[Tithesmeister]

Originally Posted by Steven Avery

You might ask about Hebrews 8:13:

Hebrews 8:13 (AV)

Brother Avery suggested that I reference this verse concerning the old covenant versus the new. The prevailing opinion is that this reference to the OLD covenant is not referring to the Ten Commandments. I contend that it is.

So let’s parse the verse below. My commentary will be in red. What I would like to focus on is the pronoun “he”.


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

So who is the “he” that’s referenced in this verse? I believe it is God. So if the “he” is God, it must mean that God has made the first covenant old. So since God made the new covenant, and in so doing made the preceding one old, and the old covenant is ready to vanish away, who is responsible for making the old covenant “ready to vanish away “? The answer would be God. So if we resist the vanishing away of the old covenant, would we not be contrary to the will of God? I believe we would!

So the next logical question would be; What is the old covenant?

My opinion is that the old covenant that was ready to vanish away (almost two thousand years ago), was the Ten Commandments.