INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW COVENANT, PART 3 Hebrews 7:1-28; Hebrews 8:1-5
“The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience to him as their creator, yet they could never have attained the reward of life but by some voluntary condescension on God's part, which he has been pleased to express by way of covenant.… 3. This covenant is revealed in the gospel; first of all to Adam in the promise of salvation by the seed of the woman, {Ge 3:15} and afterwards by further steps, until its full discovery was completed in the New Testament…” {Heb 1:1} (1689 London Baptist Confession, ch. 7, “Of God's Covenant”)
SUMMARY: In order to explain the meaning of the promised New Covenant that God had now instituted through the work of Christ, the author of Hebrews must establish Christ's superiority over all others as the Son of God; His accomplishments as the perfect man; and His high priestly work on behalf of the elect according to the eternal order of Melchizedek.
I. CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD. II. CHRIST, THE PERFECT MAN. III. CHRIST, OUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST. A. “All the Means Thereto.”
B. The Origin & Purpose of the Priesthood.
C. Qualifications for the Priesthood.
2. The superiority of Christ's priesthood. -Not national, but universal. -Not fleshly, but spiritual. -Not weak & unprofitable, but strong and profitable. -Not oathless, but sealed by an oath. -Not changing & unstable, but unchanging & stable.
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