Today, we take a step back. We’ll come back Hebrews 1:3 tomorrow. But to start the week, I thought I would bring an interesting way to track the message of Hebrews from start to finish. The word “therefore” shows up twenty-four times in the NASB translation of Hebrews. Seven times the writer compounds it with [...]
And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, - Hebrews 1:3 NASB Radiance In the Song of Songs, the [...]
And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, - Hebrews 1:3 I said yesterday that most days this is [...]
in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. - Hebrews 1:2 NASB In His consummate wisdom, and as part of His eternal plan, the Lord decided to dress His Word–His Will–in flesh. Let’s break it down: These last [...]
OK - here we go: God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, - Hebrews 1:1 NASB As I mentioned yesterday, the epistle, or letter, to the Hebrews is somewhat unique in that it doesn't include any opening statements. Not a “To” or a [...]
Today, I’m going to share what I have read about the book of Hebrews. I have no personal scholarship in these matters. Yet it seems fitting to share some of the who, when and where before we begin. Author As to the author, pretty much nobody knows for sure. Most of the New Testament letters [...]
I have a request. (It’s down near the bottom, the rest is a fuzzy plan for my next few months.) I’ve been pressing into the book of Hebrews. It’s one of those books of the Bible that holds some mystery for me. This time through, I wanted to be able to put it together in [...]