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A NEW COVENANT FOR GOD'S PEOPLE 105
sus became the mediator of the promised new
covenant by virtue of the perfect sacrifice of himself.
Moses had been the mediator of the Law
covenant with Israel, and because he was an imperfect
descendant from Adam he could not offer
the better sacrifice for a covenant that actually
could take human sins away . Moses prophesied
that Jehovah God would raise up from the Israelites
a prophet like Moses but far greater than
Moses. Deuteronomy 18 :15-18 Jesus became
that prophet greater than Moses . Like Moses he
became the mediator of a covenant, but a perfect
mediator of a better covenant . "But now Jesus
has obtained a more excellent public service, so