We will be concluding this week. With these two concluding chapters, the author of Hebrews will lay out what it means to live out our faith, in light of everything he has said so far.

Last week was our last week of heavy thinking. Now begins the time of heavy lifting. Just as classic liturgy has a call & response, Hebrews has given us the call and now he laying out what our response should look like.

We will head deep into the heart of Hebrews argument, the nature of Christ’s sacrifice—the once for all sacrifice for our eternal salvation, the cleansing of conscience.

Last week we transitioned into a deeper layer of study into who Christ is; the author began to unpack his justification for calling Jesus our High Priest. He is developing a line of thought on why the law isn’t necessary, why we as Gentiles don’t need to go to the temple for sacrifices, why what Christ did was a once-for-all event that changed everything.

This week will definitely be a hard reading for everyone. There are two difficult items which we will have to deal with: lazy Christians in danger of losing their faith (if they even had it to begin with), and tithes to Melchizedek—two difficult topics, for rather different reasons.

This week we will look at two things, rest and Jesus as the great high priest.

Here are some free supplemental resources to strengthen you in your Hebrews deficiencies.

This week we will look at the physical-earthy side of Jesus, comparing Christ to Moses, us to the Israelites during the 40 years of wandering.

image by musicmuse_ca hebrews 1:1-14 This week we will get to straight into the text of Hebrews. These first few chapters of Hebrews are laying out a foundation of who Jesus Christ is. It is important for us to know deeply who Christ is because for the last two thousand years people have been trying [...]