Monday, November 17, 2025

Harry Whittaker: The "Mosaic Order" Interpretation of Hebrews 1:10-12 Requires the Personal Preexistence of Jesus

While lending credibility to the “Mosiac order” interpretation of Heb 1:10-12, common among Christadelphian interpreters, Harry Whittaker realized that it would result in one holding to the personal preexistence of Jesus:

 

A good case can be made for the view that these words are a symbolic prophecy of the passing of the old Mosaic order (for does not Scripture insist that “the earth abideth for ever”?). Compare Isa. 50:9 and 51:6, 16. But suppose this be granted, if the “Lord” of Heb. 1:10 be Christ, the words still require his pre-existence. (Harry Whittaker, “Some Wrested Scriptures (13),” The Christadelphian 95, no. 1128 [June 1958], 260)

 

Further Reading:

 

Thomas Farrar, You, Lord, in the beginning: Hebrews 1:10-12 and Christology

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