His advocacy with the Father for his people rests on the basis of his own
all-perfect sacrifice. Thus he pleads for and obtains the fulfilment of all the
promises of the everlasting covenant (1 John 2:1; John 17:24; Hebrews
7:25). He can be “touched with the feeling of our infirmities,” and is both a
merciful and a faithful high priest (Hebrews 2:17, 18; 4:15, 16). This
intercession is an essential part of his mediatorial work. Through him we
have “access” to the Father (John 14:6; Ephesians 2:18; 3:12). “The
communion of his people with the Father will ever be sustained through
him as mediatorial Priest” (Psalm 110:4; Revelation 7:17).
- INTERCESSION OF THE SPIRIT (Romans 8:26, 27; John 14:26).
“Christ is a royal Priest (Zechariah 6:13). From the same throne, as King,
he dispenses his Spirit to all the objects of his care, while as Priest he
intercedes for them. The Spirit acts for him, taking only of his things.
They both act with one consent, Christ as principal, the Spirit as his agent.
Christ intercedes for us, without us, as our advocate in heaven, according
to the provisions of the everlasting covenant. The Holy Spirit works upon
our minds and hearts, enlightening and quickening, and thus determining
our desires ‘according to the will of God,’ as our advocate within us. The
work of the one is complementary to that of the other, and together they
form a complete whole.”, Hodge’s Outlines of Theology. - IPHEDEIAH set free by Jehovah, a chief of the tribe of Benjamin (1
Chronicles 8:25). - IRA citizen; wakeful. (1.) A Tekoite, one of David’s thirty warriors (2
Samuel 23:26).
(2.) An Ithrite, also one of David’s heroes (2 Samuel 23:38).
(3.) A Jairite and priest, a royal chaplain (2 Samuel 20:26) or confidential
adviser (comp. 2 Samuel 8:18; 1 Chronicles 18:17).
- IRAD runner; wild ass, one of the antediluvian patriarchs, the father of
Mehujael (Genesis 4:18), and grandson of Cain. - IRAM citizen, chief of an Edomite tribe in Mount Seir (Genesis 36:43).
- IRHA-HERES according to some MSS., meaning “city of destruction.”
Other MSS. read ’Irhahares; rendered “city of the sun”, Isaiah 19:18,
where alone the word occurs. This name may probably refer to Heliopolis.
The prophecy here points to a time when the Jews would so increase in