Hebrews chapter 10

Heb 10:1  For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. The ineffectiveness of the old covenant contrasted with the effectiveness of the new covenant. No reference to DoA or MHP.

Heb 10:2  For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. Truth and grace accepted in simple, needy faith in a personal Saviour from sin is redemptive and frees from the past. This gift of God is substantive, a heart and nature change, not mere emotion. “For the [ceremonial] law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.” (Heb. 7:19). “And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.” (Lev. 4:35). “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” (2Pet. 1:4). “Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a Propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; to declare, I say, at this time His righteousness: that He might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.” (Rom. 3:24-26). “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.” (Heb. 8:12). “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Rom. 5:1). “But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you.” (Rom. 8:11).

Heb 10:3  But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. The ineffectiveness of the old covenant contrasted with the effectiveness of the new covenant. No reference to DoA or MHP.

Heb 10:4  For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. The ineffectiveness of old covenant contrasted with the effectiveness of the new covenant. No reference to DoA or MHP.

Heb 10:5  Wherefore when He cometh into the world, He saith, Sacrifice and offering Thou wouldest not, but a body hast Thou prepared Me: This concerns Christ’s incarnation and sacrifice as superior to the old sacrificial system. No reference to DoA or MHP.

Heb 10:6  In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin Thou hast had no pleasure. This concerns Christ’s sacrifice, and the nullifying of the old sacrificial system. No reference to DoA or MHP.

Heb 10:7  Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of Me,) to do Thy will, O God. This concerns the life and death phase of Christ’s mission to save mankind. No reference to DoA or MHP.

Heb 10:8  Above when He said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin Thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; The ineffectiveness of old covenant contrasted with the effectiveness of the new covenant. No reference to DoA or MHP.

Heb 10:9  Then said He, Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second. This concerns the life and death of Christ. No reference to DoA or MHP.

Heb 10:10  By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. The effectiveness of the new covenant contrasted with the ineffectiveness of old covenant. By the bruised, purified body of Christ God dominates Satan in us. No reference to DoA or MHP.

Heb 10:11  And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: The ineffectiveness of old covenant contrasted with effectiveness of the new covenant. No reference to DoA or MHP.

Heb 10:12  But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; Heb 10:13  From henceforth expecting till His enemies be made His footstool. Christ’s dedication sacrifice for His heavenly ministry, not for DoA or MHP.

Heb 10:14  For by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

Heb 10:15  Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that He had said before, Heb 10:16  This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; Heb 10:17  And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. The effectiveness of Christ’s dedication sacrifice for His heavenly ministry. No reference to DoA or MHP.

Heb 10:18  Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. The effectiveness of the new covenant contrasted with the ineffectiveness of old covenant. No reference to DoA or MHP.

Heb 10:19  Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest^G39 by the blood of Jesus, hagion, “holies”, which is the whole heavenly sanctuary.

Heb 10:20  By a new and living way, which He hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, His flesh; Through the veil into “the holiest of all” (Heb. 9:8), the heavenly “holy places” (9:24), hagion, “holies”, which is the whole sanctuary in heaven, not the MHP.

Heb 10:21  And having an High Priest over the house of God; The focus is not solely the MHP. It is the wondrous “heaven itself” (Heb. 9: 24), hagion, the whole heavenly house, that is WoH’s focus.

Heb 10:22  Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Heb 10:23  Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for He is faithful that promised;) Heb 10:24  And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Heb 10:25  Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Full assurance is what WoH, throughout this letter-treatise, was striving to give his fellow Hebrews. If they want to continue in their reconciliation peace with God and if they desire to keep His Spirit’s blessedness and freedom from the harassing evil conscience, then they must remain close to their heavenly Benefactor of every good thing. If they would invest in His relationship, He would more than match their investment. Looking up to their everlasting Father as humbled children would trigger His everlasting avalanche of only holy, just, and good things.

Heb 10:26  For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, Heb 10:27  But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. Heb 10:28  He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Heb 10:29  Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? Heb 10:30  For we know Him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto Me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge His people. Heb 10:31  It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Strong warnings against falling away from the present truth. One willful step in the direction of Satan will end in his taking full control of their minds and hearts, and thus God becoming a full-fledged enemy. God is no respecter of persons.

Heb 10:32  But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; Connecting earlier faithfulness to present doubts.

Heb 10:33  Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used. Heb 10:34  For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. WoH is connecting earlier faithfulness to their present doubts.

Heb 10:35  Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. He appeals to their former deep faith.

Heb 10:36  For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. Many are called, but few are chosen. Strong guidance builds confidence. It did for Jesus in Gethsemane, and it has for God’s children all through sacred history. Trial and patient endurance is the everlasting requirement in order to receive any good thing from the King. Trial and patient endurance are not optional; they are the Law of God’s kingdom; they ever have been, and ever will be. Will all who He has called keep up with His program of development and sanctification through His Spirit? There have been many shipwrecks.

Heb 10:37  For yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Reassuring their hearts.

Heb 10:38  Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. A prophet’s final warning against abandoning precious present truth, packed with a massive dose of a prophet’s known fatherly love.

Heb 10:39  But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. Their authoritative father’s final appeal for faith, referring to verse 36.