LOOKING UNTO JESUS OR CHRIST IN TYPE AND ANTITYPE. BY ...

at Sinai, was called the "first," or "old," covenant, not
because, depending only on the blood of beasts, it could
be, and was, ratified and made complete in itself, as recorded
in Ex. 24:8; Heb. 9:17-20, before the other, which
involved the real sacrifice for the world, was ratified.
The latter could not be said to be completed before Christ,
the testator, had sealed it with his own blood on Calvary.
Heb. 9:16,17. p. 47, Para. 1, [LOOKING].
Christ's blood was the blood of the everlasting covenant.
God's faithfulness to this covenant, brought Christ from
the dead. "Now the God of peace, that brought again from
the dead, our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you
perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you
that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus
Christ; to whom be glory forever and ever, Amen." Heb.
13:20,21. This covenant, "confirmed of God in Christ," included
all the divine, spiritual promises to the children
of men. Adam was connected with it by the promise that the
seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's head. Noah
was connected with it, as the second head of the human family,
being alone in his generation, found righteous in the
earth. Abraham was associated with it by the promise that
in him should all the families of the earth be blessed.
David was connected with it, by the assurance that his was
the throne upon which his seed, Christ, should reign forever
and ever. This is called "the sure mercies of David:"
for thus saith the prophet: "Incline your ear, and come
unto me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an
everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of
David." Isa. 55:3. And Paul in his discourse at Antioch
(Acts 13:34) connects this, as he afterward wrote to the
Hebrews, as already quoted, with the resurrection of
Christ. These are his words: "And as concerning that he
raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption,
he said on this wise, I will give you the sure
mercies of David." p. 47, Para. 2, [LOOKING].
In this covenant, securing to Christ the "travail of his
soul" (Isa. 53:11), lies the predestination and foreordination
of the Scriptures, so troublesome to many. It is simply
the "election of grace," not of any particular individuals,
singled out and made sure of heaven, independent
of their own wills, free choice, or mode of action, but
only of those who are willing to receive Christ as their
Saviour, and do his will. "But as many as received him, to