HEBREWS

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Updated 02/2024



CHAPTER 1

  1. God made Jesus heir of all things from the beginning before man was created.
  2. Jesus is the living example and expressed nature, character, and will of God.
  3. God anointed Jesus over His companions.
  4. God laid the foundation of the world.
  5. Angels minister to the saints who will inherit salvation.

CHAPTER 2

  1. If the word spoken thropugh angels proved steadfast and Jesus is greater than the angels we must give greater heed and obedience to the word we have heard from Him lest we drift away.
  2. Man is a little lower than the angels.
  3. a. Man had no control to overcome death. b. Jesus tasted death for us so now it is possible for man to die and then live again.
  4. Everything is for God and by God to bring Him many sons to glory.
  5. Jesus is the captain of our salvation.
  6. Not only did Jesus defeat Satan and overcome death, He became a merciful mediator and aid to us in time of our temptations.

CHAPTER 3

  1. a. Moses led the house of the Israelites. b. Jesus leads the house of both Jews and Gentiles who believe in Him. c. God built both houses. d. Moses was a servant to God in his house. Jesus is a son (who will be given ownership and become king of His house).
  2. We must maintain our faith and hope in the gospel firm to the end of our life.
  3. We are warned not to depart from God as Israel did when they stopped trusting and obeying Him and fell into sin.
  4. Through being deceived by sin, we seek its temporary pleasures and "rewards." We eventually turn away from God and righteousness and purity.
  5. "Today" is now, in our lifetime. When we hear the word of God and are exhorted by other believers, we must heed the word and be obedient to it turning away from sin and to trusting in God.
  6. Belief is trust and confidence in God. This leads to obeying Him. Therefore, belief means to obey (vs. 18 &19). Belief only exists if we obey Him.

CHAPTER 4

  1. The saints will rest from their works, toils, and trials of life and from the works of the law. This rest is spiritually and eternally.
  2. By believing and trusting in God we will be diligent to be obedient to God. By this we will enter His rest.
  3. The Word is in us and will guide us. It is a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart.
  4. Jesus was tempted, as we are and remained sinless. We can draw on His purity for strength in our temptations and His mercy and grace when we are in need.

CHAPTER 5

  1. Melchizedek, a high priest, received offerings and made atonement for the people.  He had no genealogy of the order of the Levites (ch.7). Jesus became high priest by God and our atonement. He was not of the order of the Levites but was of the tribe of Judah.
  2. Jesus taught us by word and example. He was obedient to God and now dwells in eternal life. We must follow His example of obedience to God.
  3. The writer had much to say Melchizedek in comparison with Jesus as high priest but the people had become dull of hearing. (He does expound on Melchizedek in chapter 7).
  4. To be teachers of the word the people must exercise their senses to God's word and will and spiritually mature in discerning good and evil.

CHAPTER 6

  1. The people have heard and been converted by the principles of Christ. They should be maturing in faith and obedience and not living as a babe in the faith
  2. a. It is possible for someone to fall away from the faith.  b. They have once before repented and believed when they heard the gospel. They cannot continue to be a new convert but must remain steadfast in the faith. c. Those who fall away repeat the rejection of Jesus as the Jews did when they rejected and crucified Him and put Him to an open shame.
  3. The rain is the word and teachings of God that should produce growth, maturity, and obedience in our faith.
  4. Those who reject or ignore the rain are rejected and near to being cursed whose end is to be burned.
  5. Through faith and patience they must be diligent to continue to do the things that accompany salvation.
  6. The promise and oath of God concerning the Seed of Abraham cannot be broken and is consolation for our souls.

CHAPTER 7

  1. Abraham paid tithes to the high priest Melchizedek, a non-Levite high priest. The Levite high priest received the tithes of the people. God has made Jesus high priest of the order of Melchizrdek, a non-Levite high priest (vs. 14). As they accepted Melchizedek, they are to accept Jesus as high priest.
  2. The law could not make complete reconciliation to God nor could it change their hearts. Jesus became a perpetual sacrifice and the Spirit came into our hearts
  3. The former priests were prevented from continuing because of death. Jesus continues to live and make intercession for us and is our continual sacrifice for our sins.

CHAPTER 8

  1. The tabernacle built by Moses was a shadow, a copy, or a hint of the true heavenly tabernacle and the worship of God.
  2. The new covenant is better because it put the laws and principles of God into the mind and hearts of the believers.
  3. God sent His Holy Spirit to be in us.
  4. God will be merciful and forgive us of our unrighteousness. (Jesus is the covering for our sins.)

CHAPTER 9

  1. Jesus became the everlasting sacrifice of redemption. The sacrificing of animals and the rituals of the law came to an end.
  2. The more perfect tabernacle is in heaven with Jesus continually next to God.
  3. Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins. Jesus had to die. (Like a last will and testament that doesn’t go into effect until the person dies so also the new covenant did not go into effect until Jesus died.)
  4. The heavenly sanctuary required a more pure everlasting sacrifice than the earthly tabernacle.

CHAPTER 10

  1. We have a pure High Priest in Jesus and full evidence of atonement. His blood completely cleanses us. "Conscience" here means that one would have no apprehension of future wrath
  2. God was not satisfied with sacrifice after sacrifice. The blood of bulls and goats could not reconcile us to God. Jesus, His only begotten son, is the sinless sacrifice that completely reconciled us to God once and forever.
  3. Where there is remission of sins there is no longer a need for a sacrifice. We enter the presence of God spiritually as often as desired because the veil is removed by the sacrifice of Jesus.
  4. There is fearful judgment and indignation and a worse punishment awaiting those who sin willfully. (They will not receive the promise of eternal life.)
  5. We have need of endurance so after we have done the will of God we will receive the promise (of eternal life).
  6. Drawing back means to forsake God, renounce your religion, and your faith in Him.
  7. Those who draw back will face perdition and the destruction of their souls.

CHAPTER 11

  1. Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not yet seen. In the promises of God, we see His works and believe His promise of an eternal home that we are yet to see.
  2. We must have faith in God and diligently seek Him.
  3. God will reward those who diligently seek Him.
  4. Those of faith look forward to a heavenly homeland that God has prepared for us, which is eternal life in heaven.
  5. All of faith in God will receive the promise of the homeland, the rest, and eternal life at the return of Jesus.

CHAPTER 12

  1. We should lay aside every sin that so easily ensnares us and run the race with endurance looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. (We practice our faith, endure trials and persecutions, and keep our hope in the promise of resurrection and eternal life.)
  2. Jesus is the beginning of our faith and is the completion of our faith. All things are because of Him.
  3. God chastens us to correct us.
  4. When God chastens us we become legitimate children of God, partakers of His holiness, producing fruit of righteousness, which will lead to eternal life.
  5. We must pursue peace with all men and holiness unto God.
  6. We must be careful to not fall short of the grace of God and become defiled through bitterness or sin.
  7. As Esau could not regain his birthright and inherit the blessing we too will forfeit our inheritance and promise of eternal life.
  8. Through His grace we can communicate with God in His heavenly tabernacle no longer in fear as they did before on the mountain.
  9. We should serve Him acceptably with reverence and with godly fear.

CHAPTER 13

  1. Brotherly love should be practiced to those we know and to the stranger. To take this literally it refers to angels that God sends to test or influence us (as with Abraham and Lot in Genesis 18 and 19).
  2. The Gospel of Christ and the way to heaven are unchangeable. Do not listen to strange doctrines (vs. 9).
  3. The sacrifice of praise, giving thanks, of doing good works, and sharing are offerings that please God.
  4. God works in us and makes us fully ready for every good work and His will through His Spirit.