Homilist Hebrews 9:11-12 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands… The object of right worship has ever been the same, but its mode has undergone two great changes: 1. From no sacrifice to many sacrifices. 2. From many sacrifices to one — from the many mediations of Moses to the one mediation of Christ. I. CHRIST INTRODUCED HIGHER THINGS. 1. A higher system of teaching. More spiritual, clear, and diffusive. 2. A higher form of worship. More simple, personal, attractive, and free. 3. A higher state of union. Marked by broader views, higher aims, more expansive benevolence. II. CHRIST OFFICIATES IN A HIGHER SANCTUARY. 1. Heaven is a more extensive sanctuary. "Greater." For all kindreds, &c. 2. A more Divine sanctuary. "Not made with hands." III. CHRIST PRESENTED A HIGHER SACRIFICE. His own life — the most precious of all. IV. CHRIST ACCOMPLISHED A HIGHER WORK. "Redemption" of forfeited rights and paralysed powers; redemption from guilt and spiritual influence of sin; impartation of pardon and purity to the condemned and corrupt; and all this eternal. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; |
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