Hebrews 6:17-20 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:… I. Though parted from us, and taken up into heaven, we contemplate JESUS CHRIST AS THE HEAD OF THE GREAT SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM — AS THE ORIGINAL AND FINAL PRIEST — AND AS THE ALONE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MEN. II. WE ARE TO CONTEMPLATE JESUS IN HIS REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY. He is a public person. He is a federal head of all mankind. III. CHRIST'S PREPARATIVE RELATION. A representative takes the position of those who send him, and thereby excludes all others from the same place. It is not so with Christ; for He sustains an endearing relation to us, by virtue of which we are at the last to be with Him. This is indicated by the term "forerunner." His presence on high is not to the exclusion of His people, but as a preparation and intimation of their final reception there. He is "the first-born among many brethren;" and "He is not ashamed to call them brethren." (R. M. Wilcox.) Parallel Verses KJV: Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: |
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