Hebrews five verses one through four: Prior to the Word’s coming to earth as the Almighty’s Messiah (Jn. 1:1-4,14), the Israelites’ high priests were mortal men, having the same weaknesses and the same inability to resist Satan as did the people who looked to them. Because those high priests had to offer sacrifices and offerings […]

Chapter four verses eleven to sixteen: In verse 11 the Apostle Paul uses the word “diligent” to describe what our attitude must be toward God’s promised “rest”–life in His earthly kingdom following the return of Jesus Christ. See The Kingdom of God. He warned the early church and now warns us that only God’s Ten […]

Chapter four verses one through ten: In the 1st verse of chapter 4 the Apostle Paul includes himself (“us”) in his warning to all professing Christians to fear lest they fall short of receiving the promise of entering into God’s rest–eternal life in His kingdom. In verse 2 Paul again includes himself, noting that the […]

Chapter three verses fourteen through nineteen: Here the Apostle Paul, as he often did, reminded the church that there were (are) no guarantees when it come to salvation, that salvation is a process that begins at the time of one’s conversion and ends with one’s final breath. At any point during that period one can […]

Chapter 3 verses twelve and thirteen: In the previous 4 verses the Apostle Paul warned the Hebrew Christians (and all church people today) not to doubt or disobey the Lord in that it will cause Him to pour out His wrath on them and to not allow them to enter into His “rest”–eternal life in […]

Chapter three verses seven through eleven: One of the most enduring fallacies put forth by Satan to convince the church into rejecting Bible Truth is the notion that strict, demanding, My-way-only God the Father was the Dictator over Old Testament Israel while His sweet, gentle, any-way-you-want-it Son is the Persuader of New Testament Gentiles. Watch […]

Chapter three verses one through seven: In verse one the Apostle Paul identifies the Hebrews as converts to Christianity. Here he calls them “holy brethren” who have the same “heavenly calling” and same “High Priest.” He then reemphasizes this fact in 4:14 where he notes that “we”–including himself–have a great High Priest–Jesus Christ. Like Paul, […]

Chapter two verses 14-18: In these verses the Apostle Paul presents the Hebrew Christians with a number of facts. Here he assures them that Jesus of Nazareth was indeed a man like any other man, that He had no more access to God than any other man. He assured the Hebrew Christians that Jesus died […]

Chapter 2 verses 9-13– In the previous verses we are told that God created man to inherit the universe with Jesus Christ. At present we do not see everything “placed beneath his (man’s) feet.” Verse 9: “But we see Jesus Who was made a little lower than the angels” (exactly as was His fellow man–vs […]

Chapter two verses five through eight: In verse 4 the Apostle Paul reminded the Hebrew Christians that God has given to true saints spiritual gifts through His Holy Spirit which abides within them. In First Corinthians 12 we are told that these gifts are awarded by the Lord for the edification of the true church […]