Charles Spurgeon Commentary


Charles Spurgeon Commentary
"Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein (the which are offered according to the law), then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second." — Hebrews 10:8-9 (ASV)
Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin you would not, nor had pleasure in them, which are offered by the law; then said he, Look, I come to do your will, O God. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second.
The old law is gone; the first sacrifice is no longer presented, for the second has come, the real offering of Christ, the Lamb of God.
Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin you would not, nor had pleasure in them; which are offered by the law; then he said, Lo, I come to do your will O God. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second.
An end was made of the types and shadows of the ceremonial law, that the real substance might be introduced by Christ. Never imagine, dear friends, that the old Jewish ceremonial law is to drag on its existence, and to be intermingled with the Christian dispensation. Ah, no! As the shadows of the night vanish when the sun arises, as the lamps in that street are put out when daylight returns, so was it with all the types and shadows of the ancient law when the great Antitype appeared.