Survey of Hebrews

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THE BOOK OF HEBREWS
THE BOOK OF BETTERS
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BETTERS IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS
BETTER REVELATION 11-4 BETTER REST 49 BETTER
THINGS 69 1140 BETTER HOPE 719 BETTER
COVENANT 722 86 BETTER PRIESTHOOD
723-28 BETTER PROMISES 86 BETTER SACRIFICE
923 BETTER SUBSTANCE 1034 1224 BETTER COUNTRY
1116 BETTER RESURRECTION 1135
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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE BOOK OF HEBREWS

• THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN TO HEBREW CHRISTIANS, FROM
  WHOM THE BOOK GETS ITS NAME.
• THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK IS NOT KNOWN FOR SURE,
  SINCE HE HAS NOT IDENTIFIED HIMSELF. POSSIBLE
  AUTHORS PAUL, LUKE, BARNABAS, APPOLLOS.
• THE DATE OF THE BOOK WAS BEFORE THE DESTRUCTION
  OF JERUSALEM IN A.D. 70. THERE ARE INDICATION IN
  THE BOOK THAT THE TEMPLE WAS STILL STANDING (84
  101). IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE BOOK WAS PROBABLY
  WRITTEN BETWEEN A.D. 65-70.
• KEY CHAPTERS IN THE BOOK IS 9 AND 11 SHADOW
  OVERCOME BY REALITY.

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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS OF HEBREWS 2
5. KEY WORDS IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS A. BETTER
OCCURS THIRTEEN TIMES B. HEAVEN OR HEAVENLY
OCCURS FIFTEEN TIMES C. ONCE OR ONCE FOR ALL
OCCURS NINE TIMES 6. THE BOOK OF HEBREWS IS
DOCTRINAL IN CHARACTER 7. THE BOOK CONTAINS 13
CHAPTERS AND 303 VERSES 8. THE EMPHASIS OF
HEBREWS, CHRIST IS SOMEONE BETTER THAN, AND HIS
WORK SOMETHING BETTER THAN ANYTHING IN
JUDAISM. 9. THE PURPOSE OF THE HEBREWS, TO
PROVIDE SOUND REASONS FOR THESE HEBREW CHRISTIANS
TO REMAIN FAITHFUL TO CHRIST AND NOT TO REVERT TO
JUDAISM.
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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS OF HEBREWS 3
10. THE BOOK OF HEBREWS SHOWS THAT THE CHANGE
FROM THE LEVITICAL TO THE CHRISTIAN SYSTEM WAS
PREDICTED BY THE OLD TESTAMENT, PARTICULARLY THE
CHANGE TO A NEW PRIESTHOOD, A NEW COVENANT, A NEW
SACRIFICE AND A NEW SANCTUARY.
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A BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE BOOK OF HEBREWS

• CHRIST SUPERIOR TO THE THINGS OF THE OLD
  TESTAMENT
• A. TO THE ANGELS C1-2
• B. TO MOSES 31-6
• C. REST 37-413
• D. TO THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD 414-728
• E. COVENANT 81-922
• F. SACRIFICES 923-1018
• EXHORTATION TO REMAIN STEADFAST TO CHRIST
• A. REMEMBER THE PUNISHMENT THAT COMES TO THOSE
  WHO DILIBERATELY SIN 1019-31
• B. REMEMBER THE OLD TESTAMENT WITNESSES C11
• C. RUN THE CHRISTIAN RACE 121-2
• D. ENDURE THE CHASTENING OF THE LORD 123-11
• E. KEEP YOUR FOCUS ON THE GOAL OF ETERNAL REWARD
  1212-29
• CONCLUSION C!13

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THE OLD TESTAMENT IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS

• THOU ART MY SON 15 / PSA. 27
• LET ALL THE ANGELS WORSHIP HIM 16 / PSA. 977
• WHO MAKETH HIS ANGELS SPIRITS 17 / PSA. 1044
• WHAT IS MAN 26-8 / PSA. 84-6
• I WILL DECLARE THY NAME 212 / PSA. 2222
• TODAY IF YOU WILL HEAR HIS VOICE 37-11 / PSA.
  957-11
• GOD RESTED ON THE SEVENTY DAY 44 / GEN. 22
• THOU ART MY SON 55 / PSA. 27
• MAKE ALL THINGS ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN 85 /
  EX. 2540
• TO MAKE A NEW COVENANT 88-12 / JERE. 3131-34
• SACRIFICE AND OFFERINGS THOU WOULDEST NOT 105-7
  / PSA. 406-8
• VENGENCE BELONGS TO THE LORD 1030 / DEUT.
  3235-36
• THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH 1038 / HAB. 24
• DISPISE NOT GODS CHASTENING 125-6 / PROV.
  311-12
• I WILL NEVER LEAVE THEE NOR FORSAKE THEE 135 /
  DEUT. 316

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LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM THE BOOK OF HEBREWS

• JESUS IS GODS PROPHET 11-2
• JESUS IS THE PERSONIFICATION OF GOD 13
• CAREFUL ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE THINGS
  WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT 21-3
• JESUS DIED IN BEHALF OF EVERY MAN 29
• A CHILD OF GOD CAN APOSTATIZE 312
• CHRISTIANS SHOULD ENCOURAGE ONE-ANOTHER
  CONTINUALLY 313
• REBELLION AGAINST GOD IS AN EXPRESSION OF
  UNBELIEF 316-46
• THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND ACTIVE 412
• JESUS IS THE AUTHOR OF SALVATION TO THE OBEDIENT
  58-9
• SPIRITUAL MATURITY IS TO BE DEVELOPED 512-64

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LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM THE BOOK OF HEBREWS 2
11. A PERSON CAN REACH THE POINT OF NO RETURN
64-6 12. THE PERSON WHO APOSTATIZES FROM THE
FAITH CRUCIFIES AFRESH THE SON OF GOD AND PUTS
HIM TO AN OPEN SHAME 66 13. HOPE SERVES AS AN
ANCHOR OF THE SOUL 619 14. A CHANGE IN THE
PRIESTHOOD DEMANDS A CHANGE IN THE LAW 712
22 15. THINGS ARE TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO THE
PATTERN 85 16. A TESTAMENT IS OF FORCE ONLY
AFTER THE DEATH OF THE TESTATOR 916-17 17. AS
CHRISTIANS WE ARE NOT TO FORSAKE THE ASSEMBLY
1025 18. FORSAKING THE ASSEMBLY IS A SYMPTOM OF
A MUCH DEEPER PROBLEM 1025 / 312 19. FAITH IS
THE FOUNDATION OF OUR HOPE HEB. 111 20. RUNNING
THE RACE REQUIRES FOCUS AND DISCIPLINE 121-2