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.

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 [...]

So in my last post, I discussed the relationship between Adam & Jesus Christ. I sought to explain part of the nature of our redemption, that can easily be overlooked. I would like to follow that up by explaining the necessity for rebirth, something Nicodemus (ref. John 3) found very puzzling. Let me try to [...]

There is a metaphor which is very helpful to understanding this new life which we gain through Christ. Think of Adam and Christ as being the heads of two families. We have grown up under Adam. Christ is calling us to leave our family heritage of sin and death and come into a new family one of redemption and newness of life.

There are two topics that the Eisenbaum commentary brings up which, for me, are very interesting.

This week we will be looking the climax of the argument we saw last week, in the passage Romans 3:21-31 and also continuing on to look at Romans 4, the faith of Abraham, session 3 of Eisenbaum. Summary Paul’s discussion in Romans 4 shows Abraham to be the common ancestor of both Jewish Christians and [...]