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The closing doxology of Hebrews speaks of the eternal covenant. The blood of this covenant resurrected Christ, meaning, it was his work which is being spoken of. But in Hebrews we know that this is the reality of which the old covenant was only a shadow.
An eternal thing is there before time (human history) began. So the term 'new covenant' as it becomes useful to us as humans is not temporally correct because the eternal covenant was already planned and factored in before creation, before the Law, before the peak and collapse of Israel. In Gen 3 for example, the words are ready to go: the Seed will defeat the serpent but the serpent will wound him doing so. I find this to be something like parents having a backup plan for a worst case scenario with a child.
The eternal covenant was already there in another sense: before the law there was the priesthood of Melchizedek, which was Christ. This was already greater than Aaron's before that got started. Heb 7 covers this and Heb 8:1 starts by telling us why he told us that (ch 7). There already IS SUCH A PRIEST!!!
Hopefully this will clear up any questions about the need or worth of anything Judaic on earth, now or in the future.
An eternal thing is there before time (human history) began. So the term 'new covenant' as it becomes useful to us as humans is not temporally correct because the eternal covenant was already planned and factored in before creation, before the Law, before the peak and collapse of Israel. In Gen 3 for example, the words are ready to go: the Seed will defeat the serpent but the serpent will wound him doing so. I find this to be something like parents having a backup plan for a worst case scenario with a child.
The eternal covenant was already there in another sense: before the law there was the priesthood of Melchizedek, which was Christ. This was already greater than Aaron's before that got started. Heb 7 covers this and Heb 8:1 starts by telling us why he told us that (ch 7). There already IS SUCH A PRIEST!!!
Hopefully this will clear up any questions about the need or worth of anything Judaic on earth, now or in the future.