What is necessary where there is a covenant?

Answer

"For where a covenant is, there must also of necessity be the death of that which establishes it. For a
covenant is made firm over the dead victims; whereas it is of no force while that which established it lives!'
Heb. 9: 16, 17, Boothroyd's translation.

16. How did Christ reprove those who, though familiar with the letter of the Scriptures, failed to understand them?
What testimony did the chief priests and Pharisees bear concerning Christ's work?
Why did God confide in Abraham, and commit sacred trusts to him?
16. What inquiry on the part of Daniel shows that the fourth beast, and especially the little horn phase of it, constitutes the leading feature of this vision?
9. In what statement to the woman at Jacob's well did Jesus intimate that the ceremonial system of worship would be abolished?
What was the result of this message?
What did it lead Moses to do?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle