In this, and the following verses, the Apostle gives us. particular and distinct view of the typical ordinances in the old covenant under the Mosaic dispensation, and also of their accomplishment in Jesus Christ: And here in general he acquaints us, that the first covenant had an outward legal serv... [ Continue Reading ]
In these verses, the Holy Ghost, by the apostle, sets before our eyes the beautiful face of God's public worship, under the ceremonial law. And first, He describes the place appointed by God for his solemn worship. This was, first, the tabernacle, then, the temple: The tabernacle was an ambulatory... [ Continue Reading ]
Our apostle having given an account, in the preceding verses, of the structure or fabric of the tabernacle, in the two parts of it which belonged to the priest; namely, the holy place, and the holy of holies, (for the first court, the court of the people, he says nothing); he comes now to discourse... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe here, 1. The person administering described, THE HIGH PRIEST ALONE; none of the priests were permitted to be so near him as the sanctuary, when he administered in the most holy place. Thus sacredly was the presence of God, in the holy of holies, made inaccessible not only to the people, but... [ Continue Reading ]
The apostle, in this verse, declares the spiritual use and signification of the Levitical service, and what the Holy Ghost did intend thereby; namely, that the true and proper means to enter into heaven, the holy of holies, was not so fully and clearly manifested; and that heaven, represented by the... [ Continue Reading ]
As if the apostle had said, "The first tabernacle was but. figure, or typical representation of good things to come, serving only for the present nonage of the church: for the gifts and sacrifices then offered could not, of themselves, perfectly justify, sanctify, or save any man, nor could they pac... [ Continue Reading ]
Our apostle having showed, in the preceding verses, how, and after what manner, the Levitical priests executed their office, he comes now to declare how, and after what manner, Christ, our great High Priest, did also execute his. And, 1. As the Levitical priests had. tabernacle, and earthly sanctua... [ Continue Reading ]
The Apostle had asserted, in the former verse, That eternal redemption was the fruit of Christ's sacrifice; he proves it in these, and that by an argument drawn from the less to the greater: Thus, "If," says he, "the blood of bulls and goats, and the water that was mixed with the ashes of the burnt... [ Continue Reading ]
Our apostle heving entered upon. comparison between the first and second covenant in the former verses, he goes on to prosecute it in these; showing that both of them were DEDICATED, that is, confirmed by blood. The first covenant which God made with Israel in Horeb, had not its sanction without ty... [ Continue Reading ]
As if the apostle had said, "If the tabernacle and utensils thereunto belonging, which were patterns and types of heavenly things, must be consecrated by the blood of bulls and goats, much more must the heavenly things themselves, which were shadowed by them, be purified and consecrated by better bl... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe here, 1. The person spoken of, and that is Christ, our Great High Priest, the mediator of the new covenant. Observe, 2. What is spoken of him: 1. Negatively, That he is not entered into the holy place of the sanctuary, or tabernacle made with hands, that is, built by the hands of men, whic... [ Continue Reading ]
Our apostle, in these words, sets forth the excellency of Christ's sacrifice from its singularity; it needeth no repetition, as their sacrifices of old did: Their sacrifices were repeated often, and their repetition was an evidence of their imperfecton; but Christ's once offering himself. sacrifice... [ Continue Reading ]
These words may be considered relatively and absolutely. Relatively thus; "As God hath appointed that all men should once die penally for sin, and then be judged, so did he determine that Christ should once suffer penally, to expiate sin, and take away the guilt of it fully. And as after death men m... [ Continue Reading ]