Hebrews 8:6-8

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“But now has He obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also He is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. For finding fault with them, He says, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.”

This question arises: Did God in the Old Testament show “poor judgment” in making the Old Covenant and, therefore, have to replace it with the New Testament?

One simple, overlooked key clarifies this verse. Notice that the covenant itself was not faulty, the people were. The plain meaning of Heb 8:8 is “finding fault with them”—the people! God created a “better covenant”…testament, in order to write His law in peoples’ hearts (Heb 8:10)—to bring spiritual conversion and change in a way that physical Israel never experienced (Heb 8:11).

So often, careful reading is all that is necessary to understand a “difficult” passage.

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