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Norman McNulty: The Book of Hebrews

Norman McNulty

Hebrews 1:1-9: Introduction and Divinity of Christ

Hebrews 1:9-2:9 “The Enemy After the Cross”

Hebrews 2:9-18 “The Humanity of Christ”

Hebrews 3 & 4 “God’s Rest”

Hebrews 5 and 6 “Milk or Strong Meat?”

Hebrews 7  “The Melchizedek Priesthood”

Hebrews 8 “The New Covenant High Priest”

Hebrews 9  “The Holy of Holies”

Hebrews 9:23-10:13  “The Blotting Out of Sin”

Hebrews 10:13-39  “Seated at the Right Hand of God”

Hebrews 11:1-7  “Faith in the Creator God”

Hebrews 11:8-40 Pilgrims and Strangers

Hebrews 11:39-12:4 Jesus and the Last Generation

Hebrews 12:5-29 “The Highway to Mount Zion”

Hebrews 13 “Final Class and Summary of Book”

So we are continuing our study through the book of Hebrews.

And We got through the first 9 verses of chapter 1.

And this week we are going to finish chapter 1 and probably get to chapter 2.

Well, we'll see if we finish chapter 2 today.

So just a brief review of last week's lesson is that Paul wrote this epistle to the Hebrews shortly before the destruction of Jerusalem.

And this epistle, taken to heart by the Christian Jews at that time, saved them from destruction because up until that time the Christian Jews in Jerusalem were still worshiping in the temple, they were still hanging on to many traditions of the Jewish traditions from before the cross, and so Paul wrote this letter to help them understand that those things are no longer binding.

However, there's more to the epistle of Hebrews than just to the Jews of that day.

As you know, the book of Matthew, chapter 24, Jesus talks about the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world and ties them into the same prophecy.

And Paul essentially does the same thing in the book of Hebrews.

So the book of Hebrews was for the Jews of that day, but it's also for God's last day people.

So then we got into chapter 1, and we see that the first 3 verses describe who Christ is.

And those characteristics of Christ in the first 3 verses are characteristics that will be built upon in the remainder of the book of Hebrews.

Number 1 is that he's creator, that he upholds all things by the word of his power, that he's the express image of the Father, a perfect reproduction of his character, that he purged our sins, so he's our savior and sacrifice.

He sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high, so he's our high priest.

So all of those things are gonna be developed as we go through the book of Hebrews.

And we got through verse 9 last week, and we see that Paul has proven that Jesus is clearly God and the Father is speaking to the Son and the Father calls the Son God.

So that's the the best evidence that we can have to show that Jesus really is God.

If the Father calls Jesus God, what further proof do you need?

And then we got into verse 9 and we got through about half of that.

So this is where we're going to pick things up today.

Before we start though, now that we've done a review, I'd like to have a word of prayer and then we will get into the rest of our study here.

Father in heaven, we thank you for the Sabbath day.

We pray for a special blessing as we study your word.

We thank you for the book of Hebrews and how it enlightens us for our time.

Okay, and I guess I should point out that I will have some of you read verses.

And if you have a question or a comment about what we're going through, this is an interactive study as much as possible as we go through the book of Hebrews.

And in verse 8, the Father tells the Son that He is God and that the principles of His kingdom are based on righteousness.

And in verse 9, the Father says to the Son, Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity.

Therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows." So why is it that the principles of Christ's kingdom are based on righteousness?

Well, we see that Christ loves righteousness and hates iniquity.

And especially here on this earth, He demonstrated those principles.

In fact, He hated iniquity so much that he was willing to die on the cross because of his hatred for sin.

Now what's interesting is when you get to Hebrews 12, Paul tells us, look unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and then a couple of verses later he says, you have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

Which means if you're not resisting sin into blood, that means that you don't hate sin the way Christ hated sin.

But Christ hated iniquity, and he loved righteousness.

So chapter 12 is gonna bring this concept out again.

But Christ shows us here on this earth that it's not just enough to love righteousness, we also need to hate iniquity or sin.

And that's how, that's the example or the demonstration that Christ gives to us.

And because of that, it says, therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

This is speaking of the son being anointed with oil by the father.

So, the question is, what is this anointing speaking of?

And I would like a volunteer to read Psalms chapter 133.

Is there a volunteer that could read Psalms 133 verses 1 and 2?

Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.

We see that it's good for brethren to dwell together in unity.

Aaron was the brother of Moses and what was his role?

So Aaron is being anointed as the high priest and the verse before that talks about unity.

Now in the New Testament with respect to Christ, Christ ascended to heaven after the 40 days, and at Pentecost, the Bible says that the disciples were in 1 accord in 1 place.

So they were dwelling together in unity, and then the Holy Spirit was poured out upon them.

I don't have a whole lot of time to go into this concept now, but the idea is that when the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the apostles at Pentecost, as they were in unity, at the same time Christ was anointed as High Priest in heaven.

And Psalms 133 sort of gives us that idea.

And Hebrews chapter 1, speaking of the anointing of Christ, is giving us the idea that Christ was anointed for something, and when we get to chapter 3 verse 1, it says that Christ is the apostle and high priest of our profession.

So Paul has used chapter 1 and chapter 2 to prove that Jesus is our high priest.

And so Hebrews 1 verse 9 is part of proving that point.

Now, let's see, I'd like a volunteer now to read verses 10 through 12.

Or I'll call on someone if no 1 raises their hand.

And thou, Lord, in the beginning has laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands.

They shall perish, but thou remainest, and they shall wax old as doth a garment.

And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed, but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

Okay, so again Hebrews want us talking about proof that Jesus is God.

And what in verse 10 would help us to understand that Jesus really is God?

I mean, the Father's already called him God, but what's an attribute here that comes out that shows that he is God?

Yeah, he laid the foundation of the earth.

And in Genesis 1, it says, in the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.

So once again, proof that Jesus is God and that He is Creator.

And what's interesting is it says that what the heavens and the earth that he has created shall perish.

They will wax old as a garment, as a vesture they shall be folded up." And what this is telling us is that because of sin, the things that God created will ultimately pass away here on this earth.

The earth that God created will pass away because of sin.

But even though they perish, Jesus will still remain and He will still be the same no matter what matter what happens to this earth and in Hebrews 13 verse 8 we have the famous verse Jesus Christ the same yesterday today and forever So sort of a chiastic structure there, chapter 1 and chapter 13, this concept that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

He's always been and he always will be, and He is God, and He created the earth.

And so, to the Jews, who are trying to figure out, okay, who was this Jesus, okay, we believe that He's the Messiah, Paul is saying, look, this Jesus that we're talking about, the Father says He's God, This Jesus who we're talking about, He created the earth.

And He's the same yesterday, today, and forever.

He always has been and He always will be.

And that's where we should be putting our focus, not in the temple in Jerusalem.

And this was very helpful to the Christian Jews to escape Jerusalem at that time.

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