The Biblical Illustrator - Hebrews 9:15-28
Hebrews 9:15-28Mediator of the new testamentThe two mediators:I.Is WHAT RESPECTS JESUS AND MOSES ARE MEDIATORIALLY ALIKE. 1. Both of Divine appointment. 2. Both give to the world the notion of a covenant with God. 3. Both proposed a covenant that was fundamentally the same. II. IN WHAT RESPECTS JESUS AND MOSES ARE MEDIATORIALLY DIFFERENT. 1. There is a difference of natures. 2. Jesus is a Mediator with individuals. 3. Jesus is a Mediator giving to man the fullest possible knowledge of God. 4.... read more
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 9:1-28
Hebrews 9:2-6 . A tabernacle wherein was the candlestick. For a description of this portable temple, which disdains borrowing figures from the Egyptian temples, though they had some figures analogous to the jews, see the sixteen last chapters of the book of Exodus, and the book of Leviticus for its rituals. The candlestick having seven lamps, he names first, for without light the inner court could not be clearly seen; and so of the other mystical glories already explained as above.... read more