Reflect on Psalm 111 as it is read aloud. Consider the work of Christ as sacrifice and sacrificial offering. Reflect on Hebrews 8-10 as it is read aloud and exposited. In Hebrews 8:1-2 we read, “Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a minister in the sanctuary and in the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.” In general, Chapter 7 focuses on the person of the priest. Chapters 8-10 turn our gaze to the work of the priest- the sacrificial offering. It is a move from considering the person to considering the work. Jeremiah 31:31-34 is the basis for this whole section which speaks of God’s covenant with his people. What are the promises given in Jeremiah 31? There is a promise of real atonement. Hebrews 8:12 tells us, “For I will be merciful to their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.” There will be a genuine answer to sin. Jeremiah and Hebrews both tell us this is the basis for all the other promises- they are premised on the promise of the forgiveness of God and that God will not remember our sin anymore. The second promise is real transformation. The third promise is that there is real covenant community. Hebrews 8:11 states, “And they shall not teach everyone his fellow citizen, and everyone his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all will know Me, from the least to the greatest of them.“ Hebrews 8:13 tells us, “When He said, ‘A new covenant,’ He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.” Explore that this is where Hebrews addresses the eschatological tension. Hebrews 10:1-4 describes a scenario where people can never have the clear conscience. Hebrew 8-10 shows us we can have that assurance because of Christ’s final sacrifice. Consider an introduction to David Moffitt’s essay, Blood, Life, and Atonement.