Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law; who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned by God when he was about to erect the tabernacle; for, “SEE,” He says, “THAT YOU MAKE all things ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN WHICH WAS SHOWN YOU ON THE MOUNTAIN.” But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.
THE PATTERN - "See that you make them after the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain" (Ex 25:40).
"The covenant Christ mediates is a better covenant, since it is enacted on better promises. In verses 6-13, the new covenant is contrasted with that first covenant (v 7); i.e., the Mosaic Law (Ex 19:5). Christ's blood is the basis of the new covenant and pays for the sins of all (Matt 26:28); Christians are ministers of it (2 Cor 3:6); and it will yet have an aspect of its fulfillment in relation to Israel and Judah in the Millennium (as predicted in Jer 31:31-34: 'Behold, days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,' declares the LORD. 'But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,' declares the LORD, 'I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,' declares the LORD, 'for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.'" (Ryrie)
But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry - "that is, since He is a priest in the heavenly temple, He has an office more exalted than that of the earthly priests; and this because the covenant under which He holds the office of priest excels the covenant enacted by Moses, in the blessing it ensures." (Vine)
by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises - "The promise connected with the old covenant was conditional upon the fulfillment of its terms by the people. It offered life to those who kept the Law. The promise of life could not be fulfilled because they continued not in God's covenant. The promises of the better covenant are absolute. He assumes Himself the entire responsibility of fulfilling its terms. Because Christ is the Mediator of this covenant, He will unfailingly carry out its conditions." (Vine)
"The Old Covenant was a shadow (v 5) of heavenly things. Christ is their substance (v 6)." (Williams)
"...Hebrews is a book explaining how the sacrifice of their Messiah provides so many things which are better. In Hebrews 8:6 we see 'better promises' and we need to consider just how significant that is. Jehovah God had made promises to Abraham, promises which the law being added did not disannul (Galatians 3:17). Christ's earthly ministry was to Israel, the point of that being to confirm Israel's promises (Romans 15:8). 'But now' the verse declares, Christ has obtained for Israel that which is better than the promises under which Israel had lived for tens of centuries." (McLean)
THE PATTERN - "See that you make them after the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain" (Ex 25:40).
"The covenant Christ mediates is a better covenant, since it is enacted on better promises. In verses 6-13, the new covenant is contrasted with that first covenant (v 7); i.e., the Mosaic Law (Ex 19:5). Christ's blood is the basis of the new covenant and pays for the sins of all (Matt 26:28); Christians are ministers of it (2 Cor 3:6); and it will yet have an aspect of its fulfillment in relation to Israel and Judah in the Millennium (as predicted in Jer 31:31-34: 'Behold, days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,' declares the LORD. 'But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,' declares the LORD, 'I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,' declares the LORD, 'for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.'" (Ryrie)
But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry - "that is, since He is a priest in the heavenly temple, He has an office more exalted than that of the earthly priests; and this because the covenant under which He holds the office of priest excels the covenant enacted by Moses, in the blessing it ensures." (Vine)
by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises - "The promise connected with the old covenant was conditional upon the fulfillment of its terms by the people. It offered life to those who kept the Law. The promise of life could not be fulfilled because they continued not in God's covenant. The promises of the better covenant are absolute. He assumes Himself the entire responsibility of fulfilling its terms. Because Christ is the Mediator of this covenant, He will unfailingly carry out its conditions." (Vine)
"The Old Covenant was a shadow (v 5) of heavenly things. Christ is their substance (v 6)." (Williams)
"...Hebrews is a book explaining how the sacrifice of their Messiah provides so many things which are better. In Hebrews 8:6 we see 'better promises' and we need to consider just how significant that is. Jehovah God had made promises to Abraham, promises which the law being added did not disannul (Galatians 3:17). Christ's earthly ministry was to Israel, the point of that being to confirm Israel's promises (Romans 15:8). 'But now' the verse declares, Christ has obtained for Israel that which is better than the promises under which Israel had lived for tens of centuries." (McLean)
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