CHRIST IS THE END OF THE LAW _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THE writer proceeds to compare, or rather contrast, the ordinances of ministration under the two priesthoods. 1. The older ceremonial indicated that the way into the holiest was not made plain. In Christ it is made plain. 2. The whole se... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 9:6. THUS ORDAINED.—Prepared, or adapted to their several purposes. WENT ALWAYS.—Regularly, systematically. SERVICE.—Public religious services; λατρείας. These included morning and evening oblations, sacrifices for special occasions, and private offerings of... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 9:11. GOOD THINGS TO COME.—Lit. “who procures future blessings”; in the sense of spiritual blessings. _Farrar_ suggests the reading “of the good things that have come.” Compare the expressions “last days,” “latter days.” TABERNACLE.—Representing heaven, the s... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 9:18. THE FIRST COVENANT.—Reverting to the older and safer term. Hebrews 9:16, are a sort of aside, a sudden thought that came to the writer, somewhat in the Pauline manner. DEDICATED.—Or “initiated.” There was a foreshadowing of the death of Christ in the bl... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 9:23. PATTERNS.—Copies, outlines, earthly representations. THESE.—Blood-sheddings; sacrifices of beasts. HEAVENLY THINGS.—Spiritual things; things of conscience and will; the spiritual realities of sin against God and broken relations with Him. BETTER SACRIFI... [ Continue Reading ]