HEB. 7:1-2. FOR THIS MELCHISEDEC, 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, AND AFTER THAT ALSO KING OF SALEM, WHICH IS, K... [ Continue Reading ]
Heb. 7:3-18. Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. Now consider how great this man (was), unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. And verily they... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 7:19. FOR THE LAW MADE NOTHING PERFECT, BUT THE BRINGING IN A BETTER HOPE (DID); BY THE WHICH WE DRAW NIGH UNTO GOD. Some of Edwards' texts appear in most unexpected places. Heb. 7:19 thus comes in as evidence "Concerning the Endless Punishment of Those Who Die Impenitent." The argument is as... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 7:20-24. AND INASMUCH AS NOT WITHOUT AN OATH (HE WAS MADE PRIEST); (FOR THOSE PRIESTS WERE MADE WITHOUT AN OATH; BUT THIS WITH AN OATH BY HIM THAT SAID UNTO HIM, THE LORD SWARE AND WILL NOT REPENT, THOU ART A PRIEST FOR EVER AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHISEDEC:) BY SO MUCH WAS JESUS MADE A SURETY OF... [ Continue Reading ]
Heb. 7:25 HEB. 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. In _Concerning Faith, _ we read: § 69. Faith implies a cleaving of the heart to Christ; because a trusting in others is spoken of as a depart... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 7:26-28. FOR SUCH A HIGH PRIEST BECAME US, (WHO IS) HOLY, HARMLESS, UNDEFILED, SEPARATE FROM SINNERS, AND MADE HIGHER THAN THE HEAVENS; WHO NEEDETH NOT DAILY, AS THOSE HIGH PRIESTS, TO OFFER UP SACRIFICE, FIRST FOR HIS OWN SINS, AND THEN FOR THE PEOPLE'S; FOR THIS HE DID ONCE, WHEN HE OFFERED U... [ Continue Reading ]