The Perfect Sacrifice, Heb 10:1-25
In Heb 10:1-25, Paul writes that Jesus Christ is the perfect sacrifice for sins for ever. There is no need for any other sacrifice for sins. The Imperfect Old Testament Sacrifices, 10:1-4 Under the law, which was a shadow of good things to come, the priests offered sacrifices year by year continually. And those sacrifices […]
The More Perfect Tabernacle, Heb 9:1-28
In Heb 9 we see that Jesus is the mediator of the new testament. By the shedding of his own blood, he offered a better sacrifice than the blood of bulls and goats. And, unlike the earthly high priests who offered in the worldly tabernacle, his sacrifice was performed for the more perfect tabernacle in […]
A More Excellent Ministry, Heb 8:1-13
This lesson is a study of Heb 8. Jesus has a more excellent ministry, Heb 8:6, than the priests after the order of Aaron because: He ministers in a better tabernacle, v.1-2. Jesus is a minister in the true tabernacle. He’s seated at the right hand of God in the heavens. Heb 9:11. The high […]
After The Order of Melchisedec, Heb 7
In Hebrews 7 Paul explains how Jesus Christ is a high priest who is greater than the Levitical priests who descended from Aaron. Jesus Christ is a priest after the order of Melchisedec, v.1-3, Ps 110:4. This is significant because: Melchisedec was a king, v.1-2. His name means King of righteousness, v.2. And he […]
Hope Unto The End, Heb 6:1-20
Hebrews 6 is a pivotal chapter in Paul’s presentation of Jesus Christ to the Hebrews. He is getting ready to show them some things, in chapters 7 through 10, that Jews are going to have a hard time accepting. He is going to prove to them that Jesus Christ and the New Testament, rather than […]
The Author of Eternal Salvation, Heb 5
In Hebrews Chapter 5, Paul continues his discussion about Jesus Christ the high priest which he started in Heb 4:14-15. See Heb 2:17 and 3:1 for earlier references to him as the high priest. Paul writes about the high priesthood of Jesus all the way through Heb 10. In this current chapter, Paul introduces the […]
Labor To Enter The Rest, Heb 4:1-16
The Hebrews in the Tribulation must labor to enter the rest that was promised to them in their land during the millennial reign of Jesus The Rest Was Promised To The Hebrews v.1 Let us therefore fear. Paul has been comparing the Jews who wandered in the wilderness, who were promised the land of Canaan, […]
Consider Christ Jesus, Heb 3:1-19
When Paul wrote Hebrews, he already knew that the church would be raptured, that the Tribulation would be principally directed toward the Jews, and that a person in the Tribulation would have to endure to the end to be saved, Matt 10:22, Heb 3:6, 14. In v.1 Holy brethren are those who are partakers of […]
Jesus Is Better Than Angels, Heb 1
In the beginning of Paul’s epistle to the Hebrews, he establishes immediately that Jesus is better than angels. The entire chapter is devoted to enumerating the numerous ways in which Jesus is so much better than they are. The reason for proving that Jesus is better than angels is that people, particularly Jews to whom […]
What does the blood of Jesus do for us?
Many things! The blood of Jesus Christ is so vital to our salvation that there is no way that you and I could be saved apart from the shedding of Jesus’ blood. Any church or any doctrine that minimizes the blood of Jesus Christ, literally shed on the cross of Calvary, and substitutes it with […]