the old covenant
knew nothing.

FOOTNOTES:

[117] Ps. cx. 4.

[118] Matt. xxii. 45.

[119] Zech. vi. 11, 13.

[120] _SS. Legg. Alleg._, iii. (vol. i., p. 103. Mang.).

[121] Chap. vii. 6-10.

[122] =ep' autes= (vii. 11).

[123] Cf. chap. vi. 1.

[124] =Anatetalken=. Cf. Zech. vi. 12. =Anatole=, _dawn_. The citation,
as usual, is from the Septuagint.

[125] Chap. vii. 14.

[126] Chap. vii. 16.

[127] =athetesis=, _a setting aside_ (chap. vii. 18).

[128] =ouden eteleiosen= (vii. 19).

[129] =epeisagoge=.

[130] Chap. vii. 20-22.

[131] =engyos=.

[132] =emesiteusen= (vi. 17)

[133] Chap. vii. 23-25.

[134] Chap. vii. 25.

[135] =dynatai=, the emphatic word in the passage.

[136] Chap. vii. 26.

[137] =hosios=.

[138] =akakos=.

[139] =amiantos=.

[140] Chap. vii. 27.

[141] Chap. vii. 28.

CHAPTER VIII.

_THE NEW COVENANT._

"Now in the things which we are saying the chief point _is this_: We
have such a High-priest, Who sat down on the right hand of the
throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of the sanctuary,
and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man. For
every high-priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices:
wherefore it is necessary that this _High-priest_ also have somewhat
to offer. Now if He were on earth, He would not be a Priest at all,
seeing there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law; who
serve _that which is_ a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even
as Moses is warned _of God_ when he is about to make the tabernacle:
for, See, saith He, that thou make all things according to the
pattern that was showed thee in the mount. But now hath He obtained
a ministry the more excellent, by how much also He is the Mediator
of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better
promises."--HEB. viii. 1-6 (R.V.).

The Apostle has interpreted the beautiful story of Melchizedek with
wonderful felicity and force. The point of the whole Epistle, he now
tells us, lies there. He has brought forth the headstone of the corner,
the keystone of the arch.[142] It is, in short, that we have such a
High-priest. Country, holy city, ark of the covenant, all are lost. But
if we have the High-priest, all are restored to us in a better and more
enduring form. Jesus is the High-priest and King. He has taken His seat
once for all, as King, on the right hand of the