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh."

Hebrews 10:19-20

In this confidence we should …

“…consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
Hebrews 10:24-25

This Is A Day Of New Beginnings

This is a day of new beginnings,

time to remember and move on,

time to believe what love is bringing,

laying to rest the pain that’s gone.
For by the life and death of Jesus,

love’s mighty Spirit, now as then,

 can make for us a world of difference,

as faith and hope are born again.
Then let us, with the Spirit’s daring,

step from the past and leave behind

our disappointment, guilt, and grieving,

seeking new paths, and sure to find.
Christ is alive, and goes before us

to show and share what love can do.

This is a day of new beginnings;

our God is making all things new.

-Brian Wren, 1978