As
the writer of Hebrews continued to share concerning the effectiveness
of “blood”
sacrifices which were offered on behalf of people by the priests, he
asked, “how much more shall the blood of Christ...purge
your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” In
chapter nine and verse fifteen of Hebrews the writer shares how
Jesus is “the mediator of the new testament” where
we read:
And
for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means
of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that
were under the first testament, they
which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
The
verse begins, “And
for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means
of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that
were under the first testament,...”.
The writer
began with the words, “And for this
cause”
which means “and for or through this reason, account and means”
“he is the mediator”
or “Jesus is the one who intervenes between two parties to form a
compact or ratify a covenant like a medium of communication or
arbitrator” “of the new testament”
which refers to “a recently made, fresh, recent, unused and unworn
disposition, arrangement, compact or covenant”, “that
by means”
or “through the happened, made and performed way” “of
death”
which refers to “that separation (whether natural or violent) of
the soul and the body by which the life on earth is ended”
“for the redemption”
or “through the releasing which is effected by payment or
procurement of ransom, deliverance and liberation” “of
the transgression”
which means “the disregarding, violating, breach of a definite,
promulgated and ratified law” “that
were under”
or “positioned subordinate to and beneath” “the
first testament” which
refers to “first in time, place, rank, influence and honor
disposition, arrangement, compact or covenant”. For the “cause”
of “purging” people from their sins, Jesus, through His death, is
the “go between, arbitrator or advocate” of the “new
testament”.
This allows for the “redemption” of the “willful sins” that
were committed while the “first covenant” was in place.
The
verse continues, “...they which are called might receive
the promise of eternal inheritance.”. The
writer added the words, “they which are called” or
“the people who were invited or saluted by name” “might
receive” which means “may
take, carry away or lay hold of” “the promise”
or “the announcement of good or blessing” “of
eternal” which means “without
beginning and end, that which always has been and always will be,
never to cease and everlasting” “inheritance”
or “property received or what is given to one as a possession”.
The ones who “are called”
have the ability to “receive”
God's promise of an “eternal”
blessedness “of the consummated kingdom of God”.
When
we meditate upon these words in Hebrews, we recognize Jesus as the
one and only “mediator” between God and man who is able to
offer and “eternal inheritance” because of His death on
the cross. His death, which ushered in the “new covenant”,
paid for man's sin, and now they may receive “everlasting life”
because of it. God desires for us to live with Him forever, and
since Jesus interceded on our behalf, all that is necessary to
receive His “eternal blessing” is to receive Him as savior
and Lord.
Next
time the writer shares how “there
must also of necessity be the death of the testator”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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