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The Book of Hebrews Part 18
3:5 “And truly Moses was faithful in all His house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken of after.
v.6. But Christ as a Son over His own house; whose house we are, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of hope firm to the end.”
In the preceding verses, the writer has shown that Christ is greater than Moses in the same way that the builder of read more
The Book of Hebrews Part 17
3:3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the one who built the house has more honour than the house. v4. For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
“This man” is the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, whom the writer has asked us to consider in the first verse of this chapter. The writer has already shown Him to read more
The Book of Hebrews Part 16
3:2 Who was faithful to Him that appointed Him, as also Moses was faithful in all His house.
The writer here is quoting from Numbers 12:7, “My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all My house.”
The context of the quoted verse is particularly interesting and relevant to our study. Miriam and Aaron had rebelled against Moses, suggesting that they should get “equal billing&# read more
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The Book of Hebrews Part 13
2:14-15. For just as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself took part of the same; so that through death He might destroy the one who had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through the fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Unlike angels, which are pure spirit and therefore cannot die, God created man with both a spiritual and a read more
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The Book of Hebrews Part 10
2:5 For it is not to the angels that He has put in subjection the world to come, of which we are speaking.
Having completed his detour into the consequences of neglecting the truths which he is teaching, the writer now returns to his previous argument, that in every way Christ is vastly superior to the angels. Previously he has presented Christ as the rightful King, now he turns to the other side read more
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The Book of Hebrews Part 9
2:2 For if the word spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward
Many people in the first century believed that the Law had been given through the intermediary of angels. However, Scripture makes it clear that it was actually given directly to Moses by YHWH. Therefore it seems unlikely that is what the writer is referring to here, sinc read more
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The Book of Hebrews Part 8
2:1 Therefore we ought to give more earnest attention to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
Long ago when I was in Bible College, one of our lecturers was fond of saying, “If you find a “therefore”, ask what it’s there for!” By this he meant that “therefore” is a linking word, tying together a cause, which has been al read more
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The Book of Hebrews Part 7
1:13 But to which of the angels did He say at any time, Sit at My right hand, until I make Your enemies a stool for your feet?
The writer continues to pile up the arguments for Christ’s superiority over the angels, this time quoting from Psalm 110:1. Although the angels, and even satan, have had access to God’s presence (Job 1:6), none of them has ever been invited to sit down at the r read more
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The Book of Hebrews Part 6
1:10 He also says, ” In the beginning You, O Lord, laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Your hands.”
This and the next two verses are a quotation from Psalm 102:25-27. This whole Psalm is a prayer to YHWH, as clearly indicated by verse 1, “Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to You.” Verse 24, which leads into the beginning of this read more
The Book of Hebrews Part 5
1:7 And about the angels He says, “Who makes His angels spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire.
Having established that Christ is the exact representation of the Father, that He is the co-creator and co-sustainer of the universe, and that He has been established as the rightful monarch and heir of all things, the writer now turns his attention briefly to the angels by quoting this verse read more
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