They were necessary to bring man into fellowship with God. It is very likely that the writer to the Hebrews did not know any Hebrew at all and therefore it is the Septuagint that he uses. Every priest stands daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins ( Hebrews 10:11 ): So they're busy. But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased." Jesus said, "In your patience, ye shall possess your souls" (Luke 21:19). This Esau never sought; and there never was one who did seek and failed to find it. Man never did nor could settle it without the word of God. The scholarly Bloomfield, writing on the importance of patience, says: 1. kata sarka greek kata sarka greek. Those who have been kept faithful in great trials for the time past have reason to hope that the same grace will be sufficient to help them still to live by faith, till they receive the end of their faith and patience, even the salvation of their souls. Are they both true of you? Now the apostle, having given this general account of the way by which we have access to God, enters further into the particulars of it, Hebrews 10:20; Hebrews 10:20. There are congregations which are as much clubs as they are churches. He goes out, deliberately and knowingly, just at the time of life when a man is most sensitive to the value of a grand sphere of influence, as well as exercise of his powers, wherein, too, he could have ordinarily exerted all in favour of his people. Verse 38. Do not throw away your confidence, for it is a confidence that has a great reward. This is the point of the next chapters (He 11 and 12). If we are ever to have fellowship with God, obedience is the only way. Why turn back to "meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein?". "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God;" a simple but a most sublime truth, and one that man never really found out that we are entirely dependent on faith for after all. Verse 36. He brought to God for men what no man had been able to bring--the perfect obedience, that was the perfect sacrifice. ( Hebrews 10:2 ). A man might be able to direct an enquirer to Buckingham Palace and yet be very far from having the right to take him into the presence of the Queen; but Jesus can take us the whole way. Before developing these, the apostle refers to the tabernacle itself in which these sacrifices were offered. What was the necessity for a new covenant if the old one would do as well? Those were now gone from the scene of their trials and labours, of "whom, considering the issue of their conversation, imitate the faith. Have done the will of God By keeping the faith, and patiently suffering for it. no mention of family or ancestors, "having neither beginning of days, nor end of life" neither is recorded in scripture; "but made like unto the Son of God, abideth a priest continually. "With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself. My trespasses have been put away. He sits there not merely as the proof of the perfectness with which He has purged our sins by Himself alone, but as the Priest; and accordingly it is not merely said "on high," but "in the heavens." One can well understand that the apostle would leave his readers to gather thus generally what it must have been. It was therefore necessary that the representations of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. Whether or not we still do, we must realize that no man knows when the summons to rise and go will come to him also. This is the greatest truth of Christian faith. 110-11. The hill of Zion up to this time had been the constant menace of the enemy against the people of the Lord; but in due time, when David reigned, it was wrested out of the hands of the Jebusites, and became the stronghold of Jerusalem, the city of the king. That we should consider one another, to provoke to love and to good works. This is of the deepest importance. Accordingly we have a remarkable line of blessing pursued for our instruction here. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do thy will, O God." The unsatisfactory Christian undermines the very foundations of the Church. He has been proved to be a divine person, and the true royal priest of whom not Aaron only but Melchisedec was the type. It is wise and necessary to examine closely what they mean. The sacrifice acceptable to, God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou, "For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge. Then you may bless God that He has so blessed you, and given you to know as true of yourself that which, if not so known, effectually prevents one from having the full joy and bearing the due witness as an unworldly and simple-hearted servant of Christ here below. They may be in neighbourhoods where the social status has come down; and the members who have remained faithful to them would be as much embarrassed as delighted if the poor people in the area came flooding in. I am not aware that it is, nor do I believe that it could be, ever used in such a sense as "covenanting victim," for which some contend. 2. Now the just shall live by faith: and if any man draw back, [God said] my soul shall have no pleasure in them. Because of Jesus the barrier of sin is for ever taken away. How they had suffered. General Search for 'Hebrews 9:4-:' within 'New American Standard Version' on StudyLight.org. It remains. You have sown a lot of happiness that way." For, says he, "we have an altar," yea, more than that, an altar, "whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle." It is continually cleansing us from all sins. This proves that the city of the heavenly Jerusalem does not mean the church, because here they are certainly distinguished from each other, which therefore completely settles all the argument that is often founded on Abraham's looking for a heavenly city. From the description we have in the scripture of the nature of God's vindictive justice, Hebrews 10:30; Hebrews 10:30. that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise: The doing and the receiving Paul speaks of here are in the future, and both require the Christians patience and steadfastness in obedience to the will of God. See how this word, this thought, always predominates in the epistle. They had been mightily supported under their former sufferings; they took their sufferings patiently, and not only so, but joyfully received it from God as a favour and honour conferred upon them that they should be thought worthy to suffer reproach for the name of Christ. For let me say this as a parting word, and I say it advisedly, because of circumstances that might well be before our hearts, no deliverance, however enjoyed, no place of death to law, world, or sin, no privilege of union with Christ, will enable a soul to dispense with the truths contained in this epistle to the Hebrews. It would have been sufficient had they been able to perfect man. But instead of leaping upon the princess, it met the unsheathed sword of the prince. "For a testament is of force after men are dead (or, in case of dead men, ): since it is never of force when the testator liveth. 32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; 33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used. It is still possible for a man to think that he is a Christian and yet abandon the habit of worshipping with God's people in God's house on God's day. They were afflicted in their estates, by the spoiling of their goods, by fines and forfeitures. My sins have been put away. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Christ's baptism ( Matthew 3) - This was specific to Jesus and His anointing (commission) to be our Savior and the associated testimony of the Holy Spirit and God. 'It was therefore a crisis after the most painful accumulation of evils that weighed on the heart of Israel. But they are trying to protect their national identity and they fight fiercely. David has been happy to be part of the Blue Letter Bible . The prophet tells his people that if they hold fast to their loyalty, God will see them through their present situation. To exhort one another, to exhort ourselves and each other, to warn ourselves and one another of the sin and danger of backsliding, to put ourselves and our fellow-christians in mind of our duty, of our failures and corruptions, to watch over one another, and be jealous of ourselves and one another with a godly jealousy. They were dead. "Into the second [goes] the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: the Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way of the holies was not yet made manifest, while as yet the first tabernacle was standing: which is a figure for the present time according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that could not, as pertaining to the conscience, make him that did the religious service perfect; which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation." His shadow was cast over the past history. "Be mindful of those in bonds, as bound with them; and of those which suffer adversity." Now he leaves it to the consciences of all, appeals to universal reason and equity, whether such aggravated crimes ought not to receive a suitable punishment, a sorer punishment than those who had died without mercy? Consequently, when He comes again to them that look for Him, it is simply to bring them into all the eternal results of that great salvation. That after ye have done the will of God - That is, in bearing trials, for the reference here is particularly to afflictions.Ye might receive the promise - The promised inheritance or reward - in heaven. the task of translating the Old Testament into Greek was begun in Alexandria in Egypt. Christ never needed this, but we do. "For every high priest is constituted to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. 3. The other descendants of Abraham honoured the house of Aaron as Levitical priests; but Abraham himself, and so Levi himself, and of course Aaron, in his loins honoured Melchisedec. evil, learn to do good" ( Isaiah 1:11-20). Indeed both should die; for it usually consists of two parties who are thus bound, and therefore, were the maxim true, both ought to die, which is an evident absurdity. Oh how happy is the man to whom God does not impute iniquity." Not so Moses. But what punishment can be sorer than to die without mercy? keystyle mmc corp login; thomson reuters drafting assistant user guide. From the description he gives of the sin of apostasy. And now a tiger, drawn by the scent of human flesh, circling the pit, and then the fast footsteps as it approached and leaped into the pit. There we have those that compose the church, in allusion to Christ, contrasted with the position of Israel as a nation, because of the nearness which they possess by the grace of Christ known on high. This shows that, beyond question, among the Jews of that day, Psalms 110:1-7 was understood to refer to the Christ alone. (a) He may not go to church because of fear. Of this we saw somewhat inHebrews 10:1-39; Hebrews 10:1-39. What, then, is man's actual estate? We are exposed to manifold injuries, obloquies, and sufferings, which we have need of patience to bear; 4. He had shown the work of Christ and His coming again in glory. He said, "No, I have come to prove to you how much I've always loved you. He will have nothing more to do with sin. It is a way that Christ has consecrated for us through the veil, that is, his flesh. What mountain in the Old Testament so much speaks of grace, of God's merciful interference for His people when all was lost? Thus does the apostle reason on it: "For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh" (which the Jew would not contest): "how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to do religious service to the living God? As Moffatt translates it: "Your words have kept men on their feet" ( Job 4:4). But in those sacrifices there was a reminder again made for sins every year ( Hebrews 10:3 ). Hebrews 10:36-39. He's not some senile Santa in the sky. You're in no position to call the shots. And if you are one with Christ then you are making Christ a partaker and bringing Him as one with a harlot." The answer is, by sacrifice. It is implied here that this promise will not be received unless we are patient in our trials, and the prospect of this reward should encourage us to endure them. All jokes aside, Hebrews 10:26 is an oft-abused scripture. He only removes obstructions, and maintains our communion with Himself; surely this ought to settle every question for the believer. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. [1.] We know that he has said, Vengeance is mine. This it was of all consequence to have stated first. It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God. He that possesses the one must not eschew the other. Then follows the heavenly glory, to which grace naturally leads; then the natural inhabitants of the heavenly land, namely, the angels "and to myriads of angels, the general assembly." Carefully observe that it is the tabernacle, never the temple. In Jesus' name. For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. Thus, before he enters on the subject of the sacrifices at length, he takes notice of the covenants, and thence he draws a conclusion from the well-known prophecy in Jeremiah, where God declares that the days were coming when He would make a new covenant. I am hopelessly and helplessly lost apart from Jesus Christ. The motive or reason enforcing this duty: He is faithful that hath promised. No figure therefore would be more natural than that, if God intended certain persons called to have an inheritance, there should be a testament about the matter. Hannibal of Carthage was the one general who had routed the Roman legions. StudyLght.org. "Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.". Psalms 110:1-7, which, as all the Jews owned, spoke., throughout its greater part at least, of the Messiah and His times, shows us Jehovah Himself by an oath, which is afterwards reasoned on signifying that another priest should arise after a different order from that of Aaron. Indeed, not being revealed of old, according to the apostle, it is altogether a mistake to go to the Old Testament for that truth. Hebrews 9:1-28 brings us into the types of the Levitical ritual, priesthood and sacrifice. It is impossible that they could actually take away your sins. What fellowship hath light with darkness? For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. Heaven and earth have not been united, nor have they been in fact possessed for the blessing of man by the power of God, since sin severed between the earth and that which is above it, and the prince of the power of the air perverted all, so that what should have been, according to God's nature and counsels, the source of every blessing, became rather the point from which the guilty conscience of man cannot but look for judgment. To mount Zion. 65:17, Isaiah 66:22-24, 2 Peter 3:10-13, Revelation 21:1-7) to live with them (Hebrews 4:1-9, Hebrews 12:2-24), in all eternity in peace, love, and joy. So far from that, in them there is a year by year reminder of sin. The word he uses is eikon ( G1504) , which means a complete representation, a detailed reproduction. . The shadow, it's not the substance. Here it is the grand truth itself in its own character. The exhortation is based on a number of considerations, among which are these: (1) We have a great high priest who has opened up the new and living way through the veil, that is to say, his flesh. It echoes former warnings (cf. Compare alsoEphesians 2:1-22; Ephesians 2:1-22. Hence He crowns the noble army of witnesses with Christ Himself. First, He makes a scene where sin enters at once. He requires also profession or confession, for it is not true faith except it shows itself before men. Commentary on Hebrews 10:26-31. The Christian's present conflict may be sharp, but it will be soon over. I mean his sins now; not sin as a principle, but in fact, though it be only for faith. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do, thy will, O God." The last chapter (Hebrews 13:1-25) follows this up with some practical exhortations as to brotherly love continuing; then as to kindness to strangers, or hospitality; finally, as to pity for those in bonds. How happy is the man whose sins and iniquities, God said, I will remember no more. The writer to the Hebrews was not saying anything new when he said that obedience was the only true sacrifice. The grounds why Canaan could not consistently be made prominent in this epistle as a present thing, but only as a hope, we have already seen. This text has been the occasion of great distress to some gracious souls they have been ready to conclude that every wilful sin, after conviction and against knowledge, is the unpardonable sin: but this has been their infirmity and error. Next the apostle, with increasing boldness, comes to the proof from the Old Testament that the legal institution as a whole was to be set aside. The third point is how to walk with God, and this again is by faith. Accordingly we have the third use of the seat Christ has taken. 37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. But they are completely gone; and therefore at God's right-hand sits down He who is its witness. Thus the cross and heavenly glory must go together. It is not so much the power but the love of God which must conquer in the end. The reasons will be given in a moment. This is just the closing practical word of the epistle to the Hebrews. He is the Lord of glory. She turned on him in anger saying, "What have you done? Verse 36 and through the end of this chapter conclude the fourth great exhortation of Hebrews. He is describing, then, the indwelling of Christ by the Spirit, the recognition of an indwelling Christ who offers to clothe himself with our personality and is prepared to live his life over again in our circumstances, right where we are. Accordingly it is shown that such an one becomes an adversary of the Lord, and God will deal with him as such. For Christ, on whom the promises depend. You can't go back to the old system. 24 Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. For by one offering he has perfected for ever them that are sanctified ( Hebrews 10:13-14 ). They don't understand that to become a Christian is to become a completed Jew. [Note: Ibid., p. We may remember how the dying soldier lad looked up at Florence Nightingale and murmured: "You're Christ to me.". Here, it is plain, we have the chief lineaments of revealed truth. To mark that as yet the veil was unrent. ], "The safeguard against degeneration, isolation, and consequent failure is to make progress in the Christian life, and to proceed from point to point from an elementary to the richest, fullest, deepest experience." He beholds them with great displeasure; they are an offence to him. 32 But # Gal. [Note: Morris, pp. They were the only ones that used the Hebrew language. They have counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing; that is, the blood of Christ, with which the covenant was purchased and sealed, and wherewith Christ himself was consecrated, or wherewith the apostate was sanctified, that is, baptized, visibly initiated into the new covenant by baptism, and admitted to the Lord's supper. In burnt offerings [the Lord said in Psalms] and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Let them not throw it away. After the Babylonian captivity, the Hebrew language was almost dead. God alone who spake it into being can pronounce upon it. Accordingly, this is an appeal to the hearts. Thus it will be observed, at the end of all the moral and experimental dealings with the first man (manifested in Israel), we come to a deeply momentous point, as in God's ways, so in the apostle's reasoning. He is the same unchangingly and evermore, as He has ever been. 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