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Hebrews 10:19 Therefore,
brethren, since
we
have
confidence to
enter the
holy
place by the
blood of
Jesus,
(NASB:
Lockman) |
Greek:
Echontes
oun,
adelphoi,
parresian
eis
ten
eisodon
ton
agion
en
to
aimati
Iesou
Amplified: Therefore, brethren, since we have full freedom and confidence to
enter into the [Holy of] Holies [by the power and virtue] in the blood
of Jesus,
(Amplified
Bible - Lockman)
Barclay: Since then, brother, in
virtue of what the blood of Jesus has done for us, we can confidently
enter into the Holy Place (Westminster
Press)
NLT: And so, dear friends, we can boldly enter heaven's Most Holy Place
because of the blood of Jesus. (NLT
- Tyndale House)
Phillips: So by virtue of the blood of Jesus, you and I, my brothers, may now
have courage to enter the holy of holies (Phillips:
Touchstone)
Wuest: Having therefore, brethren, confidence in the entering into the
Holy of Holies by the blood of Jesus, which [entrance into] He
inaugurated for us, (Erdmans)
Young's Literal: Having, therefore, brethren, boldness for the entrance into the
holy places, in the blood of Jesus, |
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Complex sentence that continues for 7 verses (v19-25).
SINCE THEREFORE, BRETHREN
WE HAVE CONFIDENCE: echontes (PAPMPN) oun
adelphoi echontes (PAPMPN)...parrhesia:
(4:16;
12:28;
Romans 8:15;
Galatians 4:6,7;
Ephesians 3:12;
2 Timothy 1:7;
1 John 3:19-21;
4:17)
(7:25;
9:3,7,8,12,23-25;
Romans 5:2;
Ephesians 2:18;
1 John 2:1,2)
The writer began
this section on the superiority of Christ High Priesthood with almost
identical invitation in Heb 4:16, and his desire is that this Truth might
Transform our walk and cause a response. v19,20 speak of our ACCESS & v21
our ADVOCATE (cp 1Jn 2:1)
cp reasons we now have confidence: Heb 12:28 Ro 8:15 Gal 4:6 The author now gives a
second (first Heb8:1-6) résumé of the five arguments concerning the superior
priestly work of Christ (Heb 10:19-25)
brethren (Heb 7.5 see also Ro 9:3) probably refers to the entire group of Jews
among whom are those who are truly regenerate, those who are interested
seekers, and those who profess faith but who have yet to enter salvation
rest by saving faith as opposed to intellectual assent
Two reasons we can have confidence: (1). Blood of Jesus (2). Great Priest
over the house of God.
So we come here to the great turning-point in Hebrews where the writer turns
from the explanation of the superiority of the Person and work of Christ to
the application of it in the lives of the storm-tossed church, from doctrine
to duty, from creed to conduct, from precept to practice, from instruction
to exhortation—the writer becomes very explicit regarding how Christians
ought to live.
Confidence (parrhesia from
pas = all + rhesis = speech) denotes primarily, freedom of speech,
unreservedness of utterance, boldness in speaking. This is a dominant note
all through the Epistle (3:6; 4:16; 10:19, 35). They were tempted to give up
Christ, to be quitters. Boldness (courage) is the need of the hour.
(Heb 3:6 4:16
10:35 Eph 3:12 1Jn 3:19-21 4:17)
HOW IS
THIS POSSIBLE? as a result of the guilt having been removed by the BLOOD OF
JESUS. Whereas before they could only have surrogate access through the high
priest, who slipped behind the curtain once a year for a heart-pounding few
minutes, they now had permanent access through the blood and torn body of
Christ. Can you imagine the High Priest on the Day of Atonement coming with
boldness? But we can
It would be difficult to overestimate the value of confidence in human
motivation. It is the goal of any number of personal development programs
today. Confidence training is the cry of the hour. In the first century,
too, men clearly understood that a confident spirit was essential to
success.
TO ENTER THE HOLY PLACE
BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS: eis ten eisodon ton hagion en to haimati iesou:
(Isa 57:15 Heb7:25 Eph 2:18)
The better sanctuary (Heb 9:1-12).To a Jew who took the Old
Covenant the least bit seriously, this prospect was as awesome as it was
wonderful. Realizing this, the writer uses every persuasive argument to
bring them to a positive decision. The concept of simply coming to God was
revolutionary to Jews-and to many others throughout the centuries and today.
When Adam sinned, had not God put him out of the Garden and placed the
angels and the flaming sword to guard the entrance? And were not all men
forbidden, on pain of death, to enter into His presence in the Holy of
Holies? But now, the writer says Jesus’ blood, in effect, has quenched the
fiery sword, and He has torn the veil of the Holy of Holies in two. If you
come through Him, you not only can come into God’s presence, but you can
come with confidence.
The better sacrifice
just discussed (Heb 9:13-10:18). The primary basis on which we can draw near to
God in faith is the blood of Jesus.
The emphasis in use of name "JESUS" = emphasizes the full humanity of Christ,
and the validity of his redemptive sacrifice on behalf of the human family.
It is striking that whenever the writer makes his most emphatic assertions
concerning the saving work of Christ, he makes an explicit reference to the
blood of Jesus (Heb 9:12, 14; 10:19, 29; 12:24; 13:12, 20).
The blood of sacrificial animals effected a TEMPORARY ATONEMENT, but the
sacrificial system in itself could not TAKE AWAY sin and its consequent debt
(which required forgiveness), slavery (which called for REDEMPTION), or
alienation (which demanded RECONCILIATION).
The idea of coming into the presence thru the veil of Christ's flesh has
been alluded to several times in Hebrews...
4:14,15, 16 Let us therefore draw near with confidence
7:19...on the other hand there is a bringing in of a better hope, through
which we draw near to God.
7:25 Hence, also, He is able to save forever those who draw near to God
through Him,
13:15 Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to
God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name.
Look at these other NT verses now with the understanding that we can enter
with confidence into the Throne room of Heaven because Messiah's torn flesh
made the Way accessible & He sits enthroned at God's right hand as our Great
High Priest our Mediator or "Middle Man"...
Ep2:18 for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
Ep3:12 in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.
Ro5:2 through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this
grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.
1Pe3:18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust,
in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the
flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
Ro7:25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one
hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with
my flesh the law of sin.
2Co5:18 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself
through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,
1Pe2:5 you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house
for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God
through Jesus Christ.
Jude1:25 to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be
glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever.
Amen.
Oswald Chambers -
Vicarious Intercession
Beware of thinking that interce ssion
means bringing our own personal sympathies and concerns into the presence of
God, and then demanding that He do whatever we ask. Our ability to approach
God is due entirely to the vicarious, or substitutionary, identification of
our Lord with sin. We have "boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of
Jesus."
Spiritual stubbornness is the most effective hindrance to intercession,
because it is based on a sympathetic "understanding" of things we see in
ourselves and others that we think needs no atonement. We have the idea that
there are certain good and virtuous things in each of us that do not need to
be based on the atonement by the Cross of Christ. Just the sluggishness and
lack of interest produced by this kind of thinking makes us unable to
intercede. We do not identify ourselves with God’s interests and concerns
for others, and we get irritated with Him. Yet we are always ready with our
own ideas, and our intercession becomes only the glorification of our own
natural sympathies. We have to realize that the identification of Jesus with
sin means a radical change of all of our sympathies and interests. Vicarious
intercession means that we deliberately substitute God’s interests in others
for our natural sympathy with them.
Am I stubborn or substituted? Am I spoiled or complete in my relationship to
God? Am I irritable or spiritual? Am I determined to have my own way or
determined to be identified with Him? (Oswald Chambers - My Utmost for His
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Hebrews 10:20 by a
new and
living
way
which He
inaugurated for
us
through the
veil, that is,
His
flesh,
(NASB:
Lockman) |
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Greek:
en
enekainisen
emin
odon
prosphaton
kai
zosan
dia
tou
katapetasmatos,
tout'
estin
tes
sarkos
autou,
Amplified: By this fresh (new) and living way which He initiated and dedicated
and opened for us through the separating curtain (veil of the Holy of
Holies), that is, through His flesh,
(Amplified
Bible - Lockman)
Barclay: by the new and living way which Jesus inaugurated for us through
the veil—that is, through his flesh— (Westminster
Press)
NLT: This is the new, life-giving way that Christ has opened up for us
through the sacred curtain, by means of his death for us. (NLT
- Tyndale House)
Phillips: by way of the one who died and is yet alive, who has made for us a
holy means of entry by himself passing through the curtain, that is,
his own human nature. (Phillips:
Touchstone)
Wuest: a road freshly slain and living, through the veil, namely, His
flesh, (Erdmans)
Young's Literal: which way he did initiate for us -- new and living, through the vail, that is, his flesh-- |
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BY A NEW AND
LIVING WAY: hodon prosphaton kai zosan (PAPFSA): (John
10:7,9;
14:6)
contrast Heb 9:8.
New (prosphatos) means freshly slaughtered or killed; Cp. Ex 26:31-33; 35:12;40:3,
Mt 27:50, 51 (When Jesus yielded His spirit, the WAY to God was opened up &
the veil of the temple was torn in two) The curtain that was torn divided
the holy place from the holy of holies, into which only the high priest
might enter on the Day of Atonement (see Ex 26:31,Lev 16:1-30). The tearing of
that curtain, which was a type of the human body of Christ (Heb10:20) and
signified a "freshly slaughtered" way or a "new and living way" now
available for any who would enter BY FAITH in the WAY (Jn14:6), thus gaining
access to the very throne room of God (Heb8:1) and into the very presence of
God. Not the OLD WAY (Heb 8:7, 13, 10:9) & therefore with no other sacrifice
or priesthood except Christ's (Heb 9:1- 8; 10:19-22).
Indicates "fresh" not only in the sense that it is away which was before
unknown but also one that retains its freshness and cannot grow old.
Jn 10:7,9,14:6 living as a
way which consists in fellowship w a Person. It seems contradictory that the
freshly slaughtered way would also be the living way. But Jesus’ death
conquered death and gives life. His death is the only way to life that is
everlasting.
Contrast Heb 9:18,15
purification ("Purifier") (1:3), Author (Captain, Pioneer, Champion, Leader)
(2:10), propitiation ("Propitiator") (2:17), Source ( 5:9), Anchor (6:19),
Forerunner (6:20), Torn Veil (10:20), Great Shepherd (13:20)
WHICH HE
INAUGURATED FOR US THROUGH THE VEIL THAT IS, HIS FLESH: en enekainisen (3SAAI) hemin dia tou katapetasmatos, tout estin (3SPAI) tes sarkos
autou:
(6:19;
9:3;
Exodus 26:31-37;
36:35-38;
Leviticus 16:2,15;
21:23;
Matthew 27:51;
Mark 15:38;
Luke 23:45)
(John
6:51-56;
Ephesians 2:15;
1 Timothy 3:16;
1 Peter 3:18;
1 John 4:2;
2 John 1:7)
Because He is
"the Way" (Jn 14:6)
"flesh," in Hebrews = incarnation of Jesus (2:14; 5:7). His flesh was
the state through which he had to pass before he entered heaven for us.
2:9-18; 5:7-9; 10:5. Believers have the glorious privilege of approaching
God directly. Jn6:51: "for the life of the world is My flesh."
The writer speaks of Messiah’s humanity, as the veil through which the
entrance into the heavenly Holy of Holies was made. As the veil in the
tabernacle of Israel while it was not rent, barred man’s access to God, so
Messiah’s humanity, before it was rent on the Cross, barred man’s access to
God. An uncrucified Saviour is no Saviour.
His weak suffering flesh, was the veil; His body was the temple (Jn 2:19).
Judson W. VanDeVenter had erected a veil. But while singing in a choir
during a revival campaign in Sharon, Pennsylvania, he responded to the
invitation and committed his life to the Lord’s service. He forsook all and
became an evangelist, ministering in America, England, and Scotland. Years
later he wrote about his commitment:
I Surrender All
Click to play All to Jesus I surrender,
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live.
ll to Jesus I surrender;
Humbly at His feet I bow,
Worldly pleasures all forsaken;
Take me, Jesus, take me now.
All to Jesus, I surrender;
Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;
Let me feel the Holy Spirit,
Truly know that Thou art mine.
All to Jesus I surrender,
Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power,
Let Thy blessing fall on me.
All to Jesus I surrender;
Now I feel the sacred flame.
O the joy of full salvation!
Glory, glory, to His Name!
Refrain
I surrender all, I surrender all,
All to Thee, my blessèd Savior,
I surrender all.
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Hebrews 10:21 and
since we have a
great
priest
over the
house of
God,
(NASB:
Lockman) |
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Greek:
kai
ierea
megan
epi
ton
oikon
tou
theou
Amplified: And since we have [such] a great and wonderful and noble Priest
[Who rules] over the house of God,
(Amplified
Bible - Lockman)
Barclay: and since we have a great High Priest who is over the house of God, (Westminster
Press)
NLT: And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God's people, (NLT
- Tyndale House)
Phillips: Further, since we have a great High Priest set over the household
of God, (Phillips:
Touchstone)
Wuest: and having a Priest, a Great One, over the house of God, (Erdmans)
Young's Literal: and a high priest over the house of God, |
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AND SINCE WE HAVE A GREAT PRIEST: kai hierea megan:
(2:17;
3:1;
4:14-16;
6:20;
7:26;
8:1)
Our Great High Priest as
has been shown in a wonderfully woven masterful argument in Heb 4:14-7:28.
The Law from God to Moses stipulated very specifically the ATTIRE required
of the high priest because they were shadows (Heb 8:5) of Christ’s our
ultimate heavenly Advocate. God’s instructions demanded that the OT high
priest wear 12 stones on his breastplate—over his heart—to represent his
people (Ex28:21), and representative stones on his shoulder as well
(Ex 28:12).
Now Jesus, our Perfect Eternal Advocate, bears our names not just over his
body and heart, but in the very center of His being, for we are in Him, our
Advocate! Even more, He is our constant High Priest never ceasing His
intercessory work on our behalf!
To show why we need to be very careful reading commentaries (yes, even the
one you are now reading!) here is a quote from an Early Church Father,
Justin Martyr (ca AD 130-50) who cites Heb 6:19-20, 10:19,20 and comments
that by virtue of the sacrificial death of the crucified High Priest, Jesus
Christ, Christians have become "the true high priestly people of God". Now
in one sense he may be correct...but I don't see us called "high"
anywhere...I think personally there is and will always be ONLY ONE Great
High Priest, even as there was only ONE in ancient Israel in the OT,
although there were many other priests.
Hierea megan is alternative designation for the HIGH PRIEST (cf. Lv21:10; Nu
35:25, 28 where Lxx the phrase "ho hiereus ho megas" = high priest in
English translation).
OVER THE HOUSE OF GOD: epi ton oikon tou theou:
(3:3-6;
Matthew 16:18;
1 Corinthians 3:9-17;
2 Corinthians 6:16,17;
Ephesians 2:19-22;
1 Timothy 3:15)
This phrase "house of God"
occurs 73x in the OT so this would be very familiar terminology to the ears
of his Jewish recipients. 5x in NT: Mt 12:4, Mk 2:26, Lu 6:4, 11:51, Heb 10:21
and in the Gospels clearly refers to the TEMPLE OF GOD in Jerusalem.
(Isa 66:1) Today the temple is our body!!! (1Cor 3:16, 6:19, 2Cor 6:16) Think
about this! Is God able to "rest" in His Temple, your body?
See this Access and Advocate, the dual sources of our confidence, (v19)
together. See what strength they bring. Jesus is both the Veil (our Access)
and the Priest (our Advocate). His torn body and shed blood provides our
access to the presence of the Father. And in our access He is our perpetual
priestly Advocate. Hallelujah! Thank You Father.
This was meant to make the ancient Church (and us) confidently point our
ship into the high seas with strength and power. We are not only to exist in
a hostile culture but to buck its waves. While arrogance can never be the
Christian’s way, confidence must mark his life. (cp Ro 8:31-34)
The logic here, seriously applied, pushes us to heights of confidence. It
means more than God being graciously disposed toward us. It means we are
victors. We may be defeated for a moment, but evil will never prevail.
Access and advocacy—what confidence they bring!
When Chrysostom was brought before the Roman emperor, the emperor threatened
him with banishment if he remained a Christian. Chrysostorn replied:
“You can not banish me for this world is my Father’s house.” “But I will
slay you,” said the Emperor. “No, you can not,” said the noble champion of
the faith, “for my life is hid with Christ in God.” “I will take away your
treasures.” “No, but you can not for my treasure is in heaven and my heart
is there.” “But I will drive you away from man and you shall have no friend
left.” “No, you can not, for I have a Friend in heaven from Whom you can not
separate me. I defy you, for there is nothing you can do to hurt me.”
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