This message concludes this examination of the Hebrews writer's treatment of the new covenant. Given his Jewish audience and the reason for his letter, he focused his treatment on a broad comparison and contrast of the old (Israelite) and new covenants, particularly with respect to their corresponding priesthoods and priestly ministration. In this way he showed how the impermanence and inadequacy of the Israelite covenant was both unfortunate and by design, thereby necessitating and laying the foundation for the new covenant and its priest and priestly ministration.

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