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They became blind, however; until this day, the same veil prevents them from understanding the Old Covenant and they do not realize that in Christ it is nullified. (2 Corinthians 3, 14)
Therefore, Jesus is our assurance of a better covenant. (Hebrews 7, 22)
Now, however, Jesus enjoys a much higher ministry in being the mediator of a better covenant, founded on better promises. (Hebrews 8, 6)
If all had been perfect in the first covenant, there would have been no need for another one. (Hebrews 8, 7)
Yet God sees defects when he says: The days are coming - it is the word of the Lord - when I will draw up a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. (Hebrews 8, 8)
It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt. They did not keep my covenant, and so I myself have forsaken them, says the Lord. (Hebrews 8, 9)
But this is the covenant that I will make with the people of Israel in the days to come: I will put my laws into their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God and they will be my people. (Hebrews 8, 10)
Here we are being told of a new covenant; which means that the first one had become obsolete, and what is obsolete and aging is soon to disappear. (Hebrews 8, 13)
The first covenant had rites and regulations. There was also a sanctuary - an earthly one. (Hebrews 9, 1)
with the gold altar for the burning of incense, and the ark of the Covenant, fully covered with gold. The ark contained a golden jar holding the manna, Aaron's rod that had sprouted leaves and the two slabs of the covenant. (Hebrews 9, 4)
So Christ is the mediator of a new covenant or testament. His death made atonement for the sins committed under the old testament, and the promise is handed over to all who are called to the everlasting inheritance. (Hebrews 9, 15)
That is why the first covenant was not ratified without blood. (Hebrews 9, 18)