Hebrews summary's'/responses

Hebrews 1/2

Hebrews 1 begins by applying the supreme revelation and Authority of Jesus. And who Jesus is as revealed by God the truth of all other teachings. Hebrews 2 begins by saying 'Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.' It warns that the receiver of the revelation of Jesus mus t hold onto it soberly and diligently. There was also a warning of Punishment for the people who reject Jesus. Jesus gave instruction regarding holding onto the teachings. 

Hebrews 3/4

Hebrews 3 begins by stating that Gods people are chosen by him to be holy.and that Jesus, the apostle and High Priest of God, deserves more than Moses. Because Moses was a servant in God’s house, but Jesus is both the builder of the house and a Son in it. Hebrews 4 says that the promise of rest is still in effect.It says 'for we have heard the message, just as they did.But they failed to believe what they heard. And the message did not do them any good. Only people who have faith will enter the place of rest."

Hebrews 5

In Hebrews 5, Jesus was chosen by God to be the High Priest in order of Melchizedek. The priestly order set aside the Levitical priesthood and the law.Jesus asked  for help facing his suffering and death.The he was made perfect through his suffering.

Hebrews 6

Hebrews 6 begins the the 'elementary teachings', baptism, the laying of hands, faith, resurrection of the dead  and, eternal judgment, all can be passed over. This chapter also says that repentance is impossible  for the people who have fallen away after recieving a blessing from God.

Hebrews 7/8

In Hebrews 7, the story of Melchizedek is brought up again. Melchizedek means ‘king of righteousness’ and, he was also ‘king of peace’, because Salem means ‘peace’. Melchizedek was made like the Son of God, meaning he had no genealogy –, having neither beginning of days nor end of life. He was a priest and a king. Melchizedek is greater than Abraham because Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek, and because Melchizedek blessed Abraham. Perfection was not achieved through the Levitical priesthood, so another priest had to rise according to the order of Melchizedek, not the order of Aaron. Jesus could not be a priest according to Mosaic law, because he was of the tribe of Judah, not Levi. Another priest has come not according to the law of a fleshy commandment, but according to the power of an endless life.‘You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.’ The former commandment of the law is annulled as a means of establishing our relationship with and access to God. Jesus was made high priest by the direct oath of God. Jesus is the surety of a better covenant. An unchanging priesthood means a lasting salvation. Jesus is better qualified to be a high priest than any priest from the order of the Law of Moses. He offered himself as a sacrifice.

In Hebrews 8, Jesus presides over a superior priesthood, with a better covenant, and better promises. Knowing that God has established another covenant proves that there is something lacking in the old covenant.

Hebrews 9/10

In Hebrews 9, the old covenant had a tabernacle with furnishings. The priest atoned for his own sins, and for the sins of the people, once a year. Jesus comes with a greater and more perfect tabernacle. The sacrifice is not the blood of goats and calves, but his own blood. Through this sacrifice, those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. A testament  only takes effect when the person making the testament dies. Therefore Jesus had to die for the testament – the covenant – to take effect. As priest, Christ enters not into the Holy of Holies, but into heaven itself. Unlike a Mosaic priest, who must sacrifice regularly, Jesus's sacrifice is made only once.

iIn Hebrews 10, sacrifices under the old covenant could not truly take away sin. Christ’s work is finished, and he sits at the right hand of the Father, with his enemies as a footstool. The veil separating off the Holy of Holies is His flesh, and we can boldly pass through it into the presence of God. Let us hold fast to the truth. ‘Let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.’ Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. Trampling the Son of God underfoot is worthy of far worse punishment. Take heart in your discouragement, and remember how you have stood for God in tough times before. Draw on your past experience to gain strength to endure for the future.