Hebrews 12:2 "...has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God" In contrast to the priests who had to stand year after year to offer sacrifices for the people, Jesus offered Himself once for all and then sat down. His mission and work were completed for all time. 3-4 "...consider Him...lest you …
Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." One of my first memory verses when I was in college. Our faith in God is as good as the actual thing He has promised because of who He is. I still haven't gotten to the place of …
Hebrews 10:1 "...not the very image of the things..." Shows that the law was never an end unto itself. It was only intended to help us see the truth, to help us get there. 2 "...would they not have ceased to be offered..." Exactly. After the sacrifice of Jesus, the perfect one, sacrifices are no …
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 …
Black & White with Shades of Gray 