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

Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.  

Hebrews 8:1 

The writer of Hebrews wants his readers to clearly understand the main point of his message. To that end, he begins Chapter 8 with the words, ‘Now this is the main point of the things we are saying.’ He then points to Christ as the High Priest of His people. All the writer has set forth in the previous chapters has set the stage for this statement. He has spoken of Christ as the messenger Who has superseded the prophets. He has explained how Christ is a High Priest Who has superseded the priesthood of Aaron, the first High Priest of Israel. He has identified Christ as ‘a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.’ He has gone to great lengths to explain the critical role Christ occupies in order for his readers to grasp that the new order of things is better than the old one. To that end, he makes much of Christ as the High Priest Who supersedes the old High Priest as the perpetual Intercessor for His people and ‘is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.’ The main point is that this High Priest is our High Priest. This means Christ intercedes for us personally. This is a most blessed assurance.  

Our Gracious Master and our God, 
we rejoice that You live forever to make intercession for us. 
We praise You that because you intercede for us, 
we can come boldly to the throne.  

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning