Hebrews 8:7-8 KJV
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
God found fault in the old covenant. It was not able to make man perfect before Him.
Of this fault, Barnes says
"The meaning is not that that first covenant made under Moses had any real faults - or inculcated what was wrong, but that it did not contain the ample provision for the pardon of sin and the salvation of the soul which was desirable. It was merely “preparatory” to the gospel."
And Poole says
"…not because God made it,...... but accidentally, by reason of the priests’ faults, and people’s sinfulness, it became wholly ineffectual to them for saving them; therefore the blame and fault of it is charged on them..."
There is no fault in the truth of that old covenant. The fault is in man's use of the covenant and understanding of it.
I am thankful for a new covenant which is built upon the sure foundation of God's work in us through Jesus Christ.
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
God found fault in the old covenant. It was not able to make man perfect before Him.
Of this fault, Barnes says
"The meaning is not that that first covenant made under Moses had any real faults - or inculcated what was wrong, but that it did not contain the ample provision for the pardon of sin and the salvation of the soul which was desirable. It was merely “preparatory” to the gospel."
And Poole says
"…not because God made it,...... but accidentally, by reason of the priests’ faults, and people’s sinfulness, it became wholly ineffectual to them for saving them; therefore the blame and fault of it is charged on them..."
There is no fault in the truth of that old covenant. The fault is in man's use of the covenant and understanding of it.
I am thankful for a new covenant which is built upon the sure foundation of God's work in us through Jesus Christ.
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