Hebrews 8:1-13

Hebrews 8:1 and 2:

^8:1But (the) heading on the-things being said: we have this-kind-of chief-priest who sat-down in (the) right-side of the throne of the Greatness in the heavens, ^.2an official-servant of the Holies, even of the tent, the true (tent) which the Lord pitched, not man.

The heading (main point, principal part, chief thing, top, the summit) resting or based on the collection of words that Paul is laying out before us is:  

• we have this kind/sort of chief-priest (such a high priest, referring to Jesus continuing from ‘chapter 7’)
• who sat-down in the right-hand side (he sat within the sphere of action of and is continuing at the right side, which gives him the authority, power, honor, blessing, grace, approval, and excellence being an extension of the power, etc, of the One Whose side he is at)
  • of the throne (the high seat designated for a king and so would include all the regal authority associated with that position)
  • of the Greatness in the heavens (the Majesty, the One Who is in the condition/state of being great, large in magnitude, quality, rank, importance, depth, measure, etc, the One in Whom greatness is evidenced and exemplified in the heavens; God is the Greatness within the realm of the heavens, figuratively referring to the spirit realm),
• an official-servant of the Holies (one who has/holds an office, work, official-duty pertaining to public service attending to his superior, God; this chief-priest is an official-servant performing and carrying-out his official service pertaining to the area being holy, sanctified, set-apart to/for God, containing only who and what are holy),
  • even of the tent (with emphasis referring to the covering or sheltering structure within which the chief-priest performs his priestly duties and meets with God; this word is sometimes translated ‘tabernacle’, it is also referred to as the Holy of Holies),
    • emphatically and specifically the true tent (its quality and essence is trueness, its consistency is truth, this tent is not a copy or an example, but it is the actual, real, genuine tent)
    • which the Lord pitched (God Himself fixed, fastened, firmly stuck, set-up, erected this tent),
    • not man (not any of mankind, not even Jesus).

[Reference: Psalm 110:1; Acts 7:44, 15:16; Romans 13:6, 15:16; Ephesians 1:19-23; Philippians 2:25; I Thessalonians 1:9; Hebrews 1:3 and 8, 3:1, 4:14 and 16, 6:19 and 20, 7:26-28, 9:24, 10:12.]

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