“Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:”
Hebrews 6:17 KJV
In the same context we are confronted with God’s eagerness to go to the last extreme in His dealing with us as heirs of His promise, and to cancel out all possible grounds for doubt or dispute. In order to persuade us of the unalterable character and finality of His resolve, He confined Himself to an oath. The promise which already belongs to us by heritage, is now also confirmed under oath. In the Incarnation, God has positioned Himself in the midst of His creation. The Mosaic law spoke the language of the fallen mindset, and required mediators, the Levitical priesthood, because mankind had a part to obey God’s commandments and God’s part was to bless. God’s covenant with Abraham was a grace covenant pointing to the Man Jesus Christ, in Whom God Himself would fulfil mankind’s part and therefore needed no mediator apart from Himself. Mankind was not redeemed from the devil, a thief never becomes an owner! Neither did Jesus do what He did to change His Father’s mind about us, it was our minds that needed persuasion. God was not to be reconciled to His creation - God was in Christ when He reconciled the world to Himself! Hallelujah!
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