sacrifices:
the second
the fulfilment of the divine will by rational self- devotion.
sthvsh/
] Vulg.
statuat.
Compare Rom. 3:31 (
novmon iJstavnomen
); 10:3; 14:4; Gen. 6:18, & c.
Heb. 10:10. ejn w|/ qel. hJgiasm. ejsmevn ] In which will , Vulg. in qua voluntate ...perfectly accomplished by Christ for all time, according to His abiding declaration ( ei[rhken ), we have been sanctified , as included in its scope. The will of God fulfilled by Christ is regarded not as that through ( diav ) which, nor as that according to which ( katav ) men are sanctified. They are included in it, even in that purpose of love which Christ has realised (Eph. 1:7). Compare Heb. 10:19; 29; 13:20.
The thought of Christians as included in the Father's will, which Christ fulfilled, corresponds with St Paul's thought of Christians being in Christ, an expression which is not found in the Epistle.
For the resolved form hJgiasm. ejsmevn see Heb. 7:20 note; and for the use of the perfect John 17:19; Acts 20:32; 26:18; 1 Cor. 1:2; 7:14; (Rom. 15:16).
For the connexion of the redemption of men with the will of God see Heb. 10:7 note.
dia; th'" prosf. tou' swvmato"
]
through the offering of the body
divinely prepared, which offering, slowly matured through life, was consummated on the cross. The clause contains an answer to the question which naturally arises How are we sanctified in the will of God? That will was realised in the perfect life of the Son of man, in which each man as a member of humanity finds the realisation of his own destiny.
The use of prosforav (used of Christ's offering only in this chapter and Eph. 5:2) connects the self-sacrifice of Christ with the typical sacrifices (comp. Heb. 5:1 note). And the compound name Jesus Christ (Heb. 13:8, 21 only) characterises the completeness of the sacrifice under the divine and human aspects of the Lord's Person. At the same time the specific reference to the body, the appointed organ for doing God's will under particular conditions, emphasises the reference to the totality of Christ's earthly work. Elsewhere in the Epistle He is said to offer Himself (7:27; 9:14, 25 f.). The Western reading ai{mato" , sanguinis , expresses only one side of the whole thought.
Compare Additional Note. ejfavpax ] The word (Heb. 7:27; 9:12) goes with the whole sentence. The sanctification of all believers is completed on the divine side. Comp. 10:14.
(3) Heb. 10:11-14. The efficacy of Christ's sacrifice shewn by His present Majesty.
A view of the efficacy of Christ's present work follows on the general description of His historic sacrifice in Life and Death. This is given by presenting the contrast between the continuous service of the Levitical priests and Christ's position of Royal assurance (10:11-13); and then shewing the ground of Christ's preeminence in the abiding sufficiency of His one offering for the needs of every member of His Church (10:14).
11 And while every priest (highpriest) standeth day by day ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices which can never take away sins ,
12 He, when He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God ,
13 henceforward waiting till His enemies be made the footstool of His feet. 14 For by one offering He hath perfected for ever them