Hebrews 8:6

⁶But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.c

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