{"id":13080,"date":"2018-09-01T08:43:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T15:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=13080"},"modified":"2018-09-01T08:53:06","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T15:53:06","slug":"hebrews-8-a-better-covenant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/01\/hebrews-8-a-better-covenant\/","title":{"rendered":"Hebrews 8:6 \u2014 &#8220;A better covenant\u2026&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/01\/hebrews-86-a-better-covenant\/contract-form-21599635-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13081\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13081\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Contract-form\u201321599635.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Contract-form\u201321599635.jpg 750w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Contract-form\u201321599635-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Contract-form\u201321599635-385x300.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Hebrews 8:6,<\/b> <b><i>Better covenant \u2026 better promises.<\/i><\/b>\u00a0In the Greek, the word <i>better<\/i> is <i>kreitton<\/i> meaning \u201cmore useful, more serviceable, more advantageous, more excellent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Renewed Covenant is a better covenant for the reasons discussed in the notes in verse eight. In 2 Cor 3:7 calls it \u201cthe ministry of the Spirit\u201d and refers to it as \u201cmore glorious\u201d than the former covenant.<\/p>\n<p>The Renewed Covenant comes with Yeshua\u2019s promise that from within our heart the Set-Apart Spirit will empower and lead us into all truth.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, under the Renewed Covenant, the promise of salvation resulting in eternal life in the kingdom of Elohim is spelled out more clearly.<\/p>\n<p>The Renewed Covenant also carries with it relief from the penalty of the law, which is death, for those who put their faith in Yeshua\u2019s atoning and substitutionary death (see notes at 2 Cor 3:7). Through the Spirit and blood of Yeshua, one\u2019s sin conscience is now cleansed in that the guilt from sin is removed (Heb 9:14).<\/p>\n<p>Also, as discussed in the verse eight notes, the covenant (or contract) is the actual agreement between two parties. The terms and conditions of a covenant (or contract) are something else. Torah was the terms and conditions of YHVH\u2019s agreement between himself and his people.<\/p>\n<p>When the author here uses phrase like \u201cbetter covenant,\u201d this in no way implies that the Torah has been abrogated. 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