Not only is Jesus the better covenant and the High priest implementing it, but Hebrews 8:6 goes on to tell us that this covenant “was established on better promises.” The Old laid out through Moses at God’s command was faulty because while giving the standard to live by it did not provide the means to […]
Hebrews 7:11 now turns our attention to comparing Jesus with the Levitical priesthood who officiated the Mosaic covenant with verse 22 saying “by so much more Jesus has become a surety (pledge or guarantee) of a better covenant.” We are specifically speaking of the sacrifices, offerings, ceremonies and ritual celebrations added under the Mosaic covenant […]
“Now beyond all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better” Hebrews 7:7. Here in Hebrews 7 we see Abraham, the man the Jewish people look to as their ancestral father, a man God chose out of heathen surroundings, obviously because his heart was open toward God, and thus with whom God could make covenant, […]
“Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach” Hebrews 13:13. Therefore connects us with what has been said previously, verse 12 calling our attention to Leviticus 16 where in verse 27 we learn that the bodies of the sin offering whose blood was used in making atonement in the holy […]
Coming on the heels of the listing of the great heroes of faith Hebrews 12:1 says “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses…” not necessarily as spectators watching us from heaven, but more likely the witness of their lives having set for us the example of their overcoming […]
As believers on the Lord Jesus Christ we are privileged people that can approach the God of the universe drawing near to Him. Hebrews 10:22 says “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.” In […]
Our next stop in Hebrews is at 4:14, “Seeing then that we have a great High Priest…Jesus the Son of God, Let us hold fast our confession.” Confession of Him, to Him, and of what His (God’s) word says about us, not our feelings nor our emotions, which can be very great, but can also […]
The second “let us” in Hebrews is in 4:11, “Let us therefore be diligent”. Here in verses 8-10 God is showing us that the rest of Canaan was not His ultimate rest, for after Joshua had led the people into this rest, another day, another rest, is spoken of which comes to us only through […]
Dust and spirit In Genesis 2:7 God created our body out “of the dust of the ground” and then breathed into it “the breath of life”, we could say the spirit of life; remember “God is Spirit” John 4:24, and we were created “in the image of God” Genesis 1:27. Then God gave us […]
Jesus, Himself being the living manifestation of the word of God, John 1:1, said “The words that I speak to you are spirit and they are life”, John 6:63. Today we are looking at the characteristics and life giving power of the word of God which is “living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged […]