Summary: I love the study of Jewish thought but I even I get lost a bit in trying to fully comprehend this book. Hebrews is most likely written by a student of Paul's whom was a companion of Timothy. It is filled with Jewish thought on Christian life, heresy and Christology this Epistle comes with a mandatory need to go through it with the Holy Spirit. That being said I found a few highlights I thought interesting.
Things I Noticed:
1. Having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent then theirs. (It is an interesting verse when Jesus is compared to angels.)
2. Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.
3. While God also bore witness by signs and and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
4. For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted
5. unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of you may be hardened by deceitful sin.
6. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (This is a concept perpetuated in the book of Ephesians in reference to the Word of God being a sword. In studying spiritual warfare this is way it is always emphasized to memorize the bible. Jesus was easily able to quote scripture when being tempted in the desert that being said jewish boys had the first five books of the Bible memorize by thirteen.)
7. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
8. For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come. (The verse really hits us hard when we thing of people we know who fall away. Though this can be true we know prayer has an effect and God can change even the hardest of hearts.)
9. We who shave fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
10. Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession fro them.
11. I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts and I will be their God.
12. Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
13. For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.
14. Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
15. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death.
16. And without faith it is impossible to please him.
17. Through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. (Faith is a powerful thing full of life and power to change the world around. Most of all it pleases the creator of all.)
18. Therefore since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses.
19. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. (Before being lashed or crucified Jesus resisted sin in the garden to the point of sorrow and sweating of blood.)
20. Therefore let us be grateful for receiving the kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.
21. Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers
22. Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated.
23. Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed undefiled for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
24. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
25. Do not be led away by diverse and strange teaching
3. While God also bore witness by signs and and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
4. For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted
5. unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of you may be hardened by deceitful sin.
6. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (This is a concept perpetuated in the book of Ephesians in reference to the Word of God being a sword. In studying spiritual warfare this is way it is always emphasized to memorize the bible. Jesus was easily able to quote scripture when being tempted in the desert that being said jewish boys had the first five books of the Bible memorize by thirteen.)
7. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
8. For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come. (The verse really hits us hard when we thing of people we know who fall away. Though this can be true we know prayer has an effect and God can change even the hardest of hearts.)
9. We who shave fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
10. Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession fro them.
11. I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts and I will be their God.
12. Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
13. For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.
14. Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
15. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death.
16. And without faith it is impossible to please him.
17. Through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. (Faith is a powerful thing full of life and power to change the world around. Most of all it pleases the creator of all.)
18. Therefore since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses.
19. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. (Before being lashed or crucified Jesus resisted sin in the garden to the point of sorrow and sweating of blood.)
20. Therefore let us be grateful for receiving the kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.
21. Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers
22. Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated.
23. Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed undefiled for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
24. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
25. Do not be led away by diverse and strange teaching
I am moving onto book two of the Psalms things tend to find a rhythm and flow in song and poetry and Psalms is no exceptions. Then again King David like all of us had his ups and downs. In the road through the new testament I going to visit Mark and see Jesus through his eyes so be expecting that. Till then, Read up, Post up, and Shalom.
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