A Better Hope, Hebrews 7:18-19
7:18 "...a disannulling of the commandment going before" - aqethsiV - force, power, rejection, remove the efficacy, abolish, make void, nullify, put away, set aside. Hebrews 9:26; 7:19; 8:7,8,13; 10:1
Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. Acts 13:39
"Going before for the weakness" - feebleness, infirmity, fragile, inability, incapable.
"Unprofitableness" - useless in bringing righteousness to man. 2 Cor. 3:9-16
I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. Gal. 2:21
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: Phil. 3:8-9
7:19 "for the law made nothing perfect" -not able to perfect or carry through completely, nor bring to an end the full purpose of God (righteousness to men), but still part of the plan of God.
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. Rom. 3:27-30
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Romans 8:2-4
"But the bringing in of a better hope did" - replacing the old with the new
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Gal. 4:7-9
Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. Acts 15:7-11
"Better hope" - more useful, advantageous, excellent, preferable, desirable, surpassing by comparison.
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Rom. 15:13
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: Col. 1:27-28
"By the which we draw nigh unto God" - come near, personally approach
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. James 4:8
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: Eph. 2:11-13
*The Better Hope Changed The Lives of Those
Who Believe
*The Better Hope Brought a Fulfilled Purpose and Hope
*The Better Hope Provided Righteousness to Men Who Could Not Attain
Righteousness Any Other Way
*The Better Hope Made it Possible to Draw Near To God