He taketh away the first.
He taketh away the first.
Hebrews 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.
(The word "first" here refers to
sacrifices and offerings. He takes them away; that is, he shows
that they are of no value in removing sin. He states their
inefficacy, and declares his purpose to abolish them.
That
he may establish the second - To wit, the doing of the will of
God. The two stand in contrast with each other, and he shows the
inefficacy of the former, in order that the necessity for his
coming to do the will of God may be fully seen. If they had been
efficacious, there would have been no need of his coming to make
an atonement.
The Second is the sacrifice of Jesus Christ
for the atonement of sin, once and for-all. God, as a person
admits sin and a lost status, takes away the former man and
establishes the second, eternal man. A change in attitude,
structure, appearance and life style. God is willing to accept
you as you are but He refuses to leave you as you were. The 1st.
or Law, was limited to the House of Israel (The Jews), but the
second was perfect, in that, There would be no more need for
yearly sacrifices or a human priest-hood to establish laws of
Rituals or conduce.
The second was also perfect in fact
because a human sacrifice was made. Not just any human tho but a
perfect human in every aspect.) 1Peter 2:10 Which in time past
were not a people(Gentiles), but are now the people of God:
which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but
according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of
regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 1Jo 3:4 Whosoever
committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the
transgression of the law. Hebrews 7:19 For the law made nothing
perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which
we draw nigh unto God.
(The law never forgave sins but only
delayed them for another year.) Gal 5:18 But if ye be led of the
Spirit, ye are not under the law.(Speaking of the Jews, for the
Gentiles were never under the law.)
Rom 10:3 For they being
ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish
their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the
righteousness of God. (The righteousness of man is flawed so
that they are not covered under any type of deliverance nor
salvation.
The righteousness of man was and still is a
deception that leads to death of body and soul.
The
righteousness of man was and still is as a filthy rag, not only
in the sight of God but also to those that believe in Christ and
Gods word. God takes away you sin and gives you deliverance, He
takes away your nakedness and clothes you, He takes away your
fear and gives you peace, He takes away what you thought you
knew and gives you knowledge of the ages. He takes away your
unrighteousness and gives you His righteousness. He takes away
you confusion and gives you a sound mind.
He takes away the
Law of Judgment and gives you the Law of Mercy. He takes away
your Mortal life and gives you Eternal life.)
1Co 13:10 But
when that which is perfect is come,(Jesus) then that which is in
part (The Law)shall be done away. (Not done away with but
replaced for the adding of the gentile race to be included in
the plan of salvation.)
2Co 3:11 For if that which is done
away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
(Both the Law of Judgment and the New Testament Law of Mercy
were both Glorious. In that they accomplished what they were
designed to do.)
Hebrews 8:13 In that he saith, A new
covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth
and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. (This is the replacement
of the old with the new.)
Gal 5:4 Christ is become of no
effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye
are fallen from grace. (Showing that man can fall from
grace(Back-sliding) 1Co 9:21 To them that are without law, as
without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to
Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. (Not
trying to gain those that are not bound by the Mosaic Law with
the Law but trying to gain them with the Law of Grace and
Mercy.)
Romans 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin?
God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had
not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
(The Bible tells us that without a Law there is not
transgression of any Law and there-by, there is no sin.) Barnes
states,"Nay, I had not known sin - The word translated "nay"
alla means more properly but; and this would have more correctly
expressed the sense, "I deny that the Law is sin.
My
doctrine does not lead to that; nor do I affirm that it is evil.
I strongly repel the charge; but, notwithstanding this, I still
maintain that it had an effect in exciting sins, yet so as that
I perceived that the Law itself was good;"
Romans 7:8-12. At
the same time, therefore, that the Law must be admitted to be
the occasion of exciting sinful feelings, by crossing the
inclinations of the mind, yet the fault was not to be traced to
the Law. The apostle in these verses refers, doubtless, to the
state of his mind before he found that peace which the gospel
furnishes by the pardon of sins.
But by the law - Romans
3:20. By "the law" here, the apostle has evidently in his eye
every law of God, however made known. He means to say that the
effect which he describes attends all law, and this effect he
illustrates by a single instance drawn from the Tenth
Commandment.
When he says that he should not have known sin,
he evidently means to affirm, that he had not understood that
certain things were sinful, unless they had been forbidden; and
having stated this, he proceeds to another thing, to show the
effect of their being thus forbidden on his mind.
He was not
merely acquainted abstractly with the nature and existence of
sin, with what constituted crime because it was forbidden, but
he was conscious of a certain effect on his mind resulting from
this knowledge, and from the effect of strong, raging desires
when thus restrained, Romans7:8-9."
"that he had not
understood that certain things were sinful, unless they had been
forbidden" Many try to say that at the time of Adam and Noah,
there was sin, sin of adultery, fornication, polygamy and
incest, but how can we justly say that the people at this period
of time knew that these things were sin? Can we prove that at
this time there was a Law of Judgment or a Law of Mercy? No.
There is no Biblical proof that these people were under any Law.
That is not to say that they, if they committed these things,
will not be judged, but that they will be judged by their works,
weather they were good or evil, this is according to Gods
word.
Man will not be judged by his sin but by his works.
For we are all, all-ready judged and convicted of sin, ergo, we
all must die a physical death. For sin is evil, but had God
condoned evil in the days before the law was established? No.
James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of
God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he
any man:
1John 3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked
one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because
his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. Here we
see that even at the time before the law God had established
evil from righteousness.
The un-spoken Law of God. Here we
see judgment established to all men from Adam to this present
time. Romans 5:18 Therefore as by the offense of one judgment
came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness
of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of
life.
2Co 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment
seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in
his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or
bad. Jud 1:15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all
that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which
they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches
which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
So we see
that God has taken away our fear of judgment so long as we abide
in His righteousness and that all men from Adam to the end will
be judged by their works, which transgress the righteousness of
God. ars.