1 N ow the important thing is this: We have such a Religious Leader Who has made the way for man to go to God. He is the One Who sits at the right side of the All-powerful God in the heavens.

Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

2 H e is the Religious Leader of that holy place in heaven which is the true place of worship. It was built by the Lord and not by men’s hands.

a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.

3 E very religious leader of the Old Way of Worship had the work of killing animals and of giving gifts on the altar to God. So Christ had to have something to give also.

For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.

4 I f Christ were on the earth, He would not be a religious leader such as these. The religious leaders on earth give gifts like the Law says.

For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

5 T heir work shows us only a picture of the things in heaven. When Moses was putting up the tent to worship in, God told him, “Be sure you make the tent for worship like I showed you on Mount Sinai.”

who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

6 B ut Christ has a more perfect work. He is the One Who goes between God and man in this new and better way. The New Way of Worship promises better things.

But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

7 I f the Old Way of Worship had been perfect, there would have been no need for another one.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

8 G od was not happy how the people lived by the Old Way of Worship. He said, “The day will come when I will make a New Way of Worship for the Jews and those of the family group of Judah.

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:

9 T he New Way of Worship will not be like the Old Way of Worship I gave to their early fathers. That was when I took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt. But they did not follow the Old Way of Worship. And so I turned away from them.

not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

10 T his is the New Way of Worship that I will give to the Jews. When that day comes, says the Lord, I will put My Laws into their minds. And I will write them in their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be My people.

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

11 N o one will need to teach his neighbor or his brother to know the Lord. All of them will already know Me from the least to the greatest.

and they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

12 I will show loving-kindness to them and forgive their sins. I will remember their sins no more.”

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

13 W hen God spoke about a New Way of Worship, He showed that the Old Way of Worship was finished and of no use now. It will never be used again.

In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.