"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you. (Ex. 20:12).
Let us first notice the last part of this commandment, the part which
shows that the law is not limited in its application, but is for all eternity. “That your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.”
Consider the circumstances of the giving of the law. The Lord had just led His people out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. It is evident, then, that He was not leading them into bondage: therefore the law is not, as some suppose, a yoke of bondage, but is a gift to free men.
What is the land spoken of in this commandment?
Abraham well understood that the promised land could be received only through the resurrection of the dead, and would be bestowed when God should raise all those who sleep in Jesus. “For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith” (Rom. 4:13).
“That your days may be long.” How long?—Forever; for the land which the Lord God gives us is to be ours for an everlasting possession. We are to be planted in the land, and pulled up no more."
E.J. Waggoner
Let us first notice the last part of this commandment, the part which
Consider the circumstances of the giving of the law. The Lord had just led His people out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. It is evident, then, that He was not leading them into bondage: therefore the law is not, as some suppose, a yoke of bondage, but is a gift to free men.
The Lord brought the people out of bondage, that they might be free to keep His law.
What is the land spoken of in this commandment?
Abraham well understood that the promised land could be received only through the resurrection of the dead, and would be bestowed when God should raise all those who sleep in Jesus. “For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith” (Rom. 4:13).
“That your days may be long.” How long?—Forever; for the land which the Lord God gives us is to be ours for an everlasting possession. We are to be planted in the land, and pulled up no more."
E.J. Waggoner
