Hebrews Again

Hebrews‬ ‭8‬:‭6‬-‭12‬ ‭NLT‬‬

“But now Jesus, our High Priest, has been given a ministry that is far superior to the old priesthood, for he is the one who mediates for us a far better covenant with God, based on better promises. If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second covenant to replace it. But when God found fault with the people, he said: “The day is coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and led them out of the land of Egypt. They did not remain faithful to my covenant, so I turned my back on them, says the Lord. But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their relatives, saying, ‘You should know the Lord.’ For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will know me already. And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.””

Is this “writing on their hearts” the Holy Spirit? John 14:26?

I’ve always had a hard time believing, I’m sorry to say, but maybe it’s understanding in isolation that God‘s laws, the law that I read in the Old Testament was imperfect. But here I see when reading the whole context of that statement. It seems the flaw was the Israelites that it was meant for?

Oh God, I pray teach this to me, make it clear to me – Jesus had to come, all that you did before hand was to prepare the way for your son Jesus Christ to come. The book of Ephesians talks about that I believe, I’m looking forward to reading that book again. But something inside of me wonders about something I heard that there was your perfect Will and purpose that you brought, and I just wonder what if the Israelites have not been unfaithful? What if we the church had not also been unfaithful and imperfect? What if we had gone in with all our hearts and souls and minds? Is this why history continues on and on? Why as we read in the New Testament that the day is near? Maybe it was indeed near! But you by a grace and mercy delayed! By myself and thankful for I was not even born yet! I’m so glad that I was given a ticket to Heaven when I was born!

Thank you for Mark who pointed out that you’ve made me, especially, and have appointed me with the work to do for you. I know that my work / Ministry is independent of whatever church I go to. I don’t want to limit it, but it’s like prophets I see throughout the Bible. And I always wonder about Alec Hart.

Rambling…