HEB. 3:1. WHEREFORE, HOLY BRETHREN, PARTAKERS OF THE HEAVENLY CALLING, CONSIDER THE APOSTLE AND HIGH PRIEST OF OUR PROFESSION, CHRIST JESUS; _ Blank Bible_ comment: Both are prophecies mentioned apostle and high priest, as the author was to show that as apostle Christ was superiour to Moses: and a... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 3:2-3. WHO WAS FAITHFUL TO HIM THAT APPOINTED HIM, AS ALSO MOSES (WAS FAITHFUL) IN ALL HIS HOUSE. FOR THIS (MAN) WAS COUNTED WORTHY OF MORE GLORY THAN MOSES, INASMUCH AS HE WHO HATH BUILDED THE HOUSE HATH MORE HONOUR THAN THE HOUSE. In the _End for Which God Created the World, _ Edwards says... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 3:4. FOR EVERY HOUSE IS BUILDED BY SOME (MAN); BUT HE THAT BUILT ALL THINGS (IS) GOD. _ The Blank Bible _ comment: By this he argues that Moses was not the builder of the house because he was a man and this house not such a house as men build but such an one only is the Builder of that builds... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 3:5. AND MOSES, VERILY (WAS) FAITHFUL IN ALL HIS HOUSE AS A SERVANT, FOR A TESTIMONY OF THOSE THINGS WHICH WERE TO BE SPOKEN AFTER; _ The Blank Bible _ stresses a feature frequently emphasized by Jonathan Edwards: [F]or a testimony of those things were to be spoken after] all that was said an... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 3:6. BUT CHRIST WAS A SON OVER HIS OWN HOUSE; WHOSE HOUSE ARE WE, IF WE HOLD FAST THE CONFIDENCE AND THE REJOICING OF THE HOPE FIRM UNTO THE END. Hebrews chap. 3:6 to chap. 4:11. See No. 339: [339] Hebrews 3:6-8 to chap. Hebrews 4:11. "Whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence, and t... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 3:7. WHEREFORE AS THE HOLY GHOST SAITH, TODAY IF YE WILL HEAR HIS VOICE, During his Stockbridge period Edwards preached a little four-page MS sermon, probably to the Indians, explaining Hebrews 3:7-11: "They that live under the gospel should take care that it ben't with them as it was with th... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 3:8. HARDEN NOT YOUR HEARTS, AS IN THE PROVOCATION, IN THE DAY OF TEMPTATION IN THE WILDERNESS: Again, as often, Hebrews appears in _Religious Affections : _ 10. 'Tis an evidence that true religion, or holiness of heart, lies very much in the affection of the heart, that the Scriptures place... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 3:9-12. WHEN YOUR FATHERS TEMPTED ME, PROVED ME, AND SAW MY WORKS FORTY YEARS. WHEREFORE I WAS GRIEVED WITH THAT GENERATION, AND SAID, THEY DO ALWAYS ERR IN (THEIR) HEART; AND THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN MY WAYS. SO I SWORE IN MY WRATH, THEY SHALL NOT ENTER INTO MY REST. TAKE HEED, BRETHREN, LEST THER... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 3:13. BUT EXHORT ONE ANOTHER DAILY, WHILE IT IS CALLED TODAY; LEST ANY OF YOU BE HARDENED THROUGH THE DECEITFULNESS OF SIN. _ Blank Bible: _ _ while it is called today_] In this expression there is probably reference to that time then at hand when the nation in general the unbelieving part of... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 3:14. FOR WE ARE MADE PARTAKERS OF CHRIST, IF WE HOLD THE BEGINNING OF OUR CONFIDENCE STEADFAST UNTO THE END. _ Blank Bible:_ _ partakers of Christ_] It might have been rendered as partakers for so the word _metochor _ is used in Hebrews 1:9 and Luke 5:7 so that 'tis the same as if it had be... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 3:16-19. FOR SOME, WHEN THEY HAD HEARD, DID PROVOKE: HOWBEIT NOT ALL THAT CAME OUT OF EGYPT BY MOSES. BUT WITH WHOM WAS HE GRIEVED FORTY YEARS? (WAS IT) NOT WITH THEM THAT HAD SINNED, WHOSE CARCASSES FELL IN THE WILDERNESS? AND TO WHOM SWARE HE THAT THEY SHOULD NOT ENTER INTO HIS REST, BUT TO T... [ Continue Reading ]