DISCOURSE: 2296 MELCHIZEDEC A TYPE OF CHRIST Hebrews 7:1. _For this Melchizedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2297 THE SUPERIORITY OF THE CHRISTIAN ABOVE THE MOSAIC DISPENSATION Hebrews 7:19. _The law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God_. THAT the Jewish religion is superseded by the Christian, is well known: but, why it is supersede... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2298 CHRIST’S PRIESTHOOD, AND ABILITY TO SAVE Hebrews 7:25. _Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them_. THE Mosaic economy was never intended to be either universal or perpetual; not universal,... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2299 CHRIST, A SUITABLE HIGH-PRIEST Hebrews 7:26. _Such an High-priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens_. WITHOUT the Epistle to the Hebrews, we could never have understood the true scope of the Levitical law, much less... [ Continue Reading ]