Hebrews 9:15

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Summary

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

The mediator

Means

Hebrews 9:16

Hebrews 2:14

Hebrews 13:20

For

The first

Hebrews 9:1

Hebrews 8:7

They which

Promise

Bible References

The mediator

by so much is Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.

But now He hath obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which is established upon better promises.

and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than Abel.

For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus:

Means

For where a testament is, there is a necessity of proving the death of the testator.

Seeing then the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also himself in like manner partook of them; that by death He might destroy him that had the empire of death, that is, the devil:

Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the everlasting covenant,

For

nor by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

God having provided something better concerning us, that without us they might not be made perfect.

being justified freely by his grace, because of the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

For when we were yet without strength, Christ died in due season for the ungodly.

in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the remission of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

As Christ also once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust (that He might introduce us to God) being indeed put to death in the flesh, but raised to life by the Spirit:

And they sung a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open its seals; for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation;

and they sung as it were a new song before the throne; and before the four living ones, and the elders: and none could learn the song, but the hundred and forty four thousand, who are redeemed from the earth.

The first

Therefore the first covenant had also rites of worship and a worldly sanctuary.

For if the first covenant had been unexceptionable, there had been no room for a second:

They which

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the apostle and high-priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

And we know that all things co-operate for good to them that love God, to them that are called according to his purpose;

whom He hath also called, even us, not only of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles.

to which He hath called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Promise

For when God made the promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He sware by Himself, saying,

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but seen them from afar, and been persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.

Happy is the man who sustaineth temptation; for being approved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him.

And this is the promise which He hath promised us, even eternal life.