The
writer of Hebrews declared that God did not “have
pleasure” in “burnt
offerings and sacrifices”
because they could not “cleanse” and “purge” people from
their “sins”. In
chapter ten and verse nine of Hebrews the writer shares
how God “takes away the first, that he may establish the
second.” where we read:
Then
said he, Lo, I come to do your will, O God.
He
takes away the first, that he may establish the second.
The
verse begins, “Then said he, Lo, I come to do your will,
O God.”. The writer began with
the words, “Then said he”,
which means “at that time
Jesus spoke, uttered, affirmed, maintained and declared” “Lo,
I come” which means “behold
and see that the Messiah has arrived and is present” “to
do your will” or “to
produce, construct, form and fashion God's wish, choice, inclination,
desire and pleasure”, “O God”
which refers to “the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised
of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit”. Jesus'
purpose in coming to the earth was to “perform and accomplish”
the “will of God”.
The
verse goes on to say, “He takes away the first, that he
may establish the second.”. The
writer continued with the words, “He takes away” or
“God removes, abolishes and abrogates” “the first”,
which refers to “the first in time, place, rank, influence or
honor” “that he may establish”
or “God may cause to make stand, be put in place, set and
establish” “the second”
which refers to “the other of two”.
When
we think through these words in Hebrews, we see how God “abolished”
His “first covenant” when Jesus fulfilled the requirements
for the “second one”. Jesus offered the perfect “sacrifice
and offering” when He gave and presented Himself to the
Heavenly Father by His death on the cross. Now all who will “believe
in Him” shall be “saved” and live “eternally” with Him.
Next
time the writer shares
how “we
are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once
for
all”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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