II. The New Testament is better than and takes the place of the First Testament, (8:7-10:39), because...
1. It was prophesied to be better (8:7-13)
....a. The First Testament faulty in that it did not put away sin (v.7)
....b. New Testament made with Israel and Judah (v.8)
....c. First Testament dealt with Israel as with a minor (v.9)
....d. New Testament through indwelling Spirit brings believers to adult sonship (v.10)
....e. Under the New Testament, all Israel in millennium will be saved (v.11)
....f. Under New Testament, sins put away (v.12)
....g. New Testament displaces First Testament (v.13)
2. It is actual; The First Testament only typical (9:1-15)
....a. First Testament typical (vv.1-10)
--------(1) Its sanctuary on earth (v.1)
--------(2) Its appointments typical (vv.2-5)
--------(3) Its priesthood temporary (vv.6-10)
....b. New Testament actual (vv.11-15)
--------(1) The reality better than the type (v.11)
--------(2) The sacrificial blood better (v.12)
..............(a) Animal blood cleanses from ceremonial defilement (v.13)
..............(b) Jesus' blood cleanses from actual sin (v.14)
..............(c) Therefore, He is the Priest of a better Testament (v.15)
3. It is made effective with better blood (9:16-10:39)
....a. The heavenly Testator Himself dies (9:16-22)
--------(1) A last will or testament operative at testator's death (vv.16-17)
--------(2) First Testament made operative by death of an animal (vv.18-22)
--------(3) New Testament made operative by death of Christ
....b. The better tabernacle purified with better blood (vv.23,24)
--------(1) Earthly tabernacle cleansed with animal blood (v.23)
--------(2) Heavenly tabernacle cleansed with blood of Messiah (v.24)
....c. The once for all sacrifice our Lord better than all the sacrifices of the First Testament (9:25-10:39)
--------(1) He suffered once on the cross (9:26); He appears in heaven as High Priest now (v.24); He will come in His second Advent to Israel (v.28)
--------(2) Blood of animals cannot take away sin (10:1-4)
--------(3) In view of that fact, Messiah volunteers to become the sacrifice (vv.5-9)
--------(4) In so doing He sets aside the First and establishes the Second Testament (vv.9,10)
--------(5) Notwithstanding this, Aaronic priests still offered animal sacrifices. (v.11)
--------(6) The New Testament Priest procured a finished salvation (vv.12-14)
--------(7) The Holy Ghost through Jeremiah bears witness to the New Testament (vv.15-17)
--------(8) The Cross does away with the Levitical sacrifices (v.18)
--------(9) The unsaved professing Hebrew exhorted to place his faith in the High Priest Himself (vv.19-22)
--------(10) Exhorted to hold fast his profession and not waver between the desire to go on to faith in Christ or to go back to the sacrifices (v.23)
--------(11) Exhorted to continue attendance upon the New Testament assembly (v.25)
--------(12) Warned not to sin willfully in renouncing his professed faith in Christ and going back to the sacrifices (v.26)
--------(13) For the one who would go back, there remains only judgment (v.27)
--------(14) The one who rejected the First Testament was punished (v.28)
--------(15) The one committing the threefold sin against the three Persons of the Triune God would be punished more severely (vv.29-31) ; the sin namely of
................(a) Treading under foot the Son of God, a sin against God the Father who sent the Son
................(b) Counting Jesus' the same as ours, a sin against God the Son who shed his blood
................(c) Doing despite to the Holy Spirit in turning away from His further ministrations, a sin against God the Spirit who had led them into repentance
--------(16) The recipients are urged to remember the persecutions they endured for their testimony to Christ, and not let them go for naught by returning to the sacrifices (vv.32-37)
--------(17) They are urged to obtain justification through placing their faith in Messiah, and not draw back to perdition (vv.38,39)
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