One of the most misunderstood concepts in the Book of Hebrews is its teaching about Torah. This is due in part to interpretive mistakes, such as the claim that Hebrews 8 teaches that the first “covenant” is obsolete (more on this next month). Yet in reality, any mention by the author of “the Law” or the “old covenant,” especially in chapters 7 through 10, is never made as a narrow condemnation of the Torah, but is part of the author’s larger conversation about the levitical priesthood. The author discusses Levi’s priesthood at length only for the sake of comparing it to the better, more perfect priesthood of the Master Yeshua.
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