Hebrews 9:15

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Summary

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

The mediator

Means

Hebrews 9:16

Hebrews 2:14

Hebrews 13:20

For

The first

Hebrews 9:1

Hebrews 8:7

They which

Promise

Bible References

The mediator

And by so much Jesus becomes the guarantor of a better covenant.

But Jesus has obtained a better ministry, by so much as he is also Mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted upon better promises.

to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant, and to his sprinkled Blood whose message cries louder than that of Abel.

For God is one; and one is mediator between God and man, the Man Christ Jesus,

Means

For where there is a testament, there must also be brought forward in evidence the death of the testator.

Therefore, since the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also similarly partook of the same, in order that through death he might render powerless him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of an eternal covenant,

For

not taking the blood of goats and oxen, but his own blood, and entered once for all into the Holy Place, obtaining for us an eternal redemption.

since it was for us that God had in store some better thing, so that apart from us they should not be perfected.

but they are now being justified by his free grace through the deliverance that is in Christ Jesus.

For while we were still without strength, Christ died in due time for the ungodly.

It is in him we have deliverance, the forgiveness of our trespasses, through his blood;

because Christ also once for all suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but make alive in spirit.

And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy art thou to take the book And to open its seals; For thou wast slain and didst ransom for God Men out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation;

They were singing a new song before the throne, and before the four Living Creatures and the Elders; and none can learn that song, except the one hundred and forty and four thousand, who had been redeemed from the earth.

The first

Now even the first covenant had its ordinances of public worship, and its sanctuary, a material one.

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

They which

Therefore, holy brothers, comrades of a heavenly calling, fix your thoughts then upon Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession.

Now we know that all things continually work together for good to those who love God, to those who have been the called according to his purpose.

Now such are we whom he has called, not only from among the Jews, but also from among the Gentiles.

For this he called you through my gospel, so that you might obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Promise

For when God make the promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself, saying.

These all died in faith, not having yet received the promises; nay, but they saw them from afar, and hailed them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love him.

And this is the promise which he has promised to us even life eternal.