Hebrews: The Supremacy of Christ and Faithfulness

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"Well, it doesn't feel that way, but if that helps you sleep, go for it, okay? He always identified himself by name, but then I would say this. I think the most compelling reason for me why it's not Paul is in chapter 2 and verse 3, the author separates himself from the original eyewitnesses of Jesus. And Paul does the exact opposite." [00:00:05] (27 seconds)


"So the audience is this, it's a Jewish audience in an undisclosed location. We don't know where, it was primarily Jewish Christians, that they were people who had new Judaism, and they were followers of Christ. And that's gonna come out so much in this book here, where, because the temptation is, is that, and that's the occasion here, is that these Christians were enduring persecution, and they were tempted to abandon their Christian confession." [00:02:36] (36 seconds)


"So it's really crucial to understand the book of Hebrews. One last part about striking. The structure is that there's the exposition, exhortation, typology. The author really leans on an already slash not yet understanding of eschatology. Eschatology means the study of last things or last times, and so the end days, this really is going to play out, even in our text today." [00:08:41] (27 seconds)


"And so the last days, he says there's fulfillment here, but not totally, not yet. So it's an already, not yet. So we can understand that it's happened, but yet all the nuances of it have not yet materialized yet. So Jesus' resurrection began the end times, the last days. Now that might be kind of different languages that some of you might be used to hearing because some of you might be used to hearing things like that the news articles or something like that was happening in Israel or whatever, this will bring about the last days." [00:09:18] (38 seconds)


"So long ago, and many times, and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days, he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom he also created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God in the exact image of God. He is the radiance of the glory of God in the exact image of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power." [00:12:20] (26 seconds)


"God is not silent. He never has been, he never will be. God is a God who wants to communicate, and he wants to communicate and reveal himself to us. He wants to communicate to us as his creation. Long ago, it says that God spoke there. Now, this is not emphasizing necessarily how long ago, but that God has consistently spoke to humans since creation." [00:13:39] (30 seconds)


"Jesus is the exact imprint of the nature of God. You get to know Jesus, you know God. I told you, he's not wasting a single word in this. He makes purifications for sins possible. He reminds them, okay, in order to get to God, in order to have a relationship with God, your sins need to be taken care of. This is what Jesus did." [00:22:27] (23 seconds)


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