4. He honours the work of Christ, according to His estimate of its efficacy, as it is only according to His counsels about us for Christ's glory. From the description he gives of the sin of apostasy. So the encouragement is to hold fast the profession; don't waiver. As a Christian I am now free, by God's will, to go in peace and assurance of His love into the holiest of all yes, now. But meanwhile we have not yet entered on the rest of God. Hannibal wintered his troops in Capua which he had captured, a city of luxury. The apostle argues that, just as the blood of the beast was brought into the holiest of all, while the body of the same animal was taken outside the camp and burnt, so this too must be made good in our portion. Those were now gone from the scene of their trials and labours, of "whom, considering the issue of their conversation, imitate the faith. Now the apostle puts them upon observing what signs there were of the approach of such a terrible day, and upon being the more constant in meeting together and exhorting one another, that they might be the better prepared for such a day. This epistle insists on the blood of Christ, making all to turn on that efficacious work for us. His deliverance was strange; still more his decision and its results. "For by it the elders obtained a good report." In truth, the substratum was the same, and therefore it was not only quite lawful so to call it, but if he had not, the design would have been marred. It was hid in God from ages and generations. He taketh away the first" (that is, the law), "that he may establish the second" (that is, God's will, often unintelligently confounded by men with the law, which is here set in the most manifest contradistinction). But this man [Jesus Christ], after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God ( Hebrews 10:12 ); It's complete. 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. And I know many, many Jews that would become Christians, but they are afraid they would no longer be a Jew. Because the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins ( Hebrews 10:2 ). 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. Even non-believing Jews keep Sabbath; eat kosher. 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And having a high priest over the house of God; 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. "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." This it was of all consequence to have stated first. And a thousand of them, a thousand streetwalkers in the city every night. The apostle tells us the way and means by which Christians enjoy such privileges, and, in general, declares it to be by the blood of Jesus, by the merit of that blood which he offered up to God as an atoning sacrifice: he has purchased for all who believe in him free access to God in the ordinances of his grace here and in the kingdom of his glory. Again and again the High Priest bathed himself in the laver of clear water. Our way to heaven is by a crucified Saviour; his death is to us the way of life. 10:1-10 Because the law is only a pale shadow of the blessings which are to come and not a real image of these things, it can never really fit for the fellowship of God those who seek to draw near to his presence with the sacrifices which have to be brought year by year and which go on for ever. Hence they apply some terms to the work of God in nature similar to what they apply to His work in grace. "And, as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, paid tithes in Abraham. (1.) Nowhere does the apostle give the smallest occasion for such a thought. He does not think merely for the thrill of intellectual satisfaction but only that he may the more forcibly appeal to men to enter into the presence of God. (4.) For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. That is, he sought carefully with tears the blessing given to Jacob; but there was no room left for repentance, simply in the sense of change of mind; for, I suppose, the word here has that sense, which sometimes, no doubt, it has. He has shown its the symbolic mount Of grace in Zion, contrasted with Sinai the mountain of law. 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? Would he give up Isaac? He sat down there as of His own right and title, but nevertheless making a part of His divine glory to be witnessed in, as indeed His person was necessary to make His blood efficacious to the purging of our sins. They felt that the people should have the Bible in a language they could understand, and so they translated the Old Testament scriptures into Greek. For, says he, "we have an altar," yea, more than that, an altar, "whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle." To their astonishment, they found that the princess was in good shape, still tied in the center of the pit. And, (3.) They really mar the sense, because they draw attention not to the truth in itself so much as its application to us, which is not the point in Hebrews 9:1-28, but rather ofHebrews 10:1-39; Hebrews 10:1-39. [3.] 19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, He who, having professed to value the blessing of God abandons it, and rushes here below into the sins of the flesh knowingly and deliberately, is evidently no Christian at all. When you spread forth your hands. The writer here declares his confidence in them. It is not so much the power but the love of God which must conquer in the end. Then we hear of "Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant" the pledge of Israel's full and changeless blessing. But now those under the gospel who will not accept of Christ, that they may be saved by him, have no other refuge left them. Here the meaning is the saving of one's daily life (He 10:32-39). This one simple act to hear and or read with your heart the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and believe and trust you will receive the gift of faith that comes from God our Father (Romans 10:17 The value of the studying of Leviticus and the studying of the law, to the Christian, is that it foreshadows the work of Jesus Christ, the offering of Jesus Christ, and the high priestly nature of Jesus Christ. "For this he did once, when he offered up himself. The Christian's present conflict may be sharp, but it will be soon over. The Christian stands between the cross and the glory of the Lord Jesus. Once again the writer to the Hebrews is drawing a series of implicit contrasts between the sacrifice that Jesus offered and the animal sacrifices that the priests offer. And of what did Christianity speak? Choose a verse from 'Hebrews 10' to begin your 'Verse-by-Verse' study of God's Word using the more than 100 commentaries available on StudyLight.org. Every change of mind is far from being repentance, which doctrinally means that special and profound revolution in the soul when we take God's part against ourselves, judging our past ways, yea, what we are in His sight. So here the Psalms acquire a meaning self-evidently true, the moment Christ is brought in, who is the truth, and nothing less. The Lord has waited, but the days of waiting are almost over. But God took care to summon His children outside to abandon the whole system before it was destroyed. He is showing us the efficacy of Christ's death. Lectionary Calendar. All within the kingdom rejoiced.In the meantime, the princess had again been incarcerated because the court's judgment had not been executed. The answer is, by sacrifice. The writer to the Hebrews was not saying anything new when he said that obedience was the only true sacrifice. So far from erasing his sin, they underline it. III. Again, she was brought to trial and now the verdict was to be given. Are they both true of you? All this is a gradual undermining the wall until the whole structure is overthrown. But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant." Before developing these, the apostle refers to the tabernacle itself in which these sacrifices were offered. It is hard to keep clear of both. Christ has gone into the presence of God," having obtained eternal redemption." Accordingly we find everything about Moses. Had the energetic activity of faith been first noticed, it would have made more of man; but when the heart had been disciplined in quiet endurance, and lowly expectancy from God, then he could be clothed with the energy of the Spirit. Jesus alone. Then he descends to a new or fresh covenant (not , as elsewhere, but ), the recently inaugurated covenant for the two houses of the ancient people. Then comes a total change: God takes up the matter Himself, acting in view of man's sin; but in Jesus, in the very Messiah for whom the Jews were waiting, he has put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself, and has accomplished this mighty work, as admirably befitting the goodness of God, as it alone descends low enough to reach the vilest man, and yet deliver him with a salvation which only the more humbles man and glorifies God. They must first do the will of God before they receive the promise; and, after they have done the will of God, they have need of patience to wait for the time when the promise shall be fulfilled; they have need of patience to live till God calls them away. (i) Jesus is the living way to the presence of God. That is why he says as he enters the world: "You did not desire sacrifice and offering; it is a body you have prepared for me. He is evidently gone into the holiest of all in His own person. You cannot come to God by the first covenant.There are always those who want to come to God on their terms. (2.) 297. For it is a good thing that the heart be established in grace." If we live by faith, and die in faith, our souls will be safe for ever. You ought to have the consciousness that there is no judgment for you with God by-and-by, however truly He, as a Father, judges you now on earth. It is the assembly composed of certain individuals that make it up, regarded either as brethren, as in the second chapter ("In the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee"), or as the church of the first-born ones, as in Hebrews 12:1-29, persons who drew their title from Christ the first-born Heir. Here the apostle warns those that turn their back on Christ's one sacrifice. During a time of rebellion, she went out and lived in open adultery with the leader of the rebellion. (1.) So hold fast this profession of faith. Therefore his sacrifice cannot and need not ever be made again. Let us then seek to combine these two things perfect nearness to God, and the place of utter scorn in the presence of man. Read full chapter Hebrews 10:36 in all English translations Hebrews 9 Hebrews 11 New International Version (NIV) "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, laying aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking off unto Jesus the captain and completer of faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.". In the pit was a post, and those victims, who were so executed, were tied to the post. it has been said that a saint is someone in whom Christ stands revealed; we can seek ever to incite others to goodness by showing them Christ. He does not reason from the singular circumstance that there was no incense, any more than sacrifice. He is the same unchangingly and evermore, as He has ever been. It cost many of them their families. 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." Instead of having one person illustrating one thing, another person another, the Lord Jesus sums up the perfection of all trial in His own pathway, not as Saviour only, but in the point of view of bearing witness in His ways for God here below. He brings proof. Those have done despite unto the Spirit of grace, the Spirit that is graciously given to men, and that works grace wherever it is,--the Spirit of grace, that should be regarded and attended to with the greatest care,--this Spirit they have grieved, resisted, quenched, yea, done despite to him, which is the highest act of wickedness, and makes the case of the sinner desperate, refusing to have the gospel salvation applied to him. For another thing, the life and death of Jesus was an act of perfect obedience and, therefore, the only perfect sacrifice. There remains for them only a certain fearful looking for of judgment, Hebrews 10:27; Hebrews 10:27. (ii) We must worship together. To "hold unswervingly" to this hope is to live according to it. This deeply interesting chapter closes with the reason why those who had thus not only lived but died in faith did not get the promise: "God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." As the crier stepped forth, he said, "Hear ye, hear ye, the decision of the supreme council." Grace be with you all. That the word ( ) in this connection means "testator" appears to me beyond just question. 806. (b) It need not be repeated. What was this "better thing"? The best that they could do was to give him a distant and spasmodic contact with God. For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins ( Hebrews 10:26 ). 1. He sees that duty extend in three directions. Such is the true sense of the passage. From henceforth [or from now on] just waiting until his enemies be made his footstool. For although outwardly, no doubt, the prosperity lasted in the time of Solomon, it was mainly the fruit of David's suffering, and power, and glory. For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. If life is the road to Christ none can afford to miss it or to stop half-way. There is then the solemn admonition of the account they are to render by-and-by. But then there are impediments as well as sin, by which the enemy would keep us from the race set before us; whilst God carries on His discipline in our favour. Here observe, (1.) 2. This was the very difficulty that the Jew pleaded; but now, in point of fact, it was only what the Psalm of Messiah insisted on, the law itself bearing witness of a priest superior to any under the law. And they need not fear to cease being a Jew by becoming a Christian. "This is the covenant," says he, "that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Showing that it did not bring that to them under the old covenant, however, the glorious thing is that in this new covenant through Jesus Christ, once being purged, we really should not have any more consciousness of sins. Obviously far more people in the ancient world read Greek than Hebrew. He currently serves now as the senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Santa Barbara. Now two things can be done concerning your sins. Thus Melchisedec, "whose descent is not of Aaron nor of Levi," like Jesus, "received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises!" He only removes obstructions, and maintains our communion with Himself; surely this ought to settle every question for the believer. At the heart of Christianity there remains for ever a threat. When he punishes them by creatures, the instrument abates something of the force of the blow; but, when he does it by his own hand, it is infinite misery. divers: Hebrews 11:36-Zechariah :, 1 Peter 1:6-Ruth :, 2 Peter 2:9, Revelation 2:10 Reciprocal: Judges 14:14 - Out of the eater 1 Kings 17:17 - the son of the woman Job 23:10 - he hath Proverbs 18:14 - spirit Proverbs 27:17 - so Proverbs 29:6 - but Ecclesiastes 7:3 - by Daniel 11:35 - to try Habakkuk 3:18 - I will rejoice Matthew 5:12 - Rejoice . Rightly then we begin with Zion, and thence may we trace the path of glory up to God Himself, and down to the kingdom here below. They have trodden under foot the Son of God. Many a time a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept a man on his feet. Both are true; and Moses is the type of the latter, as Abraham of the former. Matthew 1-10 Matthew 11-28 Mark Luke John 1-7 John 8-21 Acts Romans 1, 2 Corinthians Galatians-Ephesians Philippians-Colossians-1, 2 Thessalonians 1, 2 Timothy-Titus-Philemon Hebrews James-1, 2 Peter 1,2,3 John-Jude Revelation 1-5 Revelation 6-22 . To the writer to the Hebrews the whole business of sacrifice was only a pale copy of what real worship ought to be. So far from purifying a man, they remind him that he is not purified and that his sins still stand between him and God. As the day begins, as the day ends and ever and again in the midst of its activities, we should turn aside, if only for a moment, and enter God's presence. And the apostle would that their work of watching might be done with joy, and not groaning for this would be unprofitable for the saints. And so there is a real substance in Jesus. Jesus was the perfect sacrifice because he perfectly did God's will. V. Having mentioned these means of establishment, the apostle proceeds, in the close of the chapter, to enforce his exhortations to perseverance, and against apostasy, by many very weighty considerations, Hebrews 10:26; Hebrews 10:27, c. 1. For in a short time, a very short time, "He who is to come will come and he will not delay. In burnt offerings [the Lord said in Psalms] and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. It may be observed, too, that the Holy Ghost appears but little in this epistle. He taketh away the first, that he might establish the second ( Hebrews 10:8-9 ). 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. 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