Visitation Principle 7: Jesus Came to Help Abraham’s DescendantsHebrews 2:16 “For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants.” Wait. Are you saying Jesus only helps Jews? Nope. And that’s not what the author to Hebrews is saying, either. First, in its context, the author is saying that Jesus isn’t focused on helping […]
Don’t you see? It had to be this way. Hebrews 2:14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death– that is, the devil– 15 and free those who all their lives were […]
Continuing our look at the Letter to the Hebrews and finding “Visitation Principles,” the mysterious unknown author develops his (or her) Christology even further. Angels worship Jesus. But what of this “firstborn” stuff? Will we all be gods? No. Firstborn is inheritance relationship, and it’s based upon Jesus’ obedience and setting a standard of righteousness only […]
So long as Jesus was fully God, but not also fully man, He couldn’t have paid for our sin in full because He lacked the relationship with mankind. Humanity was the one under the death sentence, not God! Therefore, we see our Visitation Principle 4: Jesus came to man in the usual way, as a […]
Urgent times call for urgent measures. The Last Days are like that. To the Jews (even of Jesus’ day), they were looking for a great political leader who would vindicate their people toward the conclusion of earthly time. But earthly time wasn’t ending quite as quickly as they thought because God had something better planned. […]
Hebrews 1:1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom also He made the universe.3 The Son is the radiance of […]
In the Letter to the Hebrews, the author sets out to encourage Jewish believers in Messiah Jesus Christ that what they felt like were missing from their traditions wasn’t really missing out at all. It was an upgrade. The Jewish believers loved their prophets and their Scriptures and held a nostalgic feeling for them. I […]
Continuing my themes of Jesus as our Jewish Messiah (from last year’s Advent) and the series on the mystery of how Jews and Gentiles are heirs together in Christ, I invite you to join me in a study of the Letter to the Hebrews, one of three New Testament books/letters designed to relate to the […]
Advent begins December 1, 2024, and we will explore principles straight out of the Book of Hebrews regarding our Savior’s first advent and reasons for hope in His Return. I’m announcing it now with more explanation and prior years’ links to follow soon. Hope you’ll join me.
