OF THE SANCTUARY, AND OF THE TRUE TABERNACLE; of the true heavenly sanctuary and tabernacle, of which the earthly is only a type, verse Hebrews 8:5. As Jesus Christ is a High-priest and Mediator in all respects such as we need, it is wrong to trust in or acknowledge any other.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT THIS MAN; Christ, if he would perform the office of a priest.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT BE A PRIEST; he could not on earth officiate as a priest according to the Jewish law, because he did not belong to the tribe from which alone priests could be taken. He therefore, after having offered himself a sacrifice, ascended for the further discharge of his priestly office to heaven, of wh... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO SERVE UNTO THE EXAMPLE AND SHADOW OF HEAVENLY THINGS; that is, who minister to the earthly tabernacle, which is but a type and shadow of the true tabernacle above where Christ ministers. AS MOSES WAS ADMONISHED; Exodus 25:40. ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN SHOWED TO THEE IN THE MOUNT; apparently a re... [ Continue Reading ]
HE; Christ. A MORE EXCELLENT MINISTRY; than the Jewish priests. BETTER COVENANT; than that formed with Israel at Sinai. BETTER PROMISES; securing greater blessings. As the gospel dispensation is the last that God will ever grant to men, those who live under it and yet are not by it led to repenta... [ Continue Reading ]
FIRST COVENANT; that at Sinai. THE SECOND; that of the gospel.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH THEM; according to some, with the provisions of the covenant at Sinai, as not adapted to give perfection, chap Hebrews 7:11; Hebrews 7:18-19. But we may more naturally refer the words to those who lived under the covenant. It was in connection with severe rebukes that this promise was given of... [ Continue Reading ]
PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MIND, AND-THEIR HEARTS; deeply and permanently impress them on their minds, and incline their hearts to obey them. AND I WILL BE their God, AND THEY SHALL BE my people. In the gospel covenant, God not only makes known to his people his will, but secures their obedience to it.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL SHALL KNOW ME; he would by his word and Spirit impart to them such knowledge of himself as should incline them to walk in his ways.... [ Continue Reading ]
MERCIFUL TO THEIR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS; pardon their sins, and not so remember as to punish them.... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE THE FIRST OLD; declared it to be old, and as such approaching its end, as the writer immediately proceeds to show. Momentous truth is often conveyed in the Bible by a single word, a change of which would greatly alter the sense, and give a different meaning to what is revealed. Hence the Holy G... [ Continue Reading ]