adCited from Jer. 31:31-34
Psalms 78:68-69
68but he chose the tribe of Judah,Mount Zion, which he aloves.
69He bbuilt his sanctuary like the high heavens,
like the earth, which he has founded forever.
Psalms 132:13-14
13 For the Lord has cchosen Zion;he has ddesired it for his dwelling place:
14“This is my eresting place forever;
here I will fdwell, for I have desired it.
John 4:21-23
21Jesus said to her, g“Woman, believe me, hthe hour is coming when ineither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 jYou worship what you do not know; kwe worship what we know, for lsalvation is mfrom the Jews. 23But nthe hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father oin spirit and ptruth, for the Father qis seeking such people to worship him.Acts 6:14
14for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth rwill destroy this place and will schange tthe customs that Moses delivered to us.”Hebrews 8:5-13
5They serve ua copy and vshadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, w“See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.” 6But as it is, Christ ▼▼Greek he
has obtained a ministry that is yas much more excellent than the old as zthe covenant aahe mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. 7 abFor if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second. 8For he finds fault with them when he says: ▼
▼Some manuscripts For finding fault with it he says to them
ad“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,
when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah,
9not like the covenant that I made with their fathers
on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
For they did not continue in my covenant,
and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord.
10 aeFor this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws into their minds,
and afwrite them on their hearts,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
11And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor
and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
for they shall agall know me,
from the least of them to the greatest.
12For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,
ahand I will remember their sins no more.”
13In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And aiwhat is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
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