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Welcome to Day 2256 of Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom Hebrews-13 Christ's Covenant...New-Never Obsolete \u2013 Daily Wisdom Putnam Church Message \u2013 07/23/2023 \u201cChrist\u2019s Covenant\u2026New, Never Obsolete\u201d Hebrews 8:1-13 As we continue our extended series through the book of Hebrews in the New Testament, we compared the Levitical and Melchizedekian priesthood last week. We saw that Jesus Christ established a perfect and permanent priesthood as our Great High Priest. This week we move beyond to the New Covenant that Christ brings to us. The New Testament, or New Covenant, is the Good News, commonly called the Gospel. \xa0 Let\u2019s read Hebrews 8:1-13 on page 1870 of your Pew Bible. 1 \xa0Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest,\xa0who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,\xa02\xa0and who serves in the sanctuary, the true Tabernacle\xa0set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being. 3\xa0Every high priest\xa0is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices,\xa0and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.\xa04\xa0If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.\xa05\xa0They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy\xa0and shadow\xa0of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned\xa0when he was about to build the Tabernacle: \u201cSee to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.\u201d[a]\xa06\xa0But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant\xa0of which he is mediator\xa0is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises. 7\xa0For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.\xa08\xa0But God found fault with the people and said[b]: \u201cThe days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. 9\xa0It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and I turned away from them, declares the Lord. 10\xa0This is the covenant\xa0I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 11\xa0No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, \u2018Know the Lord,\u2019 because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. 12\xa0For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.\u201d[