The Inefficiency of Law
W. Burkitt, M. A. Hebrews 7:14-24 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.… 1. That the law could not justify or sanctify any person, or make him perfect, by reconciling him to God and procuring salvation for him. 2. That believers of old, who lived under the law, did not live upon the law, but upon the hope of Christ, or Christ hoped for. Could justification and salvation bare been had any other way. or by any other means, Christ's coming had been needless, and His death in vain. 3. That the introduction of a better hope by the gospel, after a sufficient discovery made of the weakness and insufficiency of the law, did make all things perfect, or bring the Church to that state of consummation which was designed unto it. 4. That. when all mankind were at an inconceivable distance from God, it was infinite condescension of grace to appoint His own Son, who was the blessed hope of the saints under the Old Testament, to be the only way and means of our approaching unto Him. (W. Burkitt, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. WEB: For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.