The High Priest of a New Covenant: Hebrews 8:1-13

I can't imagine what it would have been like if I was living during the time of the Old Testament. So many laws to fulfill, prayer at certain times of the day, sacrifices to be offered each time we approach the throne of God, can't eat certain things... it definitely would have been a crazy time!

Praise be to Jesus. He is the new covenant who opened up a way to God. Life in Jesus means better promises.

Hebrews 8:6

But the ministry Jesus has received is a superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, and it is founded on better promises.

Jesus is above all. I can forever repeat this but He has definitely influenced my life for the better. I can feel it in me, I can honestly see a difference in the me today than what I was... perhaps just a year ago. He indeed holds His promises. It is exciting to see what God has in store for me each day, what He has planned out for me... and each day I continue to point everything I do back to the cross, because without my saviour Jesus Christ I wouldn't be here. We wouldn't be here. We wouldn't have had a new life where we are free from sin and free to glorify Him all day, err day. :P haha

Hebrews 8:10-12

This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbour, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. or I will forgive their wickedness and will remember theirs sins no more."

Hearing this reminds me of the song "Lead me to the Cross" by Hillsong. One of the lines goes like this: everything I once held dear, I count it all as lost.

Nothing here on Earth should satisfy me than what faith in Jesus does for me. May I live a life as sinless as possible. May I have God reign over me. May I know more of You. Through You I am saved, and I thank You for that.