The Epistle to the Hebrews part CLXXXX

Jeremiah 31:34
"And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."
When will that happen? When Christ sets up His 1000 year earthy kingdom, and those who with Paul receive the revelation upon which Christ builds His Church. There is no direct Church language in this Epistle to the Hebrews. You'll find almost nothing that pertains directly to the body of Christ. In other words, you don’t see the term "The body of Christ." There is not that emphasis on Salvation through faith alone in the death, burial and resurrection. And there is certainly no reference to pastors, bishops, deacons and elders in Hebrews because again, it’s not directed to the Gentile Church. This letter does not address the body of Christ as such, but all the things I trust we’ve been learning now over these last seven or eight chapters are fundamental truths on which the body of Christ rests. Even Romans chapter 3 when Paul says:

Romans 3:21
"But now the righteousness of God without the Law is manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the prophets:"
So everything is a progressive revelation and Hebrews is one of those sections of Scripture that, even though it’s not directly addressed to the Gentile or the body of Christ, it shows us the fundamental truths that were so necessary for our Gospel to come about. We also find that in all of Hebrews there is this constant comparison of that which was good (was in the past, but failed because of mans ignorance, by way a external dependency of self-will or the flesh), to that which is better (is now). In fact, back up to verse 6 - what’s the first two words?

Hebrews 8:6a
"But now…"
In other words, that which was past is past but now, see?

Hebrews 8:6b
"…hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, (see, that constant comparison and ) by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, (Better than that which was before, the old covenant) which was established upon better promises."
I really love this! Yes, the Law was good. Judaism was good as far as it went, but now, that has faded off and is folded up like an old garment and now we’ve got things that are far Better. Now verse 7.

Hebrews 8:7
"For if (conditional) that first covenant (the Covenant containing the Law) had been faultless, (if it had been perfect) then (there) should be no place have been sought for a second."
And its just this one fact that many don't get their heads around or through their thick skulls. That stands to reason doesn’t it? Again, "If it ain’t broke - don’t fix it." It’s only when something is amiss that we dive into it and make corrections. So Paul says: "if the first had been perfect, there’d be no need to correct it." But it wasn’t, it wasn't perfect it was flawed because of man and even our Gospel is flawed for the same reason. Carnal men have done their utter most to try to make it something it is NOT. It was fleshly and weak, it only dealt with the external or material things and depended on mans sufficiency. The Better depends on God's sufficiency and His working within us when we become receptive as a little child and simply believe Him, and trust Him to do all that He has promised. And when we do He counts it as faith and we become as Abraham was righteous.

Hebrews 8:8
"For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold the days come, saith the Lord, when I will (future) make a new (better) covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:"
That’s not addressed to the Church, but it is in the spiritual sense. The New Covenant, even in Jeremiah (we’re going to look at it after a bit), was never addressed to the Gentile Church; it was addressed to Israel and we’ll look at that. Oh if only people could separate the Hebrews form Israel and the Church, how the Scriptures would just open up to them. Israel is not as supposed in the natural or carnal sense, it with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob have to do with those who would be the “willing” as a little child, to come out from among them and then to walk by simple trust. We'll see the acts of trust listed alter here in Hebrews chapter 11.

Hebrews 8:9
"Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord."
To get a hold on this we need to look at Exodus 32:8; Deuteronomy 29:25, 31:16-18 and those that these verses may have reference to in your study Bible provided you have a good one.