14. Perfected for ever… sanctified He has once, fully and forever, potentially and conditionally, perfected all; but the full reality takes effect only in those who are sanctified through faith in him. read more
15. And now our writer clenches his argument by recalling the picture of the new dispensation quoted in Hebrews 8:8-13. The Holy Ghost The inspirer of the psalm. After… had said before This quotation from the Old Testament is so obscured both by the translation and the division into verses that we translate it thus: For after having (by way of announcement) said, “This is the covenant which I will covenant with them after those days,” the Lord saith, (superadds,) “I will put my laws... read more
16. This A comparison will show that our author requotes with verbal variations but essential sameness. read more
17. Will I remember no more Implying that an atonement is made never needing to be repeated; that a potential, perfect salvation is conditionally wrought out for every man; and that the justification is complete, needing no new sacrifice to give it perfection. There is, as said next verse, no more offering for sin, because the efficacy of the one offering made is perpetual and ever availing. The argument is now closed. By Christ’s atonement the old ritual is superseded. A new and more... read more
PART SECOND. ADMONITORY, INSPIRATIONAL, AND PERSONAL, CONCLUSIONS. 1. ADMONITORY Having such a High Priest, beware of unbelief tending to apostasy and death, Hebrews 10:19-39. 19. Having In 19-22 we have a somewhat varied typical structure. Since the true atonement, Christians are a new Israel, and their divine privileges are sketched as parallel, yet superior, to those of the old Israel. The parallel in detail may be tabulated as follows: Us, the new Israel the old Israel. Our... read more
20. New and living way The route by which the Jewish high priest entered the holiest was through two veils; ours is through the living, yet dying, way, the flesh, the crucified body of Jesus. Christ affirms, (John 14:6,) “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The crucifixion of that flesh was the lifting of that veil, as the shedding of his blood was the attendant sacrifice. This living way was also new. The Greek word for new, is applied to any thing fresh and novel. ... read more
21. House of God The new temple, embracing primarily the entire new structure of salvation through the atonement, of which the temple and its ritual were typical. Hence this new temple, in its full physical significance, embraces earth, the firmament, and the highest heaven; the entire scene and structure of the divine history. read more
22. Having so magnificent an access as stated in 19-21, our author now, in the following three verses, exhorts us with a let us thrice presented: namely, let us draw near, let us hold fast, and let us consider one another. The first regards our free access to God; the second, our firmness in profession; the third, our use of the communion of saints in maintaining the previous two, namely, our gracious access and our firm profession. The first let us is, let us gladly draw... read more
23. Let us hold fast As we have a new and immeasurably superior access to the holiest, let us firmly maintain the confession, (rather, than, as in our translation, profession.) There must be no relapse to the old. For Encouraging assurance, if we are firm on our part there will be no failure on God’s part. It is God who has promised, and he will be faithful. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 10:13
13. Expecting Awaiting the promised time, according to <19B001>Psalms 110:1. This process of bringing all in subjection to Christ is, we hold, now in historical progress, and will be completed by the work of the judgment-day at the second advent, according to 1 Corinthians 15:24-28, where see notes. read more