DISCOURSE: 2268 CHRIST’S ASCENSION TO GLORY Hebrews 1:3. _Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high_. A REVELATION of God,... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2269 CHRIST’S INCARNATION Hebrews 1:6. _When he bringeth in the First-begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him_. IF God had been pleased to try our faith, he might have required us to believe whatsoever he should reveal, even though he should mention i... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2270 EXCELLENCY OF CHRIST’S PERSON AND GOVERNMENT Hebrews 1:8. _Unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom_. IN the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Apostle’s main object is to shew, that the Jewish ritual was compl... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2271 CHRIST’S SUPERIORITY TO ANGELS Hebrews 1:10. _Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: they shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2272 THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS Hebrews 1:14. _Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?_ THE superiority of Christ to angels occupies the mind of the Apostle throughout this chapter. He has illustrated it already in a very convinc... [ Continue Reading ]