The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction – Proverbs 1:7

The glory of these types did no way answer the glory of the antitype, or that which was represented by them.—It is acknowledged that the service of the high priest at and from this golden altar, and his entrance with a cloud of incense into the most holy place, had great glory in it, and was suited to ingenerate a great veneration in the minds of the people; howbeit they were all but carnal things, and had no glory in […]

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction – Proverbs 1:7

But, as was said, a rule is to be fixed to guide us in the interpretation of the mystical signification of these things, and the application of them; without which we shall wander in uncertain and unapprovable conjectures. And it is plainly given us in the context. For therein are two things manifest: 1. That the tabernacle and all contained in it were typical of Christ. This is directly affirmed, chap. 8:2, as hath been evinced in the exposition of […]

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country, and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness. – Zechariah 8:7-8

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction – Proverbs 1:7

On this occasion he takes off the veil from the face of Moses, declaring the nature and end of the old covenant; and the use, signification, and efficacy of all the institutions and ordinances of worship thereunto belonging. They were all prescribed unto the diligent observation of the church of the old testament; and their adherence unto them was the great trial of their obedience unto God, whilst that church-state continued, Mal. 4:4. However the best among them were much […]

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country, and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness. – Zechariah 8:7-8

Acceptance with God lies at the foundation of all religion, for there must be an accepted worshipper before there can be acceptable worship. Religion is, with many, merely the means of averting God’s displeasure and securing His favor. It is often irksome, but they do not feel easy in neglecting it; and they hope that by it they may obtain forgiveness before they die. This, however, is the inversion of God’s order, and is in reality the worship of an […]

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