Hebrews 7:18

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Hebrews 7:18

For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

A disannulling

Galatians 3:15

The weakness

Bible References

A disannulling

Further, if the Levitical priesthood had been the means of reaching perfection (for it was on the basis of that priesthood that the Law was enacted for the People), why was it still necessary for another sort of priest to emerge with the rank of Melchizedek, instead of simply with the rank of Aaron

For if the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second.

For as the Law has a mere shadow of the bliss that is to be, instead of representing the reality of that bliss, it never can perfect those who draw near with the same annual sacrifices that are perpetually offered.

Then 'by this faith' we 'cancel the Law'? Not for one moment! We uphold the Law.

To take an illustration from human life, my brothers. Once a man's will is ratified, no one else annuls it or adds a codicil to it.

The weakness

(for the Law made nothing perfect), and there is introduced a better Hope, by means of which we can draw near to God.

For if the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second.

(which foreshadowed the present age) was still standing, with its offerings of gifts and sacrifices which cannot possibly make the conscience of the worshipper perfect,

Never let yourselves be carried away with a variety of novel doctrines; for the right thing is to have one's heart strengthened by grace, not by the eating of food ??that has never been any use to those who have had recourse to it.

and that by him everyone who believes is absolved from all that the law of Moses never could absolve you from.

For God has done what the Law, weakened here by the flesh, could not do; by sending his own Son in the guise of sinful flesh, to deal with sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

but now that you know God ??or rather, are known by God ??how is it you are turning back again to the weakness and poverty of the Elemental spirits? Why do you want to be enslaved all over again by them?

The training of the body is of small service, but religion is of service in all directions; it contains the promise of life both for the present and for the future.