Hebrews
Jesus Made Perfect Through Suffering
Jesus did not come into this world to gain status or political power, but to suffer and die so that we could have eternal life. Through the Lord’s suffering God made Him fit to bring man unto salvation (v. 10). Because we have the same Father, Jesus is not ashamed to call us brot …
Religious Directions
The writer warns in this passage against diverse and strange teachings which are linked with food restrictions and external religious demands. Apparently some were teaching that keeping the Old Testament ceremonial laws and rituals (such as eating certain foods) was important to …
Christ is The Perfect Sacrifice
The writer seeks to show the superiority of Christ by giving comparisons between:The Old Covenant The New Covenant Repeated sacrifices One sacrifice The blood of others His own blood Covering sin Putting away sin For Israel only For all sinners Left the holy of …
Hold Fast Your Confession
The Most Holy Place in the temple was sealed from view by the veil (v. 20). Only the high priest could enter this holy room, and he did so only once a year on the Day of Atonement when he offered the sacrifice for sins. In this passage we are encouraged to boldly enter into the …
The Glorious Company
In these few verses the writer encourages his readers to depend on the Lord as he urges them to look by faith in two directions: Look back – Here we see the bad example of Esau (vv. 16-17). Esau was a person who lived for the world and not for God. He came in from the field h …
Limitation in The Earthly Sanctuary
No book in the New Testament focuses upon Christ like the book of Hebrews does. Only two chapters in the Bible are devoted to the creation story, whereas some fifty chapters focus on the tabernacle. This ninth chapter of Hebrews describes the Tabernacle and its sacrifices …
God Put Jesus in Charge of Everything
The writer asks his readers to pay attention to the truth they have heard so that they won’t drift away into false teaching. In chapter one we saw Jesus as the Son of God, the creator and sustainer of the universe, the heir of all things, seated at the right hand of the Majesty o …
Moral Directions
In this chapter, as throughout this whole letter, it is evident that God is not interested in religion, but in life that produces the evidences of our faith. Real love for others produces tangible actions:Open to strangers (vv. 1-2). A Christian home should be a center of hospita …
Hearing The Heavenly Voice
Look ahead – To “those things that cannot be shaken†(vv. 25-29). If you read the newspaper or watch the news you know that many things around the world are shaking today. Many people (including Christians) are building their lives on things that can shake. A common rea …
An Unchangeable Priesthood
God did not swear to Aaron that his priesthood would be forever. In fact God never suggested to Aaron or anyone else that priesthood would be anything but temporary. One generation of priests yielded to another generation because the priests would die (v. 23). However, in Christ …