A Better Covenant

But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. 

Hebrews 8:6  

Christ is the Mediator of a better covenant than the one God established with Israel in the ancient days. That covenant was full of types, symbols, and shadows. While, to the understanding ones, He was there, it would take His incarnation for the symbols to become clear. Once Christ did appear, He demonstrated the superiority of the new regime. Jeremiah prophesied that this day was coming. The passage of Scripture which the writer of Hebrews quotes comes directly from Jeremiah 31. This becomes important for us because it clearly shows us that Christ was the message from the very beginning. All the revelation of God from Genesis 3:15 onward was for the purpose of revealing Christ. Because of the peculiar position the Jews held, as the receivers of the old covenant, they were naturally strongly opposed to the changes Christ introduced. The writer of Hebrews artfully demonstrates that what Christ brings is the Divine substitute for the old rites, ceremonies and regulations. Thus the new covenant surpasses the old, and Christ is manifestly the Mediator of that covenant.  

Our Gracious God and our Savior, 
we rejoice that You have always had a plan. 
We praise You that You have brought that plan to pass, 
throughout the course of history. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning