mhcc - solemnity

mhcc@Exodus:12:21-28 @ Verse 21-28 - That night, when the first-born were to be destroyed, no Israelite must stir out of doors till called to march out of Egypt. Their safety was owing to the blood of sprinkling. If they put themselves from under the protection of that, it was at their peril. They must stay within, to wait for the salvation of the Lord; it is good to do so. In after-...The keeping of this solemnity every...1. To look backward, that they might remember what great things God had done for them and their fathers. Old mercies, to ourselves, or to our fathers, must not be forgotten, that God may be praised, and our faith in him encouraged. 2. It was designed to look forward, as an earnest of the great sacrifice of the Lamb of God in the fulness of time. Christ our passover was sacrificed for us; his death was our life.

mhcc@Leviticus:9:22-24 @ Verse 22-24 - When the solemnity was finished, and the blessing pronounced, God testified his acceptance. There came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed the sacrifice. This fire might justly have fastened upon the people, and have consumed them for their sins; but its consuming the sacrifice signified God's acceptance of it, as an atonement for the sinner. This also was a figure of good things to come. The Spirit descended upon the apostles in fire. And the descent of this holy fire into our souls, to kindle in them pious and devout affections toward God, and such a holy zeal as burns up the flesh and the lusts of it, is a certain token of God's gracious acceptance of our persons and performances. Nothing goes to God, but what comes from him. We must have grace, that holy fire, from the God of grace, else we cannot serve him acceptably, Hebrews strkjv@12:28. The people were affected with this discovery of God's glory and grace. They received it with the highest joy; triumphing in the assurance given them that they had God nigh unto them. And with the lowest reverence; humbly adoring the majesty of that God, who vouchsafed thus to manifest himself to them. That is a sinful fear of God, which drives us from him; a gracious fear makes us bow before him. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Deuteronomy:21:1-9 @ Verse 1-9 -...be taught by this solemnity, to...

mhcc@Joshua:22:21-29 @ Verse 21-29 -...in good part. With solemnity and...

mhcc@1Samuel:28:7-19 @ Verse 7-19 -...world. There appears much solemnity in...

mhcc@1Chronicles:16 @ Henry'_1__15 ****** 1st Chronicles 16 ****** *** Outline of 1st Chronicles 16 *** The solemnity with which the ark was fixed. (_1-6.) David's psalm of praise. (_7-36.) Setting in order the worship of God. (_37-43.) *** Commentary ***

mhcc@Daniel:4:1-18 @ Verse 1-18 -...but it denotes the solemnity of...

mhcc@Zechariah:6:9-15 @ Verse 9-15 -...crowns used in this solemnity must...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

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