A Relationship with God: How Jesus Makes it All Better (Hebrews 8:1–13)
from openclipart.org For those of you who are young, you may remember hurting yourself and then immediately running to mom or dad for a kiss on your boo-boo. Parents of small children actively administer such loving "first-aid." It's like magic, it works, at least until they get to a certain age and it doesn't. In a much better way, Jesus makes it all better in His role as our heavenly High Priest. There are a few reasons that we can find in Hebrews 8. 1) Jesus Makes It All Better Because He Gets Up Close and Personal with God the Father (8:1) v. 1: Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens One commentator stated that this is so imporant that it is found repeatedly in Hebrews ( 1:3 ; here; 10:12 and 12:2 ) While earthly priests of Aaron were close in proximity to their fellow human beings, Jesus ministers up close to the One with wh...