Letter to the Hebrews Volume 99

 The Death of Christ Jesus Fulfilled the Will of God Part 1

Hebrews 10:5-8 Wherefore when He cometh into the world, He saith, Sacrifice and offering Thou wouldest not, but a body hast Thou prepared Me: In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin Thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of Me,) to do Thy will, O God. Above when He said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin Thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; KJV

Over these many centuries that have gone by since the supernatural birth and the sinless life and the sacrificial death of our Lord, Master, and Savior Jesus Christ there has been continuous debate, discussion, and deliberation on what makes up the will of God. The will of God is in fact the desire, the decree, and the demands of God in His entire Creation, for He did not make things to haphazardly function, however, when the first man created (Adam) disobeyed the command of God, then all of humanity was plunged into sin and born with a sin nature that is completely corrupt and cannot be changed or fixed. Also Adams disobedience changed the animal world causing some animals to eat other animals to survive, likewise even the physical world was twisted by Adam's sin causing hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and all other so called natural disasters (Romans 8:22). The will of God is to restore all things back to His initial desire before the first man sinned by sending the Second Man Jesus Christ to fulfill, accomplish, and satisfy His will for Mankind on the earth, as it is written for us here by the writer of Hebrews with these words, "Wherefore when He cometh into the world, He saith, Sacrifice and offering Thou wouldest not, but a body hast Thou prepared Me: In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin Thou hast had no pleasure." (Hebrews 10:5-6) (KJV). This is taken from the Psalm of King David Psalms 40:6-8. These words express the desire of Christ Jesus our Lord to willingly make Himself even lower than the creatures He created in order to restore all things back to there original design, as it was written for us earlier in this same book with these words, "Thou madest Him a little lower than the angels; Thou crownedst Him with glory and honour, and didst set Him over the works of Thy hands: Thou hast put all things in subjection under His feet. For in that He put all in subjection under Him, He left nothing that is not put under Him. But now we see not yet all things put under Him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that He by the Grace of God should taste death for every man." (Hebrews 2:7-9) (KJV).

Here is what Vincent's Word Studies had to say of Hebrews 10:5, "Confirming the assertion of Hebrews 10:4 by a citation, Psalms 40:7-9, the theme of which is that deliverance from sin is not obtained by animal sacrifices, but by fulfilling God's will. The quotation does not agree with either the Hebrew or the lxx, and the Hebrew and lxx do not agree. The writer supposes the words to be spoken by Messiah when He enters the world as Savior. The obedience to the Divine will, which the Psalmist contrasts with sacrifices, our writer makes to consist in Christ's offering once for all. According to him, the course of thought in the Psalm is as follows: 'Thou, O God, desirest not the sacrifice of beasts, but thou hast prepared my body as a single sacrifice, and so I come to do Thy will, as was predicted of Me, by the sacrifice of Myself.' Christ did not yield to God's will as authoritative constraint. The constraint lay in His own eternal spirit. His sacrifice was no less His own will than God's will." Here is what the JFB Commentary had to say of Hebrews 10:6, "As if these could in themselves atone for sin: God had pleasure in (Greek, 'approved,' or 'was well pleased with') them, in so far as they were an act of obedience to His positive command under the Old Testament, but not as having an intrinsic efficacy such as Christ's sacrifice had." Here is what Albert Barnes had to say of Hebrews 10:6, "The idea is, that God had no pleasure in them as compared with obedience. He preferred the latter, and they could not be made to come in the place of it, or to answer the same purpose. When they were performed with a pure heart, He was doubtless pleased with the offering. As used here in reference to the Messiah, the meaning is, that they would not be what was required of 'Him.' Such offerings would not answer the end for which He was sent into the world, for that end was to be accomplished only by His being 'obedient unto death.'" Here is what Matthew Henry had to say of Hebrews 10:6, "There was a time fixed and foretold by the Great God, and that time had now come, when these legal sacrifices would be no longer accepted by Him nor useful to men. God never did desire them for themselves, and now He abrogated them; and therefore to adhere to them now would be resisting God and rejecting Him. This time of the repeal of the Levitical laws was foretold by David (Psalms 40:6-7), and is recited here as now come. Thus industriously does the Apostle lay low the Mosaical dispensation."

Next the writer of Hebrews makes it clear that all the Hebrew animal sacrifices made to Him (God the Father) were done out of necessity for them, that is, for humanity to go on living despite their sin debt still being unreedemed to His satisfaction, but the Lord Jesus Christ came to do what the other sacrifices could never do, as it is written here in the next two verses, "Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of Me,) to do Thy will, O God. Above when He said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin Thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;" (Hebrews 10:7-8) (KJV). The obedience of the Hebrew people to do the meal-offerings, the burnt-offerings, the sin-offerings and all the other animal sacrifices that He commanded of them in the Book of Leviticus was what satisfied God the Father, however, He never meant for those offerings for sin to satisfy His ultimate justice between He and humanity, this was only going to be accomplished by the death, buriel, and resurrection from the dead of the Messiah when He came to the earth. Here is what Matthew Henry had to say of Hebrews 10:7-8, "From the purpose and promise of God concerning Christ, which are frequently recorded in the volume of the Book of God, Hebrews 10:7. God had not only decreed, but declared by Moses and the Prophets, that Christ should come and be the Great High Priest of the Church, and should offer up a perfect and a perfecting sacrifice. It was written of Christ, in the beginning of the Book of God, that the seed of the woman should break the serpent's head; and the Old Testament abounds with prophecies concerning Christ. Now since He is the person so often promised, so much spoken of, so long expected by the people of God, He ought to be received with great honour and gratitude. From what God had done in preparing a Body for Christ (that is, a human nature), that He might be qualified to be our Redeemer and Advocate; uniting the two natures in His own person, He was a fit Mediator to go between God and man; a days-man to lay His hand upon both, a peace-maker, to reconcile them, and an everlasting band of union between God and the creature - 'My ears hast Thou opened; Thou has fully instructed Me, furnished and fitted Me for the work, and engaged Me in it,' Psalms 40:6. Now a Saviour thus provided, and prepared by God Himself in so extraordinary a manner, ought to be received with great affection and gladness. From the readiness and willingness that Christ discovered to engage in this work, when no other sacrifice would be accepted, Hebrews 10:8. When no less sacrifice would be a proper satisfaction to the justice of God than that of Christ Himself, then Christ voluntarily came into it: 'Lo, I come! I delight to do thy will, O God! Let thy curse fall upon Me, but let these go their way. Father, I delight to fulfil Thy counsels, and My covenant with Thee for them; I delight to perform all Thy promises, to fulfil all the prophecies.' This should endear Christ and our Bibles to us, that in Christ we have the fulfilling of the Scriptures."

If you do not know the Lord Jesus Christ and His amazing healing power, pray this from your heart to the Lord Jesus Christ (you speaking directly to Him), Dear Lord Jesus, I confess to You that I am a sinner and I need Your forgiveness. I believe You shed Your Blood and died for my sins. I believe that You rose from the dead proving that You alone are God. I repent of my sins. I want to turn from my sins. I ask You Dear Lord Jesus to come into my heart and take control of my life. I want You to be my Lord, Savior, and my God. Amen...


Sincerely in Christ,


Clifford D. Tate, Sr.


Author of “Silent Assassins of the Soul - Are you Broken by Pornography and Masturbation? You can be Restored by the Lord Jesus Christ and brought into Deliverance, Freedom, and Victory! A Guide for Men and Women in the Enemy’s Crosshairs” e-book available now @ Amazon Kindle, @ Apple I Bookstore for IPod, Barnes and Noble for Nook, Reader Store for Sony Reade, Kobo, Copia, Gardners, Baker and Taylor, and eBookPie…