NEW TESTAMENT
LITERATURE 3,4
HEBREWS
WHAT IS HEBREWS ALL ABOUT?
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WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF HEBREWS?
THINK “APPLEBEES”
APOLLOS
PAUL
LUKE
BARNABAS
“APL-B”
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ORIGINAL READERS OF
HEBREWS:
1. Jewish believers (3:1)
2. Immature believers (5:11-14)
3. Persecuted believers (10)
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HEBREWS
CHRIST IS SUPERIOR…
PERSON
1-4
PRIEST
5-10
POWER
11-13
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Christ is our Great High
Priest, warning passages
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THE WARNING PASSAGES OF
HEBREWS
DON’T NEGLECT
YOUR SALVATION
2:1-4
DON’T DEVELOP
A HARD HEART
3:1-4:16
THE DANGER OF
WILLFUL SIN
10:19-29
BEWARE OF
PERMANENT
DULLNESS
5:11-6:20
DON’T
IGNORE THESE
WARNINGS
12:12-29
WHAT IS HEBREWS ALL ABOUT?
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Christ is our Great High
Priest, warning passages
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Superiority of Christ
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PERSON
1-4
1. Christ is superior to the prophets
THE O.T. PROPHETPARTIAL REVELATION
I’M A
PROPHET!
JESUS CHRISTCOMPLETE REVELATION
PERSON
1-4
1. Christ is superior to the prophets
2. Christ is superior to angels
3. Christ is superior to Moses
4. Christ is superior because He offers
“ultimate” rest
THE CONCEPT OF “REST” IN
SCRIPTURE
Creation: 7th day, God ceased working
Sabbath: 7th day, man ceased working
Sabbath year: 7th year, rest the land
Year of Jubilee: after 7 groups of 7 years
(50th year), rest the land, clear all debts
THE CONCEPT OF “REST” IN
SCRIPTURE
Canaan: after 40 years of wandering, Israel
entered the promise land (rest)
What happened to the Jews who died
in the wilderness?
Because of unbelief, they forfeited
the promise land “rest”!
THE CONCEPT OF “REST” IN
SCRIPTURE
WARNING TO THE READERS OF HEBREWS
If the readers, like the Jews in the wilderness,
disobey and fail to be diligent, they may
forfeit a future “rest”
This future “rest” is most likely a reference to
rewards in heaven
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PRIEST
5-10
1. Christ is superior in His qualifications
To be a priest in Judaism, one must:
1. Be appointed by God for that specific duty
(Aaron and the Levites- Exodus 28)
2. Balance compassion for the people with a
harshness against sin
Christ fulfilled both perfectly
BEWARE OF
PERMANENT
DULLNESS
5:11-6:20
The Issue: the readers’ immaturity
1. “dull of hearing”- they have heard the
gospel so much, they are tired of it
2. “in need of milk”- they are not mature
enough to handle deeper truths of faith
3. “a baby, not mature”- they have not applied
& practiced what they know intellectually
BEWARE OF
PERMANENT
DULLNESS
5:11-6:20
Dull of
hearing
over time
BEWARE OF
PERMANENT
DULLNESS
5:11-6:20
Dull of
hearing
over time
Needing “milk”
Struggling
with the ABC’s
BEWARE OF
PERMANENT
DULLNESS
5:11-6:20
Dull of
hearing
over time
Needing “milk”
Struggling
with the ABC’s
Babies
BEWARE OF
PERMANENT
DULLNESS
5:11-6:20
Dull of
hearing
over time
Application
and practice
over time
Needing “milk”
Struggling
with the ABC’s
Babies
BEWARE OF
PERMANENT
DULLNESS
5:11-6:20
Dull of
hearing
over time
Needing “milk”
Struggling
with the ABC’s
Application
and practice
over time
Senses trained
to discern
good vs. evil
Babies
BEWARE OF
PERMANENT
DULLNESS
5:11-6:20
Dull of
hearing
over time
Needing “milk”
Struggling
with the ABC’s
Babies
Application
and practice
over time
Senses trained
to discern
good vs. evil
Mature
BEWARE OF
PERMANENT
DULLNESS
5:11-6:20
Who are these people?
Hebrews 6:4-5
For in the case of those who have once been
enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly
gift and have been made partakers of the
Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of
God and the powers of the age to come,
BEWARE OF
PERMANENT
DULLNESS
5:11-6:20
What really happens to these people?
Hebrews 6:6a
and then have fallen away, it is impossible to
renew them again to repentance…
BEWARE OF
PERMANENT
DULLNESS
5:11-6:20
1. Arminian view: believers who have
forfeited (lost) their salvation
2. Professing believers view: those who never
truly experience salvation (not believers)
3. Works/rewards view: immature believers
who forfeit rewards in heaven
BEWARE OF
PERMANENT
DULLNESS
5:11-6:20
What really happens to these people?
A suggested solution
In some hardened, unrepentant, fallen away
believers it is impossible for us/anyone to
renew them to repentance due to their choice
of permanent dullness
(This is not forfeiting salvation)
PRIEST
5-10
1. Christ is superior in His qualifications
2. Christ is superior in His priestly order
Who is Melchizedek?
1. A priest-king with nothing recorded of his
family, country or history
2. O.T. “theophany” of Jesus Christ (special
appearance for a brief but important task)
PRIEST
5-10
What is the significance of the connection
between Melchizedek & Christ?
1. Melchizedek= righteous king
Salem= shalom= peace (Jeru-salem?)
Jesus is the king of righteousness & peace!
PRIEST
5-10
What is the significance of the connection
between Melchizedek & Christ?
2. Genesis 14:17-20
Abraham (the great-grandfather of Levite
priests) gives 1/10 to Melchizedek in honor
PRIEST
5-10
What is the significance of the connection
between Melchizedek & Christ?
2. Genesis 14:17-20
This tribute is timeless- it covers every
generation since
Levite priests are inferior to the
Melchizedek priest (Jesus)
PRIEST
5-10
1. Christ is superior in His qualifications
2. Christ is superior in His priestly order
3. Christ is superior in His priestly ministry
THE O.T. SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM VS.
SACRIFICE OF JESUS CHRIST
THE
THE O.T. SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM VS.
SACRIFICE OF JESUS CHRIST
PERFORMED MANY
TIMES
THE
PERFORMED ONE TIME
FOREVER
THE O.T. SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM VS.
SACRIFICE OF JESUS CHRIST
THE
PERFORMED MANY
TIMES
PERFORMED ONE TIME
FOREVER
REMINDS PERSON OF
SIN
COVERS PERSON’S SIN
THE O.T. SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM VS.
SACRIFICE OF JESUS CHRIST
THE
PERFORMED MANY
TIMES
PERFORMED ONE TIME
FOREVER
REMINDS PERSON OF
SIN
COVERS PERSON’S SIN
REPRESENTS ACTUAL
SACRIFICE
ACTUAL SACRIFICETHE REAL THING!
THE O.T. SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM VS.
SACRIFICE OF JESUS CHRIST
THE
PERFORMED MANY
TIMES
PERFORMED ONE TIME
FOREVER
REMINDS PERSON OF
SIN
COVERS PERSON’S SIN
REPRESENTS ACTUAL
SACRIFICE
ACTUAL SACRIFICETHE REAL THING!
BLOOD OF OTHERS
(ANIMALS)
HIS OWN BLOOD
THE O.T. TEMPLE VS. JESUS CHRIST
Table of
Showbread
Ark of the
Covenant
Altar of
Incense
Menorah
Holy of
Holies
Holy Place
Laver
Bronze
Altar
THE O.T. TEMPLE VS. JESUS CHRIST
THE O.T. TEMPLE VS. JESUS CHRIST
ONLY HIGH PRIEST MAY
ENTER THE HOLY OF
HOLIES
ANY BELIEVER HAS
DIRECT ACCESS TO JESUS
CHRIST
THE O.T. TEMPLE VS. JESUS CHRIST
ONLY HIGH PRIEST MAY
ENTER THE HOLY OF
HOLIES
ANY BELIEVER HAS
DIRECT ACCESS TO JESUS
CHRIST
ENTER HOLY OF HOLIES
ONCE A YEAR
ACCESS TO CHRIST
ANYTIME
THE O.T. TEMPLE VS. JESUS CHRIST
ONLY HIGH PRIEST MAY
ENTER THE HOLY OF
HOLIES
ANY BELIEVER HAS
DIRECT ACCESS TO JESUS
CHRIST
ENTER HOLY OF HOLIES
ONCE A YEAR
ACCESS TO CHRIST
ANYTIME
VEIL SEPARATES MAN’S
SIN FROM GOD’S
HOLINESS
DEATH REMOVES VEILMAN HAS OPENNESS
WITH GOD
THE O.T. TEMPLE VS. JESUS CHRIST
ONLY HIGH PRIEST MAY
ENTER THE HOLY OF
HOLIES
ANY BELIEVER HAS
DIRECT ACCESS TO JESUS
CHRIST
ENTER HOLY OF HOLIES
ONCE A YEAR
ACCESS TO CHRIST
ANYTIME
VEIL SEPARATES MAN’S
SIN FROM GOD’S
HOLINESS
OFFERING MUST BE
REPEATED YEARLY
DEATH REMOVES VEILMAN HAS OPENNESS
WITH GOD
FINALITY IN CHRIST’S
SACRIFICE
POWER
11-13
Faith: Based on evidence, the reality and
proof of the unseen, treating the unseen
object as if it was an object of sight
Faith is no better than object believed in