DISCOURSE: 2301
CHRIST ABOVE THE LEVITICAL PRIESTS
Hebrews 9:11. _Christ being come an High-priest of good things to
come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands,
that is to say, not of this building; neither by the blood of goats
and calves, but by his own blood he entered i... [ Continue Reading ]
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THE JEWISH SACRIFICES TYPICAL OF CHRIST’S
Hebrews 9:13. _If the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an
heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the
flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the
eternal Spirit offered himself without... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2303
NO REMISSION WITHOUT BLOOD
Hebrews 9:22. _Without shedding of blood is no remission_.
THE external administration of religion has been extremely different
in different ages of the world: but the method of acceptance with God
has been invariably the same. Before the Mosaic ritual was... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2304
USE OF TYPICAL PURIFICATIONS
Hebrews 9:23. _It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things
in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things
themselves with better things than these_.
THERE is very considerable difficulty in this passage. The scope of
the... [ Continue Reading ]
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THE HOLY OF HOLIES A TYPE
Hebrews 9:24. _Christ is not entered into the holy places made with
hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now
to appear in the presence of God for us_.
IT appears, at first sight, unworthy of God to appoint with such
precision ev... [ Continue Reading ]
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CHRIST’S APPEARANCE TO TAKE AWAY SIN
Hebrews 9:26. _Now once, in the end of the world, hath he appeared, to
put away sin by the sacrifice of himself_.
TO obtain a just knowledge of the Gospel, we should view it in its
connexion with the law; partly, in a way of comparison; and partl... [ Continue Reading ]
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CHRIST’S SECOND COMING
Hebrews 9:27. _As it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this
the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and
unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time, without
sin, unto salvation_.
IT is probable that many in... [ Continue Reading ]