Hebrews 8:1

II. OUR ASCENDED HIGH PRIEST: INTRODUCING THE TRUE REALITY IN PLACE OF SHADOWS; AND SUBSTITUTING FOR AN OLD AND INFERIOR, A NEW AND SUPERIOR, DISPENSATION, Hebrews 8:1-13.

Hebrews 8:1-6 portray the real and divine High Priest as having gloriously ascended to the upper tabernacle the true and heavenly; Hebrews 8:7-13 portray the glory of the consequent new covenant, by him inaugurated, in comparison with the old.

1. The sum The main point, the outcome of the above view of the eternal priesthood, is this.

Such a high priest The strength of our argument lies in the greatness and glory of our high priest in his exalted session in the heavens.

Set Took seat. The earthly high priest reverently stood, and stood but for a moment, in presence of God in the holy of holies. But this, our high priest, sits a divine priest in the heavens.