The Jews needed a religion as much as Christians do. They needed assurance of God and His favor, and some means of access to Him. They found this in their religion symbolically, but not spiritually. To them as to us, a gospel was preached (Hebrews 4:2). Through the...
God desires to bring mankind into fellowship with Himself. The Christian Religion is the harmony of God with mankind. The Apostle Paul thinks of God as a Judge before whose bar [judicial court] mankind must somehow be cleared of guilt. However the writer of Hebrews...
We in this day and age can easily forget the situation that first century Christians found themselves in. Most believers were Jews. The Expositor’s Greek Testament notes, The Jew who accepted Jesus as the Christ had problems to solve and difficulties to overcome of...
Arthur W. Pink [in An Exposition of Hebrews, p. 15] writes, “In several noticeable respects Hebrews differs from all the other Epistles of the New Testament. The name of the writer is omitted, there is no opening salutation, the ones to whom it was first...
The book of Hebrews is an incredible book. “There is no portion of Scripture whose authorship is more disputed, nor any of which the inspiration is more indisputable” [Kay Arthur, Precept Ministries, on Hebrews 1:1]. Another author has written, “The main...
We are beginning an online Bible study blog, for the purpose of strengthening the faith of Christians. We start with the Epistle of Hebrews, because it seems to be the most relevant New Testament book as we address issues facing the modern day church. Researcher...
