The
writer of Hebrews shared how God would “be merciful to”
people's
“unrighteousness”, and that
“their sins and their iniquities”
would He “remember no more”.
In chapter eight and verse thirteen of Hebrews the writer
referred to the “old covenant” as he said, “that
which decays and waxes old is ready to vanish” where we read:
In that he
says, A new covenant, he has made the first old.
Now that
which decays and waxes old is ready to vanish away.
The
verse begins, “In that he says, A new
covenant, he
has made the first old.”. The
writer began with the words, “In that
he says”
which means “God speaks, affirms, exhorts, advises, commands and
directs” “A new” or
“recently made, fresh, recent, unused and unworn”
“covenant”
or “disposition, arrangement, compact or testament”, “he
has made”
which means “ furnish, produce, fulfill, arrange and dispose of by
will” “the first old”
or “the chief or former in succession, rank, influence or honor to
be ancient, worn out and about to be abrogated”. When God brought
in the “new covenant”,
it made the first one “obsolete”.
The
verse continues, “Now that which
decays and waxes old is
ready to vanish away.” The
writer added the words, “Now that
which decays” or
“at this time, moreover, also and that which is ancient, worn out
and about to abrogated” “and waxes
old” which
means “grows old, failed from age and obsolescent”
“to vanish away”
which means “disappears or is abrogated”. Whenever something
becomes “ancient and worn out”, it is time for it to “disappear”
from use.
When
we meditate upon these words in Hebrews, we see how God was ready to
put aside His “first covenant” once He brought the
“second” one. The first “covenant” was good,
but it was contingent upon man keeping God's law. Man could not keep
His law, so God brought in the “new covenant” which was
contingent upon Jesus' righteousness with the “law of God”.
Because Jesus kept the law of God perfectly, the “new covenant”
was ordained and the “first covenant” was made old and
obsolete. May all who read these words realize the value of the “new
covenant” of God, and turn to Jesus Christ as the only One who
is righteous before God.
Next
time we begin a new chapter and see how
the “first covenant”
had “ordinances of divine
service, and a worldly sanctuary”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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