Covenant in Hebrews

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Covenant in Hebrews

As we have already mentioned, Hebrews has more occurrences of diatheke than in the rest of the New Testament. This relative prominence of the covenant conception in Hebrews may be attributed to the authors’ preoccupation with the comparison with the old and with the new religious systems of Judaism and Christianity. I mean it is natural that you would revert to the covenant concept to help you describe the distinctives of the era brought about by the advent of Christ. In Hebrews 7:22, diatheke occurs for the first time. In connection with the priesthood of Melchizedek and here the author says, “Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant,” kreittonon diathekes. In the context the covenant idea is introduced in a discussion of the superiority of Christ’s…

OT Prophecies of the New Covenant

I want to look at Jeremiah 31, because that is obviously the only passage in the prophetic literature which uses the terminology New Covenant. That terminology of New Covenant becomes very, very significant in the New Testament itself. It is picked up by the author of Hebrews, but it is also mentioned in the Last Supper narrative by the Lord Jesus Himself, as He explains the meaning of His death. And if that alone had occurred in the New Testament, that would indicate the extreme significance of the concept of New Covenant for explaining the meaning of the death of Christ. So we are going to look at that prophetic passage. But we are also going to mention the fact that even in passages where the terminology of New Covenant is not used in the Old Testament, the concept of New…

The Guarantee of a Better Covenant

The Lord's Day Morning May 19, 2013 Better“The Guarantee of a Better Covenant”Hebrews 7:11-28 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Hebrews chapter 7 as we continue to work our way through this book together.В I'd remind you, we're going to be looking at verses 11 to 28 today, but I'd remind you where we've been.В In Hebrews chapter 6, the author of Hebrews is desirous of explaining to Christians where we find the basis of our perseverance, our assurance, and our hope.В That is, what enables us to keep on keeping on in the Christian life?В What enables us to experience a sense of security, the security of God's love, the security of the salvation that He has given us?В And what is it that gives…

Things My Dad Taught Me Never to Talk About in Public

Wednesday Evening May 4, 2005 Leviticus 15:1-33 “Things My Dad Taught Me Never to Talk About in Public” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Leviticus 15. This is again one of the passages in the midst of the holiness code in Leviticus in which God is explaining to the children of Israel how He wants them to keep themselves pure and separate from the nations around them, and how He wants them to be clean before they come into His…

Set Apart for Service: Moses Ordains the Priests

Wednesday Evening January 19, 2005 Leviticus 8:1-36 “Set Apart for Service: Moses Ordains the Priests” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Leviticus, chapter eight. We’re going to read the whole of this chapter tonight, but because this chapter is not only lengthy but filled with very specific regulations for the consecration, for the anointment, for the ordination of the priests of Israel, what I think I’ll do is break the chapter up…

The Scource of Love

1 John 4:7-16 The Source of Love If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to 1 John chapter 4, beginning in the 7th verse. We’re continuing to make our way through this book, and we've really come to a culminating passage. John has a lot more to say, but he's come back in the passage we're going to read today to the subject of love as a test of authentic Christian experience and profession for at least the third time in this book, and he has combined it with the…

The Difference Between Inward and Outward Righteousness

Romans 2:25-29 The Difference Between Inward and Outward Righteousness If you would, please take your Bibles in hand and turn with me to Romans, chapter 2, and look at verse 25. We’ll continue to work through this great letter of the apostle to the church of the Romans. Romans, chapter 1, verses through 18 through 32. The apostle had made it clear that the Gentiles needed His gospel by demonstrating their immorality. All along the religious people of his day, his fellow Jewish friends, were…

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