Hebrews Lesson 1

Hebrews

Key Verse: Hebrews 4:14, “Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.”

Key Words: Better – found 13 times; Perfect – found 14 times; Heaven – found 17 times.

Theme: 1) The Priesthood of Christ.     2) The Maturity of Believers

Date: Between 64 A.D. and 67 A.D.

Writer: The Apostle Paul

Written to: Group of Jewish Christians from Italy (13:24)

The Book: Number in Bible – 58th Book in the Bible. Number of Chapters – 13. Number of Verses – 303. Number in Order of Writing – 19th in the New Testament.

Purpose:1) To encourage persecuted Christians; 2) To check apostasy; 3) To show relationship between Jewish ordinances, covenants, and Christianity.

Divisions: Three-fold division:

1) A superior Person: Christ (1-6)

2) A superior Priesthood: Melchisedec (7-10)

3) A superior Principle: Faith (11-13)

Two-fold division:

Chapters 1-10 – Doctrine, Belief, Principle, Creed

Chapters 11-13 – Deportment, Behavior, Practice, Conduct

Outline:

I. A Superior Person (Ch. 1-6)

1) Greater than the Prophets (1:1-3)

2) Greater than the Angels (1:4; 2:8)

3) Greater than Moses (3:1-19)

4) Greater than Joshua (4:1-16)

5) Greater than Aaron (5:1; 10:18)

6) Greater than Melchisedec (7:1, 15)

II. A Superior Priesthood (Ch. 7-10)

1) A better Order: Melchisedec – not Aaron (Ch. 7)

2) A better Covenant: New – not old (Ch. 8)

3) A better Sanctuary: Heaven – not Earth (Ch. 9)

4) A better Sacrifice: God’s Son–not animals (Ch. 10)

III. A Superior Principle (Ch. 11-13)

1) The example of Faith (Ch. 11)

2) The endurance of Faith (Ch. 12)

3) The evidence of Faith (Ch. 13)

Miscellaneous: Warnings of Spiritual Deterioration (2:1-4)

1) Drifting from the Word through neglect (2:3)

2) Doubting the Word through hardness of heart (3:19)

3) Dullness toward the Word through sluggishness (5:11)

4) Despising the World through willful sinning (10:26)

5) Disobeying the Word by refusing to hear (12:25)

Facts about Hebrews:

1) Hebrews is referred to as “The Fifth Gospel”

2) First four Gospels deal with earthly ministry

3) This fifth Gospel deals with heavenly ministry

4) There are 17 provoking questions in Hebrews

5) There are 270 verses of history

6) There are 9 verses of fulfilled prophecy

7) There are 24 verses of unfulfilled prophecy

8) Hebrews parallels the Old Testament book of Leviticus

Dr. Tom Wallace

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