Hebrews 9:3 "...behind the second veil..." Verses 1-5 are a description of the tabernacle with its places of worship and the Holiest of All, where the presence of God would be, with the Ark and the cherubim. The writer is setting the stage to make his point. 9 "It was symbolic for the present time..." …
Chapter 8 appears to be something of a summary of what has already been covered. Hebrews 8:1 "Now this is the main point of the things we are saying..." Now this hyer's the pint. Movie line from Sergeant York. Always cracks me up. 1 "...We have such a High Priest..." The point he wanted to …
Hebrews 7:3 "...made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually" The writer's not saying Melchizedek was actually without a father or parents, or a beginning, but that it was the way he appears in history. Like he just came out of nowhere. In that way, he was like Jesus. Of course, there are …
Hebrews 6:1 "...let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God" Growth beyond salvation. What Paul would refer to as working out our salvation. It's not enough just to be born, you have to grow, mature as a person in order to experience …
Hebrews 5:3 "...he is required as for the people, so also for himself..." All earthly priests have sin natures, so they must offer sacrifices for their own sins as well as for those of the people. Christ is above that in that He is sinless. He didn't have to offer anything for Himself so He …
Hebrews 4:1 "...since a promise remains of entering His rest..." The writer sees the logic of what isn't said directly. If God said some of them wouldn't enter His rest, obviously there is a rest and some do enter it. 1 "...lest any of you seem to have come short of it" That's the issue. …
Hebrews 3:3 "...more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who built the house has more honor than the house" We've been shown that Jesus is greater than the angels. Now we see that He is greater than Moses because He is the creator of all, including Moses himself. 5-6 "...Moses...faithful in all His house as …
Black & White with Shades of Gray 