’ “For I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins will I remember no more.” This third better promise is united to the former by , showing that the forgiveness of sins or God’s grace is fundamental to any possible renewal and maintenance of covenant. A look through the book of Hebrews to learn more about who Jesus Is! There will be a level of piety unknown to the olden time, by which God’s mercies will be an ever-flowing stream. That was comparatively severe in its inflictions (see Hebrews 10:28); marked every offence with strictness, and employed the language of mercy much less frequently than that of justice. This is a mixture, and results in a state of mind scarcely able to understand God when He says, "Their sins will I remember no more." (Cf. Hebrews 8:12, NASB: "FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TOWARD THEIR WRONGDOINGS, AND THEIR SINS I WILL NO LONGER REMEMBER.'" (12) Merciful.—Literally, propitious. The old covenant failed because God found fault with them. This is the “fourth” circumstance adduced in which the new covenant will surpass the old. When they become part of this New Covenant, all their sins will be canceled! The theme of the Day of Atonement is reconciliation, becoming at one with God through the forgiveness of sin. 1 of 1. hileos. shall not be found; God will never charge them with them, or Remember no more - contrast the law (Hebrews 10:3). To their unrighteousness.—Rather, to their unrighteousnesses, and their sins will I remember no more. So A Delta f. Not in B 'Aleph ('), Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic (perhaps from Hebrews 10:17). Hebrews 8:12, NLT: "And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.'" This third better promise is united to the former by , showing that the forgiveness of sins or God’s grace is fundamental to any possible renewal and maintenance of covenant. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. ; but the apostle adds it for the sake of giving to the discourse greater weight; ch. 12.] "and this will be my covenant with them when I … 1:1 In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. It comes infinitely short of the truth. merely: καὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν, in accordance with the Hebrew: וּלְחַטָּאתָם לֹא אֶזְכָּר־עו ̇ד. Hebrews 8:6-13. They did not continue in His covenant, in spite of His kindness. Please distinguish carefully this wonderful word here: I will remember them no more, from "remembering against." God showed mercy under the old, and the passages that show it are too numerous to mention. Hebrews 8:12. It was true that it contemplated pardon, and made arrangements for it; but it is still true that this is much more prominent in the new dispensation than in the old. Old Attic adjective for ιλαος — hilaos common in the lxx, only here in N.T., from which ιλασκομαι — hilaskomai comes (Luke 18:13). Here is given the third and chief promise: the characteristic of the new covenant is the full pardon of sin. Learn, 3. Hebrews 10:3. For instance, a phrase has been current among some, which, (never dreamed of by them) defeats grace. God is merciful to the unrighteousness of people and their sins are remembered no more. This is the longest I’ve preached on one book of the Bible. They could not remove it; but the prophet, as quoted by the Apostle, foretells that, under the new covenant, God would be merciful to the unrighteousness of His people, and no longer remember their sin. adikia (plural) App-128. There will be a level of piety unknown to the olden time, by which God’s, When they become part of this New Covenant, all their sins will be canceled! Their sins and their iniquities ( τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν ). For ... - The third of "the better promises" (Hebrews 8:6). For ἁμαρτία sinsee on Matthew 1:21; and for both ἀδικία and ἁμαρτία , see on 1 John 1:9. By his blood, redemption has been purchased, and all who with penitent hearts believe on the Lord Jesus receive remission of sins, and God remembers their iniquities no more against them so as to punish them on that account. Hebrews 8 – A New, Better Covenant A. Jesus, our heavenly priest. I was a blasphemer, saith Paul (that was a grievous sin against the first table), I was a persecutor (that was a great sin against the second table), yet I obtained mercy; why then should any one despair. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. And their sins and their iniquities will I remember no This is the center, the crown, the glory of the new dispensation. 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. All of these shall not only be for the present blotted out, but his mercy will be so great and certain through Christ, that he will neither punish them for them, nor charge them to them; he will abundantly pardon, and for ever take them away, so as if they be sought for they shall not be found, Hebrews 10:3,14 Isa 43:25 Micah 7:18,19. I will by no means remember any more. 31:34. That the covenant of grace fully assures us, that there are riches of grace, and abundance of pardoning mercy in God, which disposes him, for Christ's sake, to be merciful to penitent sinners' unrighteousness, and to remember their transgressions no more, how many and heinous soever they have been. καὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν καὶ τῶν ἀνομιῶν αὐτῶν] LXX. reconciliation and satisfaction for sin by Christ; so that For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness Thence learn, That free and underserved grace, in the pardon of sin, is the original spring and foundation of all covenant-mercies and blessings. 'All Shall Know Me' Hebrews 8:12 - IV. Each year, on the Day of Atonement, Israel's sins were symbolically transferred to the Tabernacle by … Hebrews 8:12-13 King James Version (KJV). whom he is pacified, or rendered propitious by Christ; there is It is what separates it from all other systems. Jesus is superior to Moses 3:1-6. v1 Brothers and sisters in Christ … Comp. This verse contains a likeness and a contrast between the two covenants. it is an act of mercy streaming through the blood and sacrifice It is there the leading idea. The inner ground of this communion with God and this knowledge of Him. This is not Christian truth. Hebrews 8:12 Context. 64-68AD. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. Hebrews 8:12. Hebrews 10:1-10 Animal Sacrifices Are Insufficient. In fact, the uniqueness by which the gospel is distinguished from all other systems, ancient and modern, philosophic and moral, pagan and deistical, is that it is a system making provision for the forgiveness of sin, and actually bestowing pardon on the guilty. Hebrews 9:23-28 Christ is The Perfect Sacrifice. He is a forgiving God, Nehemiah 9:31. That the aggravations of sin are great and many, which the consciences of convinced sinners ought to have regard unto. It cannot mean literally that God forgets that people are sinners, but it means that he treats them as if this were forgotten. In saying a new covenant, he hath made the first old. readd.) For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. Bleek and Delitzsch have good notes here) I will be merciful ( אֶסְלַח. We are now in the long interval before the coming of the seventieth heptad. Hebrews 8:12: For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."Jer. I will be merciful to their unrighteousness - In order to be their God, as mentioned under the preceding verse, it is requisite that their iniquity should be pardoned; this is provided for by the immolation of Jesus Christ as the covenant sacrifice. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. ibid. he pardons fully; and this lays a foundation for hope in sensible 1 John 5:17. The sacrifices offered by the law only brought sin to remembrance. More Hebrews commentaries. Forgiveness of sins is the root of this new state of inward knowledge of the Lord. "My sins are under the blood." The tabernacle in Hebrews means either the tent of meeting in the wilderness (Hebrews 9:2; Hebrews 9:21) or in a pictorial way the Jewish order of service (Hebrews 9:8; Hebrews 13:10). 11 No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’. ἀδικίαι] in the plural, in the N. T. only here, but of frequent occurrence with the LXX. Thus one has said of the word "at-one-ment," that it is a "babyish" interpretation of atonement. of Christ. It starts the salvation process off. It was a system where law and justice reigned; not where mercy was the crowning and prevalent attribute. Their sins of the former time will be no more a reason for penalty. ou me, as Hebrews 8:11. Article Images Copyright © 2021 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. That is, sin; for all unrighteousness is sin, being contrary to This would merely seek to view the pardoned sinner as being restored to the position in which Adam was before he sinned. I will be their God, and they will be my people. Hebrews 11:8-12 "By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. Hebrews 8:12. On the contrary, there is remission for sin, wholly on the ground of the one great Sacrifice that put sin away. This is the great fundamental promise of the covenant of grace, pardon of sin. Let them never be ashamed of being called his people, nor of any of those who are truly so, how much soever despised in the world. no. 8:12 For I will justify them, which is the root of all true knowledge of God. Hebrews 11:8, ESV: "By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. It falls so far short of the work Christ did and of the place the believer is in, that I am ashamed to speak of it further. Hebrews 8:12. Lit. in N. T. here only, but frequently in LXX, e. g. 1 Kings 3:13; Jeremiah 2:22; Jeremiah 18:23; Ezekiel 12:2; Hosea 10:13 &c.), and of their sins (see var. Hebrews 8:8; Hebrews 8:5.— οὐ μὴ μνησθῶ ἔτι, I will remember no more) Comp. Unrighteousnesses. 3. Now "just-as-if-I'd never sinned" not only looks at our escape from punishment as the chief object to be attained at the Cross, but minimizes that Divine forsaking and judgment, that sparing not of His own Son, as well as the unutterable glory of being placed in that Son and one with Him. Wesley's Hebrews 8:12 Bible Commentary. Hebrews 10:3. . was a remembrance of it every year. Commentary. All rights reserved. Let no man deceive you here, saying that believers must pass into at least the first part of the seventieth week. therefore he pardons freely; it is large and abundant, and hence But this is not what God says. Greek. Hebrews 8:2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not … Hebrews 9:1-10 Limitation in The Earthly Sanctuary. Ghost, and that God's covenant people are never guilty of; these 1. ), but: for. Hebrews 8:12 "FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR INIQUITIES, AND I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO * MORE ." punish them for them: this is another phrase to express the The first covenant was made with the posterity of Abraham, in the line of Isaac and Jacob; the second with those that are Christ's, who are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. Merciful (ιλεως — hileōs). "merciful", signifies "propitious"; God pardons none but those to Merciful to their unrighteousness; pardon their sins, and not so remember as to punish them. This point will be dealt with in detail by the comments on Hebrews 10:3. Learn hence, 1. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness: this for states the cause of all the former acts promised in the gospel covenant, as regenerating, illuminating, adopting, and God’s gracious removing all sins that might hinder the communication of these and all other good to his covenanted ones; God, in and by the administration of this covenant, ratified by his blood, propitiating him, will of his free mercy pardon, blot out, and take away, Hebrews 2:17, and thereby free them from the guilt, power, and punishment of their original and actual unrighteousness; implying his reconciliation to, and free acceptance of, their persons in Jesus Christ, on whose account it is he dealeth so graciously with them in all things, Isaiah 55:7-9 1 John 4:9. He took upon himself human nature, appeared on earth, and there gave himself as a sacrifice to God for the sins of his people. Of this new covenant, “ordained” on the three promises of an inward revelation, universal knowledge of God, and free pardon of sin, Jesus is the Mediator. will I make mention no more. Hebrews 10:11-18 Christ’s Death Perfects The Sanctified. “In other places also is the verb סָלַח given in the LXX by the formula ἵλεώς εἰμι: always of God only, in reference to men; sometimes absolutely, 3 Kings 8:30, 39; 2 Chronicles 6:21; Amos 7:2; but generally with a dative, either of the person whom God forgives, Numbers 14:20; Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 5:7; Jeremiah 27:20 (50:20), or the sins which are forgiven, 1 (3) Kings 8:34, 36, 50; Jeremiah 43:3 (Jeremiah 36:3).” Bleek) to their iniquities (plur. Ver. And (we know, for it is a general truth) that which is becoming antiquated, which is already obsolescent, and is daily growing feebler with age, is nigh to vanishing away. All sins and blasphemies shall be forgiven to the sons of men Matthew 12:31. forgiveness of sin is an act of justice, as well as of mercy; or Hebrews 9:11-15 Christ Opens The Inner Sanctuary. Isaiah 51:6. old one, or the former dispensation; in which, though there were The Expositor's Greek Testament. For ἀδικία see on 2 Peter 2:13. I will put my laws in their minds. Hebrews Commentary: How can I get to Heaven? Designation of the alienation from God in its single outbreaks and forms of manifestation. 12. Notice the contrasting emphases in Hebrews 8:8-12 between Israel’s disobedience under the old covenant, versus God’s initiative under the new covenant. 31:31-34 remember no more — Contrast the law, Hebrews 10:3. Hebrews 8:12, KJV: "For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more." First, a sinner is pardoned: then he knows God, as gracious and merciful then God's laws are written on his heart: he is God's, and God is his. Jeremiah 120; Colossians 2:14. a) … Hebrews 8:12 For G3754 I will be G2071 merciful G2436 to their G846 unrighteousness, G93 and G2532 their G846 sins G266 and G2532 their G846 iniquities G458 … For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness,.... That is, sin; for all unrighteousness is sin, being contrary to the justice of God, and his righteous law: and the phrase is expressive of God's forgiveness of it, which is a very considerable article of the covenant of grace; mercy is the spring and original of pardon; it is what God delights in, and therefore he pardons freely; it is large and abundant, and hence he pardons fully; and this lays a foundation for hope in sensible sinners: and the way and means, in and by which God pardons, is the propitiatory sacrifice of his Son; and the word here rendered "merciful", signifies "propitious"; God pardons none but those to whom he is pacified, or rendered propitious by Christ; there is no mercy, nor pardon, but through him; he pardons on the foot of reconciliation and satisfaction for sin by Christ; so that forgiveness of sin is an act of justice, as well as of mercy; or it is an act of mercy streaming through the blood and sacrifice of Christ. Hebrews 9:16-22 Christ’s Death is Necessary. How could God remember sins which Christ has put completely and forever away by His sacrifice? Will I remember no more - This is evidently spoken after the manner of men, and in accordance with human apprehension. no mercy, nor pardon, but through him; he pardons on the foot of God remembers no more; he casts them behind his back, and into The essential promises of the new covenant were not unknown under the old. He doth it naturally, Exodus 20:6; abundantly, Isaiah 55:7; constantly, Psalms 130:4; John 1:27; Malachi 3:6. To their unrighteousness, and their sins and iniquities] All kinds and degrees of sins, Exodus 34:6-7, Micah 7:17. ἵλεως ἔσομαι ταῖς ἀδικίαις αὐτῶν] I will be gracious ( אֶסֶלֵח) to their unrighteousnesses, i.e. This, therefore, is God's method. The rites of the Law did not lead to the perception of spiritual truths; ordinances which were intended to teach the divine intolerance of sin became mere ceremonies; external sanctions did not preserve the nation in true obedience to God’s law. Learn more Start my trial Back . None like him for that, Micah 7:18. Mark: these seventy heptads (weeks) were decreed "upon thy (Daniel's) people and upon thy holy city" (Jerusalem). Commentary – English; Comentario – Español; ... iv. Thus is fulfilled the prediction that our great High Priest should finish transgression, make an end of sin, make reconciliation for iniquity, and bring in everlasting righteousness. That is, sin; for all unrighteousness is sin, being contrary to the justice of God, and his righteous law: and the phrase is expressive of God's forgiveness of it, which is a very considerable article of the covenant of grace; mercy is the spring and original of pardon; it is what God delights in, and therefore he pardons freely; it is large and abundant, … Hebrews 8:12. They have nothing to do with the Church, with the times of the Gentiles. ), but: for. For I will justify them, which is the root of all true knowledge of God. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. But as we have seen in Hebrews 13:20, an eternal covenant is found, and the contracting parties are "the God of peace" on the one hand, and "the Great Shepherd of the sheep" on the other.