To the People of the Tribes of Wrestles with Creator 8
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THE NEW CHIEF HOLY MAN
1The heart of what I am saying is that we now have this kind of chief holy man, one who has taken his place in the spirit-world above at the right hand of the seat of honor held by the Great Honored One. 2He serves as a holy man in the true sacred tent, the one pitched by our Honored Chief and not by human beings.
3Every chief holy man is chosen to offer ceremonial gifts and sacrifices, so our chief holy man must also have something to offer. 4Remember, if he were on earth, he would not be a holy man, seeing that there are holy men on earth who offer gifts required by our tribal law. 5But these holy men serve in a sacred tent that is only a dim shadow of the one in the spirit-world above. For Drawn from the Water (Moses) was given this counsel by the Great Spirit just before he completed making the sacred tent, “Make sure that everything you make follows the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.”#8:5 Exodus 25:40
A NEW AND BETTER PEACE TREATY
6So you can see that the Chosen One has been given a more honorable place as chief holy man than all the others. In the same way, the peace treaty he made for us with the Great Spirit is better than the first one, for it depends on better promises. 7For if there had been nothing wrong with the first peace treaty, then there would have been no need to look for a second one.
8But finding something wrong, the Great Spirit said to his people, “Behold! The time is coming when I will make a new peace treaty with the northern tribes of Wrestles with Creator (Israel) and the southern tribes of Give Him Praise (Judah). 9This peace treaty will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to walk them out of Black Land (Egypt). They did not honor that peace treaty, so I let them go their own way.
10“But here is the new peace treaty I will make with the tribes of Wrestles with Creator (Israel) after that time. I will plant my laws in their minds and carve them into their hearts. I will be their Great Spirit, and they will be my people, my sacred family. 11There will be no need to teach others to know their Honored Chief, for all, whether small or great, will know me. 12I will take pity on wrongdoers, and their broken ways I will remember no more.”#8:12 Jeremiah 31:34
13When Creator tells of a new peace treaty, this means he has done away with the first one—for it is old, worn out, and ready to fade away.
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