Obsolete

Father, thank you for such a high priest who sits down at the right hand of your throne in heaven, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tabernacle that you, not man, set up. Remind me that the earthly tabernacle is a sketch and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary. But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises. Remind me that if the first covenant had been faultless, I would not have looked for a new one. This new covenant made the first obsolete. I bow before you, the God of peace, who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, my Lord Jesus Christ. I ask that you equip me with every good thing to do your will, working in me what is pleasing before you through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

Hebrews 8