Hebrews 7:18 Meaning and Explanation
“For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.”
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Read Full Chapter →The former commandment is set aside because it was weak and unable to accomplish what was needed.
What Does Hebrews 7:18 Mean?
The writer speaks of the earlier commandment, the legal order bound to the Aaronic priesthood, being set aside. He is careful about why: not because it was evil, but because it was weak and could not bring people through to the goal.
The law was holy and good, yet it could not make the worshiper perfect or grant lasting access to God. It pointed forward without itself arriving. So God, in His wisdom, lays the provisional aside to bring in something stronger. The admission of weakness is not a complaint against God's gift but a window onto the greater gift He always intended to give in Christ.
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What does Hebrews 7:18 mean?
The former commandment is set aside because it was weak and unable to accomplish what was needed.