- Hebrews 10:16-20
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- Heb 10:16 (KJB)
- 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;
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- Here is the great difference between the old covenant and the new
covenant. The new covenant would be placed inside the believer and
indwelling the believer would be God Himself in the third person of the
Triune God, that is, the Holy Spirit. This is why in Hebrews 8:11, the
Scripture teaches us that we will not need another to tell us to know the
Lord for the inward testimony of the new covenant will cause us to know the
Lord. The old covenant had the law of God written upon the tables of stone
and required a priest to teach it but the new covenant will be internal and
the Holy Spirit will guide us into all truth.
(John 16:13 KJV) Howbeit when he, the Spirit of
truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of
himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he
will show you things to come. The old covenant was
temporary in nature but the new covenant is eternal in essence. This is why
no earthly priesthood can minister the new covenant because only God can
impart it to those He has chosen. The new covenant goes from the inside out
while the old covenant went from the outside in.
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- Heb 10:17 (KJB)
- And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
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- God once again repeats the great truths from Hebrews 8:12. The sacrifice
was so effective in the believer’s life, that there is no sin left in the
believer. Since Christ has removed the sins from His children, God states
that He will remember the sins of the believer no more. True forgiveness
includes complete forgetfulness of the sins. See the commentary on Hebrews
10:4 for the listing of the verses which teach that God will blot out and
remove our sins forever.
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- Heb 10:18 (KJB)
- Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering
for sin.
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- Remission - Forgiveness or suspension of punishment
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- This passage concludes the argument concerning sacrifices. Since every
sin has been removed from the believer by Christ and they are completely
clean before God, there is therefore no more sacrifice for sin. That is,
because Christ’s sacrifice was final in its cleansing of the believer so
there would be no need for any more sacrifices. If a person is cleansed of
sin, then what would a further sacrifice accomplish? It would accomplish
nothing and therefore should not be engaged in. This was in contrast to the
Levitical priests who had to continually stand every day and offer
sacrifices which could never take away sin bur since Christ’s sacrifice took
away the sin, sacrifices would now cease for they are totally pointless.
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- Heb 10:19 (KJB)
- Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by
the blood of Jesus,
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- Boldness - Freely, assurance, or fearlessness
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- Under the old covenant, Israel was forbidden to enter the Holy of
Holies. This was reserved for the High Priest once a year and if the High
Priest made a mistake, God reserved the right to take his life. The true
believer under grace is not under such strictures because the believer is in
the Lord Jesus Christ through grace and indwelled by the Holy Spirit and
because of these two things we may enter into God’s presence with assurance
and confidence that we will be accepted in His holy presence. Under the new
covenant, the fear to approach God has been totally removed and replaced
with peace. In my own life I have experienced the peace of God when I was
praying and the anxiety I had going into God’s presence was melted away and
a peaceful assurance took its place. The believer may also enter the
presence of God as many times as they want and are not restricted to an
annual ceremony or special occasions.
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- Heb 10:20 (KJB)
- By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us,
through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
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- Hath consecrated - Inaugurated or dedicated
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- Access to God is no longer through the veil in the tabernacle or temple
but now is through the atoning death of the Lord Jesus Christ. Once a year
the veil was opened to allow the High Priest to enter into the Holy of
Holies. The human nature of Christ, His mortal nature or flesh was the veil
which was opened for the true believer to access the Holy of Holies in
Heaven. When He physically died upon Calvary, the veil in the temple was
torn in two from top to bottom, which signified the end of the Levitical
priesthood and the beginning of the High priestly ministry of the Lord Jesus
Christ. This access to the Father was consecrated for the true believers
that now, full salvation comes through Christ, that is, the removal of all
sin from the believer and instant qualification for Heaven.