Heb 7:11, 18-19 | Family | STEP | 11-19. A new argument is now introduced. Since the Levitical priesthood and the law were given together, as parts of one whole, so that the annulling of the one is the annulling of the other, why should God have promised another priesthood, and with it another economy, except because the former priesthood with its economy was unable to give perfection? Perfection ; see note to verse . Under it the people received the law ; it was the basis of the Mosaic law in such a way that when the law should be changed, that must be changed also, verse .

Hebrews 7:11

11-19. A new argument is now introduced. Since the Levitical priesthood and the law were given together, as parts of one whole, so that the annulling of the one is the annulling of the other, why should God have promised another priesthood, and with it another economy, except because the former priesthood with its economy was unable to give perfection?

Perfection; see note to verse Heb 7:19.

Under it the people received the law; it was the basis of the Mosaic law in such a way that when the law should be changed, that must be changed also, verse Heb 7:12.

Hebrews 7:18-19

A disannulling; setting aside and bringing to a close the ceremonial law and its priesthood.

Weakness and unprofitableness; as to the work of making a true expiation for sin, and thus opening a true way for salvation. See the following note, verse Heb 7:19. The law made nothing perfect; the ceremonial law was not designed for that. It answered the local and temporary purpose for which it was intended, but its sacrifices could not, like the sacrifice of Christ, purge the conscience from dead works to serve the living God, cleanse from sin, justify and sanctify the soul, give it access to God, and inspire that hope which purifies it as Christ is pure.

But the bringing in of a better hope; the gospel through the atonement, righteousness, and intercession of Christ, does all this. Of course the gospel must be immeasurably superior in its benefits to the ceremonial law. Verses Heb 7:18,19 may be more plainly and simply rendered thus: "For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before, for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof--for the law made nothing perfect--and there is in the bringing in of a better hope," etc.