Hebreeën 8:1

1 De hoofdsom nu der dingen, waarvan wij spreken, is, dat wij hebben zodanigen Hogepriester, Die gezeten is aan de rechter hand van den troon der Majesteit in de hemelen:

Hebreeën 8:1 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 8:1

Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum
The scope and drift, the compendium and substance; or the principal of what has been said in or from ( Psalms 110:4 ) and has been discoursed of in the three preceding chapters, is the priesthood of Christ:

we have such an high priest;
as is described in the foregoing discourse, and in the following words: Christ is a priest, an high priest, and the saints' high priest; they are not without one under the Gospel dispensation; and Christ is he, and always continues, in whose sacrifice and intercession they have a share:

who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the
heavens;
he is "set", whereas the Levitical priests stood; which shows that he has done his work, and that with acceptance; and is in a state of ease and rest; and is possessed of honour, glory, majesty, and authority, and which continue: the place where he is set is, "on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty"; the same with the right hand of God; for by the throne of the Majesty is meant God the Father, in his royal glory and dignity; so Tiphereth, one of the ten numbers in the Jews' Cabalistic tree, whose name is Jehovah, is called (dwbkh aok) , "the throne of glory" ^F3; so angels are called thrones, ( Colossians 1:16 ) but God is a throne of majesty superior to them; and at his right hand sits Christ the great high priest; which is expressive of his high honour, glory, and power, and even of his equality with God: the phrase, "in the heavens", may refer both to God the throne of majesty, who is there, and to Christ the high priest, who is passed into them, and received by them, and sits there.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Lex. Cabal. p. 483.

Hebreeën 8:1 In-Context

1 De hoofdsom nu der dingen, waarvan wij spreken, is, dat wij hebben zodanigen Hogepriester, Die gezeten is aan de rechter hand van den troon der Majesteit in de hemelen:

2 Een Bedienaar des heiligdoms, en des waren tabernakels, welken de Heere heeft opgericht, en geen mens.

3 Want een iegelijk hogepriester wordt gesteld, om gaven en slachtofferen te offeren; waarom het noodzakelijk was, dat ook Deze wat had, dat Hij zou offeren.

4 Want indien Hij op aarde ware, zo zou Hij zelfs geen Priester zijn, dewijl er priesters zijn, die naar de wet gaven offeren;

5 Welke het voorbeeld en de schaduw der hemelse dingen dienen, gelijk Mozes door Goddelijke aanspraak vermaand was, als hij den tabernakel volmaken zou: Want zie, zegt Hij, dat gij het alles maakt naar de afbeelding, die u op den berg getoond is.