Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have this kind of high priest. He sat down at the right side of the throne of the majesty in the heavens. He’s serving as a priest in the holy place, which is the true meeting tent that God, not any human being, set up. Every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. So it’s necessary for this high priest also to have something to offer. If he was located on earth, he wouldn’t be a priest because there are already others who offer gifts based on the Law. They serve in a place that is a copy and shadow of the heavenly meeting tent. This is indicated when Moses was warned by God when he was about to set up the meeting tent: See that you follow the pattern that I showed you on the mountain in every detail. But now, Jesus has received a superior priestly service just as he arranged a better covenant that is enacted with better promises. If the first covenant had been without fault, it wouldn’t have made sense to expect a second. (Hebrews 8:1-7, CEB)
Ok, the author of Hebrews is throwing shade. “But now, Jesus has received a superior priestly service just as he arranged a better covenant that is enacted with better promises. If the first covenant had been without fault, it wouldn’t have made sense to expect a second.”
Jesus did a better covenant with a better promise. And if the first covenant had been without fault, we would not have needed a second one. So what was the fault with the first covenant? And who was at fault? Is not God a part of both covenants?
So did God mess up? Is God at fault?
Maybe we do not see the way the first covenant works, and that the second covenant is an extension of the first? Maybe we want to explain things and have a complete understanding of all that is happening, but our minds are limited, and sometimes we just need to say we do not understand, and that is ok.
Do not throw shade. Accept God is in control and you may not get it.
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