_KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS_ ‘Being by interpretation King of Righteousness.’ Hebrews 7:2 Righteousness and peace, as Delitzsch has it, form, in the Old Testament prophecy, the characteristic of the times of the Messiah. Just as He is entitled King of Righteousness, so He is called also King of Peace.... [ Continue Reading ]
_KING OF PEACE_ ‘Being, by interpretation … also King of Salem, which is, King of Peace.’ Hebrews 7:2 We go on by an easy step from righteousness to peace; and indeed we must be always jealous that we travel in this order—taking righteousness on the way to peace. For if God had not first been tru... [ Continue Reading ]
_EVIDENTIAL VALUE OF THE EUCHARIST_ ‘It is witnessed that He liveth.’ Hebrews 7:8 Amidst the manifold, the inexhaustible significance of the Holy Communion, there is one side or element not very often dwelt upon, but which is fit to be of the utmost help in some states of the soul. I mean the evi... [ Continue Reading ]
_THINGS WHICH NEVER DIE_ ‘The power of an endless life.’ Hebrews 7:16 We talk of ends; but where are ends? It may be an end in relation to the past; but is it not a beginning in relation to something which is to come? Ends are all means. Many think of their souls as immortal, but of their bodies... [ Continue Reading ]
_A PRIEST FOR EVER_ ‘Thou art a Priest for ever.’ Hebrews 7:17 This verse refers to the Lord Jesus Christ. It is quoted from Psalms 110:4. Indeed, with two exceptions (2 Samuel 7:14; Isaiah 8:17), all the texts quoted in this Epistle to set forth the Person and work of the Saviour are taken from... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE PRIESTHOOD AND THE OATH_ ‘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 a better testament.’ Hebrews 7:21 It is... [ Continue Reading ]
_SALVATION_ ‘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.’ Hebrews 7:25 Christ is the true High Priest, and salvation is His prerogative. I. ITS SUBJECTS.—Whom is Jesus Christ able to save? Probably we hav... [ Continue Reading ]