We would draw the attention of the reader to the fact that the analysis of

Heb. 7: 1 - 10: 18 set out on page 143 of this study is not a copy of any other existing

writing on the subject. We have sought to follow the theme of the epistle, and the results

are set out here for the benefit of all fellow `Bereans' who value the truth.

A | 7: 19-21. | a | The law perfected no one.

b | The oath and the priesthood.

B | 7: 22. "By so much." Jesus the surety of a better covenant.

C | 7: 23-27. | c | Salvation to the uttermost.

d | He needeth not to offer for His own sins.

A | 7: 28. | a | The law ordains infirm men.

b | The oath ordains the Son ("consecrated"--Gk. "perfected").

B | 8: 6-13. "By how much." Mediator of the better covenant.

C | 9: 7, 8. |

d | The high priest offered for himself as well as the people.

c | The way into the holiest not made manifest.

The three items indicated in verse 19 are seen under the three letters "A", "B" and "C".

Access to God is a privilege beyond human computation, and this was not possible

under the Levitical priesthood or the law, by reason of the weakness of a system that

made such demands on the flesh. Throughout the dispensation of the law is the "fear of

death" which Heb. 2: 15 declared held the Old Testament saints in bondage, and the

crying need for a Priest Who stood in the power of an endless life, in other words the

risen Son of God.

Let us now give attention to verse 19. If it says the law perfected nothing, it leads on

to say that something else did. The second part of the verse is elliptical. Something is

omitted which we must supply in order to get the sense. A closely parallel passage is that

of Rom. 8: 3:

is the sequel, but the word "did" has to be supplied.

There are some who understand Heb. 7: 19 to mean this:

This is true. The law contained type and shadow that ever pointed to Christ. It did not

reach the end itself, but it did bring in the better hope that attained unto it. This however,