Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited. We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat. For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp. Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate. So, let us go out to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach. For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come. Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name. And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you. Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a good conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things. And I urge you all the more to do this, so that I may be restored to you the sooner.
v 7 - "Though these leaders had likely died, their example should still be imitated." (Ryrie)
yesterday - "In the days of His life on earth (Heb 2:9; 5:7-8)." (Ryrie)
today - "As our high priest in heaven (Heb 4:15-16)." (Ryrie)
forever - "To secure and consummate our salvation (Heb 7:25; 9:28)." (Ryrie)
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever - "Clearly Hebrews 13:8 and similar verses such as Malachi 3:6 (For I am the Lord, I change not;) are not intended to be applied to physical truths, but rather to the unchangeable nature of the Godhead. Always holy, always perfect, God demonstrates His attributes in verses such as Isaiah 11:2 (And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.) God is love, and so much more: and it is those attributes which are the same yesterday, today and forever." (McLean)
v 9 - "Previously, meats were said to belong to them that are of full age, and strong mean was spoken of favorably, unlie the verse above: Hebrews 5:13-14 (For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.) However, there is no conflict between these verses: meaty doctrine is to help the believer to function, discerning both good and evil. The distinction is that strong meat is not to be an end in and of itself. The skillful believer is to use the strong meat to good advantage rather than to selfishly hoard the strong meat to no one's benefit. This perhaps explains why some people who know so very much seem to understand so very little. Implicit in the verse is the concept that occupying oneself in strong meats can lead to divers and strange doctrines while using strong meats brings discernment. Clearly stated in the verse is the concept that the Hebrew reader should stay well within the doctrinal boundaries being confirmed or established by this book (Heb 7:12)." (McLean)
v 10 - "Those who still want to be under the law cannot enjoy the benefits of our altar — the cross and all it stands for." (Ryrie)
"The 'we/they' cannot be Christians in our dispensation versus the unsaved nor can it be Roman Catholic with their sacrifice of the Mass as opposed to those outside that church, as the Vatican would have you to believe. The 'we/they' can only be those who were continuing in the Mosaic system of sacrifices being contrary to those who had accepted the Messiah as their sin offering. Those sacrificing beasts had no right to eat at the altar shared by believers who had followed their Messiah." (McLean)
"We (Hebrews) have an altar. At the moment the Apostle was writing it was still standing in front of the Temple at Jerusalem and on it was still annually sacrificed the sin-offering (v 11). Of that offering none were permitted to eat (Lev 6:30). The altar was shortly afterwards destroyed by the Romans. To suppose this altar to be what is today called the Lord's Table is strange, for all partake of that table; but no one partook of the altar of the sin-offering, and this prohibition is the argument of verses 10-12." (Williams)
outside the camp - "where the carcasses of sin-offering animals were burned (Lev 4:21; 16:27)." (Ryrie)
Jesus also ... suffered outside the gate - "See John 19:17-20. This showed Jesus to be our sin offering." (Ryrie)
"The victim personating sin was wholly burned without the camp, and thus was symbolized God's wrath against sin. But its blood was brought into the immediate presence of God as being most precious to Him. So Christ suffered the wrath of God without the gate and entered into the presence of God within the vail (v 12). These Hebrew believers were urged to go forth unto Him outside 'the camp' i.e., Jerusalem and the law of Moses, and bear His reproach." (Williams)
"This was entirely contrary to Jewish ideas. All that was outside the camp was ceremonially unclean. Yet the Jews had delivered Christ into the hands of unclean Gentiles. To obtain salvation was therefore impossible inside the camp of Judaism. The works of the Jewish economy of ritually and ceremonial ordinances must be abandoned. It was necessary to go outside the gate to the place where along the needs of the soul had been met by God. Hope lay not in national privilege or any exclusive Jewish position. The reproach of Christ, an indignity in the yes of a Jew and a degradation in the eyes of a Gentile, was the only possible means of acceptance with God. The covenant of grace must not be mingled with the covenant of law. Separation to Christ always brings enmity and opposition." (Vine)
v 13 - "Christians are exhorted to go outside the camp; i.e., to leave all false religions and join themselves to Christ." (Ryrie)
vss 15-16 - "The believers' sacrifice are praise, doing good, and sharing (Phil 4:18)." (Ryrie)
we are seeking the city which is to come - "Vain attempts at having every verse of the Bible apply doctrinally to all persons at any time invariably come to conclusions which are confusing to the point of doctrinal chaos ... Imagine Christians teaching that their denomination is the Bride of Christ (a term which does not appear in the Bible), when the bride is that Jewish city (Rev 20:2) which comes to Earth while the Body of Christ is ever with the Lord in heavenly places." (McLean)
your leaders - "present church leaders (cf. Heb 13:7)." (Ryrie)
obey your leaders and submit to them - "Paul's suppression of himself and his Apostolic authority, and his urging affection and submission to the Twelve Apostles (Heb 13:7, 17), and his humbly asking only prayer for himself, were all calculated to disarm the prejudices of those to whom he wrote (v 22)." (Williams)
unprofitable for you - "not to your advantage." (Ryrie)
v 7 - "Though these leaders had likely died, their example should still be imitated." (Ryrie)
yesterday - "In the days of His life on earth (Heb 2:9; 5:7-8)." (Ryrie)
today - "As our high priest in heaven (Heb 4:15-16)." (Ryrie)
forever - "To secure and consummate our salvation (Heb 7:25; 9:28)." (Ryrie)
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever - "Clearly Hebrews 13:8 and similar verses such as Malachi 3:6 (For I am the Lord, I change not;) are not intended to be applied to physical truths, but rather to the unchangeable nature of the Godhead. Always holy, always perfect, God demonstrates His attributes in verses such as Isaiah 11:2 (And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.) God is love, and so much more: and it is those attributes which are the same yesterday, today and forever." (McLean)
v 9 - "Previously, meats were said to belong to them that are of full age, and strong mean was spoken of favorably, unlie the verse above: Hebrews 5:13-14 (For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.) However, there is no conflict between these verses: meaty doctrine is to help the believer to function, discerning both good and evil. The distinction is that strong meat is not to be an end in and of itself. The skillful believer is to use the strong meat to good advantage rather than to selfishly hoard the strong meat to no one's benefit. This perhaps explains why some people who know so very much seem to understand so very little. Implicit in the verse is the concept that occupying oneself in strong meats can lead to divers and strange doctrines while using strong meats brings discernment. Clearly stated in the verse is the concept that the Hebrew reader should stay well within the doctrinal boundaries being confirmed or established by this book (Heb 7:12)." (McLean)
v 10 - "Those who still want to be under the law cannot enjoy the benefits of our altar — the cross and all it stands for." (Ryrie)
"The 'we/they' cannot be Christians in our dispensation versus the unsaved nor can it be Roman Catholic with their sacrifice of the Mass as opposed to those outside that church, as the Vatican would have you to believe. The 'we/they' can only be those who were continuing in the Mosaic system of sacrifices being contrary to those who had accepted the Messiah as their sin offering. Those sacrificing beasts had no right to eat at the altar shared by believers who had followed their Messiah." (McLean)
"We (Hebrews) have an altar. At the moment the Apostle was writing it was still standing in front of the Temple at Jerusalem and on it was still annually sacrificed the sin-offering (v 11). Of that offering none were permitted to eat (Lev 6:30). The altar was shortly afterwards destroyed by the Romans. To suppose this altar to be what is today called the Lord's Table is strange, for all partake of that table; but no one partook of the altar of the sin-offering, and this prohibition is the argument of verses 10-12." (Williams)
outside the camp - "where the carcasses of sin-offering animals were burned (Lev 4:21; 16:27)." (Ryrie)
Jesus also ... suffered outside the gate - "See John 19:17-20. This showed Jesus to be our sin offering." (Ryrie)
"The victim personating sin was wholly burned without the camp, and thus was symbolized God's wrath against sin. But its blood was brought into the immediate presence of God as being most precious to Him. So Christ suffered the wrath of God without the gate and entered into the presence of God within the vail (v 12). These Hebrew believers were urged to go forth unto Him outside 'the camp' i.e., Jerusalem and the law of Moses, and bear His reproach." (Williams)
"This was entirely contrary to Jewish ideas. All that was outside the camp was ceremonially unclean. Yet the Jews had delivered Christ into the hands of unclean Gentiles. To obtain salvation was therefore impossible inside the camp of Judaism. The works of the Jewish economy of ritually and ceremonial ordinances must be abandoned. It was necessary to go outside the gate to the place where along the needs of the soul had been met by God. Hope lay not in national privilege or any exclusive Jewish position. The reproach of Christ, an indignity in the yes of a Jew and a degradation in the eyes of a Gentile, was the only possible means of acceptance with God. The covenant of grace must not be mingled with the covenant of law. Separation to Christ always brings enmity and opposition." (Vine)
v 13 - "Christians are exhorted to go outside the camp; i.e., to leave all false religions and join themselves to Christ." (Ryrie)
vss 15-16 - "The believers' sacrifice are praise, doing good, and sharing (Phil 4:18)." (Ryrie)
we are seeking the city which is to come - "Vain attempts at having every verse of the Bible apply doctrinally to all persons at any time invariably come to conclusions which are confusing to the point of doctrinal chaos ... Imagine Christians teaching that their denomination is the Bride of Christ (a term which does not appear in the Bible), when the bride is that Jewish city (Rev 20:2) which comes to Earth while the Body of Christ is ever with the Lord in heavenly places." (McLean)
your leaders - "present church leaders (cf. Heb 13:7)." (Ryrie)
obey your leaders and submit to them - "Paul's suppression of himself and his Apostolic authority, and his urging affection and submission to the Twelve Apostles (Heb 13:7, 17), and his humbly asking only prayer for himself, were all calculated to disarm the prejudices of those to whom he wrote (v 22)." (Williams)
unprofitable for you - "not to your advantage." (Ryrie)
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