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히브리서 저자는 옛 언약과 옛 성전과 옛 제사장의 한계를 설명하며, 새 언약과 하늘 성소에서 새 언약의 중보자 되신 예수님의 우월함을 논증합니다. 

[ 히브리서 8:1 - 8:13 ] (찬송92장)

성소와 참 장막에서 섬기시는 대제사장 

1지금 우리가 하는 말의 요점은 이러한 대제사장이 우리에게 있다는 것이라 그는 하늘에서 지극히 크신 이의 보좌 우편에 앉으셨으니 2성소와 참 장막에서 섬기는 이시라 이 장막은 주께서 세우신 것이요 사람이 세운 것이 아니니라

 이 땅의 온전하지 못한 제사장들 

 3대제사장마다 예물과 제사 드림을 위하여 세운 자니 그러므로 그도 무엇인가 드릴 것이 있어야 할지니라 4예수께서 만일 땅에 계셨더라면 제사장이 되지 아니하셨을 것이니 이는 율법을 따라 예물을 드리는 제사장이 있음이라 5그들이 섬기는 것은 하늘에 있는 것의 모형과 그림자라 모세가 장막을 지으려 할 때에 지시하심을 얻음과 같으니 이르시되 삼가 모든 것을 산에서 네게 보이던 본을 따라 지으라 하셨느니라

 새 언약의 중보자 예수님 

 6그러나 이제 그는 더 아름다운 직분을 얻으셨으니 그는 더 좋은 약속으로 세우신 더 좋은 언약의 중보자시라

 흠 있는 첫 언약 

 7저 첫 언약이 무흠하였더라면 둘째 것을 요구할 일이 없었으려니와 8그들의 잘못을 지적하여 말씀하시되 주께서 이르시되 볼지어다 날이 이르리니 내가 이스라엘 집과 유다 집과 더불어 새 언약을 맺으리라 9또 주께서 이르시기를 이 언약은 내가 그들의 열조의 손을 잡고 애굽 땅에서 인도하여 내던 날에 그들과 맺은 언약과 같지 아니하도다 그들은 내 언약 안에 머물러 있지 아니하므로 내가 그들을 돌보지 아니하였노라

 첫 언약의 실패를 극복할 새 언약 

 10또 주께서 이르시되 그 날 후에 내가 이스라엘 집과 맺을 언약은 이것이니 내 법을 그들의 생각에 두고 그들의 마음에 이것을 기록하리라 나는 그들에게 하나님이 되고 그들은 내게 백성이 되리라 11또 각각 자기 나라 사람과 각각 자기 형제를 가르쳐 이르기를 주를 알라 하지 아니할 것은 그들이 작은 자로부터 큰 자까지 다 나를 앎이라 12내가 그들의 불의를 긍휼히 여기고 그들의 죄를 다시 기억하지 아니하리라 하셨느니라 13새 언약이라 말씀하셨으매 첫 것은 낡아지게 하신 것이니 낡아지고 쇠하는 것은 없어져 가는 것이니라

[ Hebrews 8:1 - 8:13 ]

1Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,2 a minister in the holy places, in the true tent that the Lord set up, not man.3 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.4 Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law.5 They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, “See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.”6 But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second.8 For he finds fault with them when he says: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,9 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of  Egypt. For they did not continue in my covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord.10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.11 And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.12 For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.”13 In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. 

Who is God like?

Thinking & Understanding

While the Levite priests gave offerings in temples on earth, Jesus gave an offering in the heavenly temple. Unlike the heavenly temple, which was erected by God himself, the temples on earth merely served as models of the heavenly temple (vv. 1-5). Jesus took on the priestly role of serving in the heavenly temple and became the mediator of a ‘new covenant’.  The old covenant was annulled because the Israelites did not keep the covenant. However, through the new covenant, all people received complete forgiveness, became able to keep the law and were restored to a relationship of love and trust with God (vv. 6-13). 

Who is Jesus?

Vv. 6-13 Jesus is a mediator who sustains the new covenant forever. Although the old covenant, mediated by Levite priests, has been cancelled, the new covenant mediated by Jesus will never be cancelled. Because of Jesus’ mediation, the problem of our sinfulness, unrighteousness and corrupt nature has been solved. We have been completely forgiven, and we have been completely reconciled with God.   

What lesson is God teaching me?

Vv. 1-5 As Jesus took on the role of the high priest in the heavenly temple, earthly temples and human priesthood became abolished. To place importance on physical temples and seek human mediators is to deny all that Jesus has accomplished.  

Prayer

Lord, thank you for becoming a mediator of a new covenant on behalf of us who are weak and undeserving.