Andrew Alexander Bonar was een predikant die geassocieerd werd met evangelische en opwekkingsbewegingen. Zijn schrijven toonde een diepe betrokkenheid bij de premillennialistische leer, en zijn literaire stijl weerspiegelde zijn vroomheid en pastorale ijver. Bonar stond bekend om zijn actieve deelname aan missionaire ondernemingen, waaronder een belangrijke reis naar Palestina om de toestand van de Joodse bevolking te onderzoeken. Zijn toewijding aan het geloof en zijn pastorale werk maken hem tot een opmerkelijke figuur in de religieuze geschiedenis.
Leviticus is one of the least read and understood parts of Scripture. Yet, the author of this commentary points out, no book in the Bible contains more of the very words of God than Leviticus. Bonar wrote his notes on Leviticus for his personal use, but was persuaded to publish them by friends. His commentary, though based on sound exegesis, is marked by simplicity. The author is always careful to make spiritual application, for, as he says, 'The Gospel of the grace of God, with all that follows in its train, may be found in Leviticus. This is the glorious attraction of the book to every reader who feels himself a sinner.'
Written by a spiritual giant of the nineteenth century church, the book contains much-needed advice and clear guidance. Bonar gathers together a great number of Bible verses that will prove eminently suitable for a wide range of individual cases. These selected scriptures are interspersed with the author's own brief, spiritual, and helpful comments. Here then is a book that should be in the hands of every Christian visitor. It ought to be consulted prayerfully before embarking with God's Word to the sick and sorrowful.
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This is not a verse by verse commentary. Actually the plan of the book is to take the Levitical sacrifices, types, etc. and relate them to the true Sacrifice, Jesus Christ. You will delight in Bonar's explanations of the sacrifices and the priesthood. You will learn a great deal more about the atonement, and about the intercession of Christ our Mediator. The one great principle of interpretation which we keep before us is apostolic practice. This is the key we have used. We find the sacred writers adduce the likeness that exists between the thing that was typified and the type itself, and resting there. So we lay down this as our great rule; there must be an obvious resemblance. And next, we search into these types in the belief that Christ is the center-truth of revelation (and surely no principle is more obviously true)! The body or substance of the law is Christ (Col. 2:17), and types are a series of shadows projected from Christ. who is "the body." It is this Messiah that has been from the beginning the chief object to be unveiled to the view of men. And it is in the fact that the New Testament light has risen that our advantage lies, in searching what these things mean (there are 40 references to this book in the NT). We, under the New Testament, look upon an unveiled Savior. And going back to the Old Testament we can see far better than the Jews could the features and form of Jesus the Beloved under that veil. - Publisher
This classic Christian work, written by Andrew Alexander Bonar, explores the life and teachings of Christ and how they relate to the Gospel. With a focus on the importance of faith and the power of redemption, this book is a must-read for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of Christianity.
