Hebrews Chapter Ten Verses 11-18

HEBREWS CHAPTER TEN VS 11-18 (USING KING JAMES STUDY TEXT, STUDY BOOK WILL REFERENCE A DIFFERENT VERSION FOR READING)

Heb 10:11  And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 

Heb 10:12  But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; 

Heb 10:13  From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. 

Heb 10:14  For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 

Heb 10:15  Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, 

Heb 10:16  This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; 

Heb 10:17  And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. 

Heb 10:18  Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. 

Main Point: The writer extends his argument that the old system of sacrifice was a reminder of sin to the one making the sacrifice and to God. Within this new covenant, ONE sacrifice will bring FREEDOM from sin/iniquities and the remembrance or judgment associated with it!

5. Explain what is better about the work of Christ than the work of the high priest under the old law, according to this passage: (Per the last section) – Those whose will is directed by God will be sanctified. The writer is again proposing the authority of God “the right hand of God”. This is  the foundation for a perfected offering “offered one sacrifice for sins for ever”.  Those that are purified (14), who have God’s “laws” written on their hearts, have the assurance of freedom from sin (take away sins) by personal actions, and the natural consequences that were once associated with the law of sin (I remember no more). A system of law is simply not designed to accomplish that.

6. In verse 16, the writer quotes Jeremiah 31 for the second time. What do you believe is the writer’s main purpose for using this quotation in this text? Not dissimilar to the previous reasoning. This statement clearly explains the intent for this covenant….to capture the heart. It encompasses mind body and spirit. It cleanses and frees the soul from the specter of guilt. Unlike the law that requires man to recompense to God for misdeeds, this new covenant requires the soul to gain a clearer understanding of God as a father and merciful provider. It should be understood that people throughout history understood what it meant to have their hearts captured by God….but it did not happen out of compulsion, rather, it was by considering God honestly and thoughtfully. The law set a very narrow view of God for many. Others saw justice that convicted. Some saw this justice as a beautiful testimony because of its sureness (David). People like David had God written on their hearts because of what they believed about God, not because of the law.

7. What does it mean that God would write his law on our hearts and minds? As a reference, read PS.51. This Psalm is a song of a repentant heart. More importantly, it is a reaffirmation of a trust and reliance on God and His mercy. Repentance is good. Trust is yet even more important. David tells God, “bring me back….make me whole again”. David understands the foundation of having God as a father and not a foe. More importantly, he desires God….this is not just a Psalm of compulsion, but one driven by love.

Additional:

11) take away -4014 -From G4012 and G138 (including its alternate); to remove all around, that is, unveil, cast off (anchor); figuratively to expiate: - take away (up).

Verse 11 “take away” is even more complete than the verse 4 reference.

14) sanctified: G37 - From G40; to make holy, that is, (ceremonially) purify or consecrate; (mentally) to venerate: - hallow, be holy, sanctify.

(roots- “an awe-ful” thing, sacred)

Same as verse 10

18) remission (forgiveness) – G859 - From G863; freedom; (figuratively) pardon: - deliverance, forgiveness, liberty, remission.

Hebrews Chapter Ten Verses 1-10

HEBREWS CHAPTER TEN VS 1-10 (USING KING JAMES STUDY TEXT, STUDY BOOK WILL REFERENCE A DIFFERENT VERSION FOR READING)

Heb 10:1  For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. 

Heb 10:2  For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. 

Heb 10:3  But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. 

Heb 10:4  For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. 

Heb 10:5  Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 

Heb 10:6  In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 

Heb 10:7  Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. 

Heb 10:8  Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; 

Heb 10:9  Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 

Heb 10:10  By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 

Main Point: There is a distinct purpose for the old law, reminder of sin. There are distinct purposes for the covenant through Jesus: removal of the “consciousness of sins (2)” – “taking away of sins (4)” – “sanctification (10)”.

1.   Why was it not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins? Carefully read the text. Who remembered their sins each year because of the sacrifices? Verse 2 states there should have been “no more conscience of sin” to be perfected. Those sacrifices were not designed to do that. Atonement is a covering, nor a removal. Remember God’s oath to not “remember their sins” and be merciful. Both the one machining the offering and God. Though we understand that God knows all things, this action brought man to God under a cloud of guilt and judgment.

2.   Compare the quotation of verses 5-7 with the original writing in Psalm 40. Notice the obvious difference in the old testament rendering and this quotation. Though different, how do these two statements tell us more about what God desired in Christ and still desires in us? Psa 40:6  Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. 

Psa 40:7  Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, 

Psa 40:8  I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
  The simplest explanation is that an obedient life is what God is looking for. More intensely is the concept that God’s will lives within the life of his children. It is not a chore of “checkmarks”. It becomes a matter of trust, loyalty and love.

3.   What does God mean when He said He did not desire sacrifice and offering nor had pleasure in them?  It was not God’s goal for Israel to become proficient at sacrifices as much as He wanted THEM to see HIM for the provisional Father He is. David says: ”Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened” (then) “thy law is within my heart”. This message is a continuation of what he writer has been trying to get across. Most specifically, to become active hearers of God’s words/works.

4.   Explain the following statements in verses 9-10:
“I have come to do your will, oh God”: The will is directly connected the heart. It is far and above the connection to sin. (See below for more)

“He takes away the first that He may establish the second”: This appears to be the argument that the law as a perceived means to God is removed (for reasons stated).

“By that will we have been sanctified”: Aligning our will to God’s will. Doing things that will delight the Father.

“through the offering of the body of Jesus once for all”: This thought completes the opening argument against the system that required repeated sacrifices that did not necessarily lead a soul to God. The “for all” is used (interpreted) in its broadest tense. It is available to all, but as the writer has already confirmed one must be “called”, must “draw near”, be an effectual hearer as well as align the will to be part of the “all”.

Additional:

(2) Conscience – G4893 -From a prolonged form of G4894; co-perception, that is, moral consciousness: - conscience.

Root words mean “together” – “see” (be aware)

(3) KJ  “should take away”  G851 - From G575 and G138; to remove (literally or figuratively): - cut (smite) off, take away.

Root words mean “off” – “to take for oneself” – (To lift)

(9) Take away G337 - From G303 and (the active of) G138; to take up, that is, adopt; by implication to take away (violently), that is, abolish, murder: - put to death, kill, slay, take away, take up.

Root words mean: “up” – “to take for oneself”

Will – G2307 From the prolonged form of G2309; a determination (properly the thing), that is, (actively) choice (specifically purpose, decree; abstractly volition) or (passively) inclination: - desire, pleasure, will.
Old Testament – H7522 - Delight

Sanctified: G37 - From G40; to make holy, that is, (ceremonially) purify or consecrate; (mentally) to venerate: - hallow, be holy, sanctify.

(Root means something awe-ful)

Hebrews Chapter Nine Verses 19-28

HEBREWS CHAPTER NINE VS 19-28 (USING KING JAMES STUDY TEXT, STUDY BOOK WILL REFERENCE A DIFFERENT VERSION FOR READING)

Heb 9:19  For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, 

Heb 9:20  Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. 

Heb 9:21  Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. 

Heb 9:22  And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. 

Heb 9:23  It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 

Heb 9:24  For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: 

Heb 9:25  Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; 

Heb 9:26  For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 

Heb 9:27  And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 

Heb 9:28  So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. 

Main Point: 24  For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us 28 Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many;

5. What is the reference to “the blood of the covenant” come from? What does this mean for us today? Ex. 24:8 – This was an action taken by Moses to seal the covenant between God and Israel after he had read the law and the people had promised to obey. It was also just before he and Aaron, Nadab, Abihu and the 70 elders “saw God”….and dined in His presence. The reason for the importance of blood can be found in Lev. 17:10-12. The implications of a blood covenant is witnessed/shared between God/Abraham in Genesis 15.

The penalty for breaking the covenant can be found in Jeremiah 34:8-22. Although Jeremiah’s account is terrifying, the point of this letter is to understand that Jesus established a new, stronger covenant. The components found in this new covenant exclude the law as the system since law was never supposed to accomplish what only Jesus could.
As indicated however, there will be a judgment. Right?   Or, Maybe not?

6. What aspects of Christ’s sacrifice are superior to the Mosaic sacrifice system?  Not a copy, but the real deal. Jesus dwells in the eternal, with God. His has not a physical, limited priesthood. As indicated in earlier chapters, it is eternal. Because He was found suitable for the sacrifice, He only needed to be sacrificed once.  The sacrifice of Jesus will “put away” or cancel sin. This concept of course is extended to those found in the covenant. The wording states “many” (28), not all. This wording should have sent shivers up the spines of those refusing this ministry.

Additional:

20) Commanded – (enjoined) From G1722 and the base of G5056; to enjoin: - (give) charge, (give) command(-ments), injoin. – Root words mean
Fixed-Point

26) Put/Away: 1519/115  - TO/CANCELLATION

Sin: hamartia

ham-ar-tee'-ah

From G264; sin (properly abstract): - offence, sin (-ful).

It is important to note that HAMARTIA is typically used in the narrative of sin that is or can be forgiven. hamartanō (Strong’s 264) is typically used to denote willful sin that still requires forgiveness.

28) Many: 4183 - Including the forms from the alternate “pollos”; (singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverb largely; neuter

(Not All)

Hebrews Chapter Nine Verses 11-18

HEBREWS CHAPTER NINE VS 11-18 (USING KING JAMES STUDY TEXT, STUDY BOOK WILL REFERENCE A DIFFERENT VERSION FOR READING)

Heb 9:11  But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; 

Heb 9:12  Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 

Heb 9:13  For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 

Heb 9:14  How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 

Heb 9:15  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. 

Heb 9:16  For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 

Heb 9:17  For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. 

Heb 9:18  Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. 

Main Point: See underlined contrast in verses 14/15. The wriere distinguishes the differences between the law of old (dead works), that must be dispensed for the new.

2. This section contains a number of contrasts between the system surrounding the tabernacle of old and the offering of Christ. List as many of these contrasts as you can see that shows how better Christ is with His offering:

Old Action	Old Result	New Action	New Result
Tabernacle	Built by men, only a foreshadow	New Tabernacle	Built by God –(thus) Perfect -
Entered the holy place –through the blood of animals	Short term atonement	Entered into the tabernacle built by God – with His own blood	Provides ETERNAL redemption
	Purifying the physical body		Transformed to serve God
	Short term resolution		Receive the promise of ETERNAL INHERITANCE

3. What does verse 15 teach? “he is the mediator of the new testament… for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament”

First, he is the mediator (3319) – Go between of a new testament (1242) disposition, or contract

Some teach this is how Jesus saves those who have already died. That interpretation appears valid on first review. It also eases the Christian mind to reconcile how it is that David or Moses might end up with God in heaven. However, the context is speaking of covenants, not (necessarily) of those under the covenants. It could also mean that what the first covenant could not accomplish “redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament”….the Covenant with Jesus DOES! Either interpretation is valid. Note “that were” is added. It could dimply mean that the sins that the old law could not redeem….Jesus can. Remember he just said that Jesus can save to the UTTERMOST!

4. According to this passage, when did the new covenant take affect? Why is this knowledge important?  (Read Barry Stephen’s notes in the lesson book). The covenant is takes affect after the physical death of Jesus, which would fit with the narrative of Jesus’ blood inaugurating the need for a new – stronger - covenant. Even like the old covenant, blood was required for its ratification. Barry’s notes show the issues with using the word “will” in the physical sense. Jesus is still alive, a will speaks for the dead, and that is just not the case for this new covenant.

Additional:

Redemption – 3085 - From G3084; a ransoming (figuratively): - + redeemed, redemption. – This has a few root words that ultimately means “to loosen” ….
Purge – 2511 From G2513; to cleanse (literally or figuratively): - (make) clean (-se), purge, purify.

Conscience – 4893  From a prolonged form of G4894; co-perception, that is, moral consciousness: (to be aware)

Called – 2564- Akin to the base of G2753; to “call” (properly aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise): - bid, call (forth)
2573- Adverb from G2570; well (usually morally): - (in a) good (place),
2570 - Of uncertain affinity; properly beautiful, but chiefly (figuratively) good (literally or morally), that is, valuable or virtuous

Inheritance – 2817- From G2818; heirship, that is, (concretely) a patrimony or (generally) a possession: - inheritance.- Root words – inherit by lot

Testament – 1242 – disposition – contract from 1303

Testator -1303  middle voice from G1223 and G5087; to put apart, that is, (figuratively) dispose (by assignment, compact or bequest): - appoint, make, testator. 

Do you remember how the Hebrew understands redemption and its application to physical life? Now, how does the term “inheritance” bring an even heavier…more beautiful message?

Hebrews Chapter Nine Verses 1-10

HEBREWS CHAPTER NINE VS 1-10 (USING KING JAMES STUDY TEXT, STUDY BOOK WILL REFERENCE A DIFFERENT VERSION FOR READING)

Heb 9:1  Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. 

Heb 9:2  For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. 

Heb 9:3  And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; 

Heb 9:4  Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; 

Heb 9:5  And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. 

Heb 9:6  Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. 

Heb 9:7  But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: 

Heb 9:8  The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: 

Heb 9:9  Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; 

Heb 9:10  Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. 

Main Point: The tabernacle was a symbol of what was to come…(see end of verse 10).

1.   In the space below draw a representation of the tabernacle of the Old Testament with the various articles of worship listed in this chapter. Verse 9 says these things are symbolic. Can you identify the symbolism of the articles of worship in the tabernacle?

wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. 

the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all

golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; 

over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat

Hebrews Chapter Eight Verses 7-13

HEBREWS CHAPTER EIGHT VS 7-13 (USING KING JAMES STUDY TEXT, STUDY BOOK WILL REFERENCE A DIFFERENT VERSION FOR READING)

Heb 8:7  For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. 

Heb 8:8  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: 

Heb 8:9  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. 

Heb 8:10  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: 

Heb 8:11  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. 

Heb 8:12  For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. 

Heb 8:13  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. 

Main Point: Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. 

He is (and has been) dismantling the old law, and any reason to continue to rely on it.

4.   Notice in verse 7 that the implication is that the first covenant was faulty, and yet in verse 8 the statement is that the people were at fault. What is the first covenant? Explain where the fault lies: Verse nine explains the dispensation period as  “I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt”.  The “first covenant” statement is exclusive in context to the Mosaical period….his dealings with Abraham’s descendants. Just to be clear the agreement God had with Israel, established during the wanderings are better defined in Deuteronomy…not Leviticus. Leviticus was sundry laws and sacrifice-for-sin stuff (all important). Deuteronomy was the reminder of what it meant to be called “Gods chosen”  and the promises associated with keeping Jehovah as their God. See Deut 6:1-6. This was an extension of His promises to Abraham Gen 15:5 – ultimately fulfilled in Jesus the Christ.

5.   What is meant by, “I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts”? Oh my what an abstract thought. To think that laws will be made not on stone (the shadow), but will effectually move mankind toward God. The Levitical law was not designed to do this. THE COVENANT WAS, and it was established through deliverance (salvation) from Egypt …another foreshadow. The PERFECTED deliverance would come through the one thing nobody saw coming…GOD DYING for His creation…THAT is HOW He writes it on hearts and minds. Somebody get me a pulpit!

6.   What is meant by, “None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother saying ‘Know the Lord,’ for all shall know Me? The context are those who have God in mind and heart. Not sure what else to say about this…except that it has also happened in the general context. Does not most if not all the world know that there is a Christian religion? Why would we see oppression and suppression of the word by governments and other violent religions if this has not been fulfilled? (Not saying everyone knows Him as they should).

7.   Explain, “Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.” This is the writer putting the hammer down on the thinking that the Old Law was still a viable/preferred system/covenant. His language must have been upsetting to those who wanted to stay “safe” with the old traditions. Remember, there may be a few different sources of persecution for the believing Israelite. Their mettle is being tested.

Additional:

8) Fault: 3201 - Middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to blame: - find fault.

    …with them: 846 -From the particle αὖ au (perhaps akin to the base of G109 through the idea of a baffling wind; backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons.   

What is the significance in verse 8 of using BOTH names Israel and Judah?

What does God mean in verse nine “I regarded them not”? How serious is that? (Contrast the end of verse 10)

Hebrews Chapter Eight Verses 1-6

HEBREWS CHAPTER EIGHT VS 1-6 (USING KING JAMES STUDY TEXT, STUDY BOOK WILL REFERENCE A DIFFERENT VERSION FOR READING)

Heb 8:1  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; 

Heb 8:2  A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. 

Heb 8:3  For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. 

Heb 8:4  For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: 

Heb 8:5  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. 

Heb 8:6  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. 

Main Point: “We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens”

1.   What is the purpose of the writer’s Quotation of Exodus 25:40, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain”? It is finishing the thought “For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:” Jesus is not subject to serve as one beholding to the law since he surpasses that qualification. Earthly priests serve in a copy, or shadow of the real deal….Jesus is the real deal.  

2.   What are the things listed in this text that makes Christ a better High Priest? At the right hand of God, the true “tabernacle” built by God, He is the pattern, His mediation (inherited by relational right), “better promises”

3.   In what way do we have a better covenant and better promises? In this and previous texts, this covenant is eternal (the order of Melchizedek). It is not a stop gap measure for a soul to deal with separation from God. It is direct access, based on belief and the evidence of that belief (trust).

ADDITIONAL:

1) Majesty – 3172 megalōsunē meg-al-o-soo'-nay

From G3173; greatness, that is, (figuratively) divinity (often God himself): - majesty. – 3173 literally means BIG

2) Minister – 3011 - From a derivative of G2992 and G2041; a public servant, that is, a functionary in the Temple or Gospel – “people toil”

This should spark our understanding as to what Jesus has always intended to be for us and for us to be toward God and each other. Although by full rights He is with God serving in His house, Jesus serves and works for mankind in God’s house. It is this paradigm that even non-believers agree serves the world at large much better than any system  ever conceived….because it sets the example of (humble) service …. Selfless giving.

In verse three the writer says “wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.”  - Why doesn’t the writer contrast what Jesus offers to “gifts and sacrifices”?  He does not appear to say WHAT Jesus offers. He alludes to it, but because it is such a big concept, he will need to finish it in the coming chapters. It’s almost like he puts a place holder on the start of the thought, but needs to make other important thoughts before finalizing the argument(s).

6) Mediator –3316 - From G3319; a go between, (3319 means “middle”)

   Covenant – 1242 - From G1303; properly a disposition, that is, (specifically) a contract

   Established -3549   From G3550; to legislate,

Why all this legal talk? Is God’s covenant based on law?