Even His enemies, who blaspheme and deny Him Who bought them (2 Peter 2:1), are His purchase. He was as Messiah heir of David’s throne, but gave up all in His death, which purchased the world and redeemed His own who were in it. For what can be more certain than that He emptied Himself to become man, and, when found in that fashion, humbled Himself and became obedient unto death-even death of the cross? Nay, we may press the analogy closer still from the known facts of the case. And the Lord’s consequent action is no less in harmony. And, in this aspect, “the field” retains its significance as “the world,” instead of being twisted into “the scriptures,” or “the letter” or “the Christian profession” it is “the world” where Christ found His own, who constitute His “treasure.” The meaning is then not only enforced by but agreeable to the rest of God’s word. It is the Son of God incarnate Who is compared to one who found and hid the treasure in the field. Thus read, all flows without jar and in accordance with all truth.
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