Hebrews 8:13

¹³In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.j

Hebrews 8 pivots from the priesthood of Melchizedek to its central claim: Jesus ministers in the true heavenly sanctuary, not an earthly copy. The chapter anchors this argument in Jeremiah's prophecy of a new covenant, showing that the old covenant was always designed to be temporar