Lead:

Remember how the writer of Hebrews argued that Jesus is superior to angels? Today he begins a lengthy argument about how Jesus is superior to the Mosaic Law.

Intro:

Hey friends, remember how the writer of Hebrews argued that Jesus is superior to angels? Today he begins a lengthy argument about how Jesus is superior to the Mosaic Law.

Today’s got a lot of reading, so just a quickie overview as we get started:

The book of Leviticus is concerned with what it means to be the holy people of a holy God: it provides instruction for conduct, both in private and as members of the body of God’s people, and it details the ways in which the sacrifices and priesthood are to be administered as God’s gracious provision for his people’s failures…
…as long as believers continue to bear their sinful nature (which they do until they die), the atoning grace of Christ does not make Leviticus irrelevant to NT believers, since principles can still be learned from the underlying laws in this book. In fact, NT writers such as the apostles Paul and Peter employ language taken from Leviticus in their exhortations to believers to follow Christ (e.g., offerings, the tabernacle, priesthood, and feasts). (1)

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Old covenant:

Passage: Leviticus 4-7
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 122
Words: ~3328

New covenant:

Passage: Hebrews 3
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 19
Words: ~433

Commentary:

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-R

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Sources and resources:

(1) Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 213.

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