A Greater Sacrifice
The sacrifices are one part of God’s complex plan of revealing his grace. This plan culminates in the life and death of Jesus. There are ways to follow the commands of God in a way that does not lead us to Jesus. The author of Hebrews gives us some guidance to help us avoid this.
A Greater Mediator
The author of Hebrews uses the sacrificial model to show us how Jesus steps in and mediates the relationship between us and God the Father. In the giving of life and the shedding of blood, Jesus plays out the role of the unblemished animal who represents us to God: his righteousness becomes ours.
The Sacrificial System
As we work through the book of Hebrews, we have been confronted with some foreign ideas about blood, death, and atonement. These are all references to the ritual of sacrifice that God laid out for His people in the Old testament. Before we enter into the next section that connects these all to Jesus, we […]
A Greater Tent
Hebrews reveals to us that the tabernacle system was always a temporary situation until the coming of Jesus. The tabernacle presented the question and a partial answer to the issue of our sin and broken relationship with God. It did not go far enough. It was a limited solution. Jesus comes as the greater tabernacle, […]
The Tabernacle
The dwelling place of God is with man. This is established in Genesis, repeated in the covenant, and revealed to us in the New Heavens and New Earth in Revelation 21. As a placeholder, God gives His people the tabernacle to reveal the reality of holiness, sin and the need for redemption. All of this […]
A Greater Covenant
The relationship between the old and new testaments, and the old and new covenants, has been an issue of debate since the first century. In the book of Hebrews, we are given a glimpse into how God answers. Both covenants must be viewed through the lens of our better high priest: the fulfillment of the […]
Greater than Melchizedek
Who is Melchizedek? That is a question that has stumped theologians for centuries. The point here is not to know him, but to see the priest-king who He points to. He exists to prepare the world for Jesus – who has come to introduce a new and greater hope!
Greater than Promises
Hebrews presents the reason for our hope and why we can have great confidence. Our promises are double-reinforced by He who is unchangeable in His ways, and He who is just toward those who break the oath. We can know that what God has said is sure because it is sworn on His perfection.
Greater than Milk
The author of Hebrews goes off topic for a moment to address the issue of shallow faith, falling away, and where we find our assurance. The take away is: deep faith, protection from apostacy, and assurance of salvation all come from pursuing our relationship with God through the mean of grace that he has given.
Greater than the high priest
Jesus came into the world to be the pinnacle of the story that God was writing (and had already written before the foundation of the world). In this, Jesus revealed that the role of High Priest was a physical representation of the spiritual role that He plays, as the mediator between God and His people. […]
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