It was written to “Hebrews” in general, the Jewish believers in Jesus Christ living during the First Century, as opposed to the Gentile believers. The purpose of Hebrews is to more fully explain the differences between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. It is therefore, the ...
Faith and the Faithfulness of Jesus in Hebrews. Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 160. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.Easter, M., 2014, Faith and the faithfulness of Jesus in Hebrews, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139879279...
And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. / Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.Isaiah 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you...
The Bible tells us that Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever from Hebrews 13:8. His loving grace and never ending compassion has always held His children’s hands, especially during the difficult and challenging times In Psalm 56:3, God tells us that when we are afraid to put ...
But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.New Living TranslationBut these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing...
1 John 2:2 :“And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.” Today’s Meditation:Lord Jesus is the Advocate, and the propitiation. He is the Great Priest, and the sacrifice. His sacrifice is enough to salvage our relationship wi...
the former; in that it is a revelation which God has made by his Son. In beholding the power, wisdom, and goodness of the Lord Jesus Christ, we behold the power, wisdom, and goodness of the Father,John 14:7; the fulness of the Godhead dwells, not typically, or in a figure, but...
If the LORD (YHWH) and His Son (Jesus/Yeshua) are One, as Jesus has said, then what is said of the LORD must also be true of the Son. Malachi 3:6 “For Iamthe LORD,I do not change; [He is faithful to His covenant with His people, Israel] therefore you are not consumed, O...
Just as there is no enjoyment in death, so there can be no real enjoyment of the “life of Jesus”1 in the soul and spirit of a Christian who lives according to the flesh. Hoping to make the teaching of our scripture passage practical for us, I will take a bit of a risk here in...
Hebrews 13:11-13 New International Version 11 The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. 12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy ...