Read part one here: https://thevoiceofone.org/2022/04/14/disgrace-part-one/ Just before talking about going to Jesus outside the camp, the writer says, “We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle do not have a right to eat” (Heb. 13:10). Joining Jesus outside the camp is joining in the suffering of the cross. This is the altar the…
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Disgrace (Part One)
The law commands that unclean things be separated from clean. After blood from the sacrifice was taken into the most holy place on the Day of Atonement, the animal’s body was taken outside the camp and burned (Lev. 16:27; Heb. 13:11). The animal (who was innocent) took on the spiritual filth of the people. Yet…
The Measuring Line of Faith
As the writer of Hebrews encourages readers to live by faith, he tells them to run “with endurance” and to keep their eyes on Jesus, “the source and perfecter of our faith” (Heb. 12:1-2). What does the source and perfecter of faith teach us? Verse 12:2 often reads that Jesus endured the cross “for the…
Living Types and Shadows
Considering everything the writer has said previously, it makes all the sense in the world that Hebrews 11 focuses on faith. In chapters 9 and 10, the writer describes how Jesus made one offering for sin for all of time. Since He bore away sin and finished the work of atonement for all time, He…
No Sacrifice Is Left
Hebrews 10:26 has struck fear in many a heart over the years. Some say it proves Jesus’s sacrifice only covers sins committed before we convert. After that, salvation depends on us not sinning. Ironically, this leads us back into a system where our consciences can never be clean because sin remains uncovered. Such thinking is…
Out from a Second
In chapters eight through 10, the writer of Hebrews continues contrasting the old and new covenants, also discussing them as the first and second covenants. The first covenant had continual sacrifice. Not only did the repeated sacrifices fail to remove sin, they actually reminded people of their sinfulness and kept their consciences from being clean….
Out with the Old, in with the…Older?
“For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son, who has been perfected forever” (Heb. 7:28). “The law” and “the word of the oath” are set up as contrasting covenants, contrasting approaches to God. “The word of the oath” connects…
Sluggish in Hearing
“We have have much to say that is difficult to interpret since you have become sluggish in hearing” (Heb. 5:11). At the cusp of Hebrews five and six is a warning that seems to come out of nowhere. Since the writer has been talking about Melchizedek and resumes this subject in chapter seven, the warning seems to erupt mid-thought….
Good Grip
Hebrews 5 continues talking about Jesus, our high priest, who sympathizes with our weaknesses. Other high priests could be compassionate since they were weak like those they ministered to; they also needed sacrifice to repair their relationship with God. Jesus was not fallen; He wasn’t subject to a nature that is prone to sin. He…
Rest (Part Two)
Please read part one first *** The same invitation is extended to us who hear the gospel: believe that Jesus finished purification for sin and did all that was necessary to bring us to God; believe that Jesus has been provided to us as our very life and is everything we need for life and…
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