Hebrews 10:5-7 Why when he comes into the world, he said, Sacrifice and offering you would not, but a body have you prepared me:… Who said this? He who of all who ever walked this earth alone could say — "I have done Thy bidding." And when did He say it? When all else had failed? When "Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings, and offering for sin, Thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein." Then, said He, "Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God." It is the announcement of human weakness. It was the final and only way to harmonise the attributes of God, and to make it a just thing for a Holy God to pardon a sinner — to reconcile man to his Maker. And what was God's will? In the first instance God's will was to make a lovely creation, and a creature, man, who should be a free agent to occupy and enjoy it. So He made a happy world, and two persons to inhabit and enjoy it. Free agents! That free agency they broke, and so our whole world fell. Then, all praise to His glory and grace, God recalled this world to happiness, and the question was — How could that be done compatible with the truth and justice of His word? That was the problem Christ came to solve. In Him we have a Brother who is the sharer of our weaknesses and of our sorrows and of our temptations. But oh! at what a cost was all this done! With what intensity of anguish I This then is the lesson, "Lo, I come." But the Greek word which we have translated " I come " is more than that; it is "I am come. I am come." Observe, the expression denotes two things that He came, and that where He comes He stays. "I am come" implies the two facts — the Advent and His presence. "I am come." He came to die, to be our Substitute. And now, having done that, He stays. "I am come." He is with us still — our Companion, our Brother, our Guide, our Friend. Can you not offer up an echo to such words us these in your heart and say to God; "Thou didst say 'I come.' To Thee, Lord, I will say back, 'I come to Thee! I come to Thee!'" (J. Vaughan, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: |
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