10:9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the {d} first, that he may establish the second.
(d) That is, the sacrifices, to establish the second, that is, the will of God.
10:9 Then said he. He said, first, The Levitical sacrifices do not please God (Heb 10:8); then he said, second,
Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. This is pleasing to God. Hence he
taketh away the first, the old covenant with its sacrifices.
That he may establish the second, the new covenant inaugurated by complete submission to the will of God.
10:9 Then said he - in that very instant he subjoined. Lo, I come to do Thy will - To offer a more acceptable sacrifice; and by this very act he taketh away the legal, that he may establish the evangelical, dispensation.
10:1-10 The apostle having shown that the tabernacle, and ordinances of the covenant of Sinai, were only emblems and types of the gospel, concludes that the sacrifices the high priests offered continually, could not make the worshippers perfect, with respect to pardon, and the purifying of their consciences. But when God manifested in the flesh, became the sacrifice, and his death upon the accursed tree the ransom, then the Sufferer being of infinite worth, his free-will sufferings were of infinite value. The atoning sacrifice must be one capable of consenting, and must of his own will place himself in the sinner's stead: Christ did so. The fountain of all that Christ has done for his people, is the sovereign will and grace of God. The righteousness brought in, and the sacrifice once offered by Christ, are of eternal power, and his salvation shall never be done away. They are of power to make all the comers thereunto perfect; they derive from the atoning blood, strength and motives for obedience, and inward comfort.
