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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)
Moses proclaimed to the assembled people all the commandments of the Law; then he took the blood of bulls and goats and mixed it with water, hyssop and red wool, and sprinkled the book of the Covenant and the people (Hebrews 9, 19)
saying: This is the blood of the Covenant that God commanded you. (Hebrews 9, 20)
This is the covenant that I will make with them in the days to come - says the Lord - I will put my laws in their hearts and write them on their minds. (Hebrews 10, 16)
What, then, do you think it will be for those who have despised the Son of God? How severely shall he be punished for having defiled the blood of the covenant by which they were sanctified and for having insulted the Spirit given to them? (Hebrews 10, 29)
It was by faith that Abraham, called by God, set out for a country that would be given to him as an inheritance; for he parted without knowing where he was going. (Hebrews 11, 8)
By faith Abraham went to offer Isaac when God tested him. And so he who had received the promise of God offered his only son (Hebrews 11, 17)
Abraham reasoned that God is capable even of raising the dead, and he received back his son, which has a figurative meaning. (Hebrews 11, 19)
There is Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant, with the sprinkled blood that cries out more effectively than Abel's. (Hebrews 12, 24)