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Hebrews 12:24

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You’ve come to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks better things than the blood of Abel, which cried out from the ground for revenge.

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That’s why Christ is the mediator of a new covenant. Now the people that God has called to himself can receive the eternal gift he promised. They can receive it because Christ has died to pay the price and set them free from the sins they committed under the first covenant.

By faith Moses kept the Passover Feast. He commanded the people of Israel to sprinkle blood on their doorways so that the destroying angel wouldn’t kill their oldest sons.

By faith Abel brought a better offering to God than Cain did. Because of his faith, Abel was praised as a godly man when God said good things about his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he has died.

But Jesus has been given a greater work to do for God. He’s the mediator of a new covenant. It’s better than the old one, because it’s based on better promises. Jesus’ work is greater than the work of the earthly priests, just as much as the new covenant is better than the old one.

There’s only one God, and there’s only one mediator between God and human beings. That’s the man Christ Jesus,

This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out so that the sins of many people will be forgiven.

So you’ll have to pay for all the blood of godly people that has been spilled on the earth. I mean from the blood of godly Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berekiah, who was murdered between the temple and the altar.

In the same way, after the supper he took the cup and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

God the Father knew you ahead of time, and he chose to make you pure and holy through the Spirit’s work. Then you would obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood to make you holy. May more and more grace and peace be given to you.

So let’s draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings. Our hearts have been sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.

In the same way, he sprinkled the holy tent and everything used in worship there with blood.

Our Lord Jesus is the great Shepherd of the sheep. The God of peace brought him back from the dead through the blood of the eternal covenant. May that same God

Because of this oath, Jesus guarantees that we have a better covenant with God.

“This is my blood of the covenant,” he told them, “poured out for many.

But God did find something wrong with the people. He said, “The days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.

When a mediator is involved, that means there’s more than one party to an agreement. But God didn’t use a mediator when he made his promise to Abraham.

By calling this covenant “new,” God made the first one outdated. And what is outdated and obsolete will soon disappear.

Moses first announced every command of the law to all the people. Then he took the blood of calves, together with water, bright red wool, and branches from a hyssop plant, and he sprinkled the Book of the Covenant and all the people.




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