BETTER

COVENANT
Hebrews 6:20-9:28
Hebrews 7:11-28
11If therefore perfection were by the Levitical
priesthood, (for under it the people received the
law,) what further need was there that another
priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec,
and not be called after the order of Aaron?

12For the priesthood being changed, there is

made of necessity a change also of the law.

13For he of whom these things are spoken

pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man
gave attendance at the altar.

14For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of

Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing
concerning priesthood.

15And it is yet far more evident: for that after the

similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another
priest,

16Who is made, not after the law of a carnal

commandment, but after the power of an
endless life.

17For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after

the order of Melchisedec.
18For there is verily a disannulling of the
commandment going before for the weakness
and unprofitableness thereof.

19For the law made nothing perfect, but the

bringing in of a better hope did; by the which
we draw nigh unto God.

20And inasmuch as not without an oath he was

made priest:

21(For those priests were made without an

oath; but this with an oath by him that said
unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent,
Thou art a priest for ever after the order of
Melchisedec:)

22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a

better testament.

23And they truly were many priests, because

they were not suffered to continue by reason of
death:
24But this man, because he continueth ever,
hath an unchangeable priesthood.

25Wherefore he is able also to save them to

the uttermost that come unto God by him,
seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for
them.

26For such an high priest became us, who is

holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from
sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

27Who needeth not daily, as those high

priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own
sins, and then for the people's: for this he did
once, when he offered up himself.

28For the law maketh men high priests which

have infirmity; but the word of the oath,
which was since the law, maketh the Son,
who is consecrated for evermore.
Hebrews 8:11-13
For this is the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel after those
days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws
into their mind, and write them in their
hearts: and I will be to them a God, and
they shall be to me a people:

11And they shall not teach every man

his neighbour, and every man his
brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all
shall know me, from the least to the
greatest.

12For I will be merciful to their

unrighteousness, and their sins and
their iniquities will I remember no
more.

13In that he saith, A new covenant, he

hath made the first old. Now that
which decayeth and waxeth old is
ready to vanish away.
 INTRODUCTION

• Hebrews chapters 1 and 2 talked

about the Sovereign Son. The Son of
God was sent by the Father for a
purpose- to be sacrificed for our sins.

• Chapters 3 to 6 showed how we

should accept and not neglect the
GREAT SALVATION provided by God
through His Son that we revere and
honor what we have received.

• We become partakers if we hold fast

until the end what we have believed,
hoped for, assured of and not
continue to sin and fall away.
 INTRODUCTION
• Chapter 7 to 9 the apostle showed the
BETTER, SUPERIOR and EXCELLENT
covenant enacted by God through the
Son.

• The Old Covenant was Ten

Commandments God gave to Moses for
Isarel to follow with its Laws and
Ordinances.

• The New Covenant was said of that God

shall write the Laws in our hearts and
shall remember our sins no more.

• What makes the New Covenant different

from the Old Covenant? And how was it
made better?
I. Eternal Priesthood
1. Order of Melchizedek
a. High Priest forever (6:20)
b. King of Righteousness (7:2)
c. King of Peace (7:2)
d. Perpetual Priest (7:3)
e. Received Tithes (7:4-10)

2. Priesthood not under the Law

a. Not Levitical Priesthood (7:11-14)
b. According to indestructible life (7:15-17)
c. Law made nothing perfect (7:18:19)
d. Made through God’s oath (7:20-21)

3. Jesus continues forever

a. Guarantee of better covenant (7:22)
b. Permanent Priesthood (7:23-24)
c. Save and intercedes forever (7:25)
d. Holy Priest and Son forever (7:26-28)
BETTER
COVENANT
Hebrews 6:20-9:28
 Hebrews 8:1-3; 9:28
1Now of the things which we have spoken this
is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is
set on the right hand of the throne of the
Majesty in the heavens;
2A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true
tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not
man.
3For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts
and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that
this man have somewhat also to offer.

28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of

many; and unto them that look for him shall he
appear the second time without sin unto
salvation.
OVERVIEW
Theme: The absolute superiority of
the Lord Jesus Christ
Key word/phrase: “much better
than” (1:4)
Christ in Hebrews: Jesus is the
absolutely revelation of God and our
eternal High Priest (1:1-14; 3:1)
Jesus Christ is superior to:
• Prophets (1:1-3)
• Angels (1:4-6; 2:9-10)
• Moses (3:1-3)
• The Sabbath (4:1-3)
• As we have seen the comparisons in the
book of Hebrews, we have also seen how
the writer says that He is better than angels
– that is Jesus is – He is better than Moses,
He is better than Joshua, and so forth and
so on, showing that Christ is superior to all
those connected with the old covenant.

• But the primary issue and the key to the

covenant – the old covenant – is the
priesthood.

• What dominates the Old Testament is the

priesthood. That was the agency by which
God and man were brought together. And
so, the priesthood becomes the key.
• And if Jesus is to introduce a new
covenant, and if He is to be superior
to all of those connected with the
old, then He must be a superior
priest as well.
• And starting from chapter 4, verse
14, the writer of Hebrews begins to
talk about the priesthood of Jesus
Christ. And in verse 14 He says, “We
have a Great High Priest, Jesus the
Son of God.”
• And then from there He goes on clear
through 5, 6, 7, 8 – even into 9 and
10, He is still talking about the
priesthood of Jesus Christ.
• Jesus priesthood is better because
it offers one sacrifice only, not an
endless repetition of sacrifices.

• Next we saw that Jesus’ priesthood

is better because it was so pure that
He needed to offer no sacrifice for
His own sins, and thus it was a holy
priest in a way that the Levitical
priesthood was not since they had
to offer a sacrifice for their own sins
before they could do it for anybody
else.
• Next we saw that it’s a superior priesthood
because it can take men into God’s presence
and anchor them there forever, something the
old priesthood could not.

• There was always a veil, but in Christ there is full

access.

• The highest proof of His superiority is that He’s

sitting down. He’s seated.

• Now, the Levitical priest never sat down. I want

you to just listen to Hebrews 10:11. It says this,
“And every priest standeth daily ministering and
offering often the same sacrifices, which can
never take away sins: but this man” – verse 12 –
“after He had offered one sacrifice for sins
forever, sat down.”.
• Let us be grateful that Christ
the superior High Priest
mediates a new and superior
Covenant.

• So, as we walk in faith of Jesus’

sacrifice on the Cross, we have
confidence to boldly go before
the Throne because He is High
Priest interceding for us
eternally. Continually. Moment
by moment. Forever.