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The “Epistle to the Hebrews” is, indeed, a remarkable work. It shows an intimate understanding of the Jewish faith, and how it morphed into Christianity, through those Jews who received Jesus as their Savior and Messiah. The word, gentile, is not once mentioned in the book nor is it even alluded to. This work was specifically intended for those Jews who had embraced Jesus as their Messiah.

The work is all about the supremacy of Christ. He is greater than angels, greater than Moses, greater than the Law, the Temple, its sacrifices etc. Christ alone offers eternal life. He alone is Savior, and he alone deserves our worship and allegiance. The book was written during a crisis, a persecution so great that it was feared by the author that the Jewish believers in Christ, i.e. those in Judea, would surrender their faith in order to return to Judaism, which rejected Jesus as Savior and King. It begins by showing Jesus as the Son of God who is the Image of God and ends with a call to go to him, Jesus, who is outside the camp, alluding to the time Moses stood outside the camp calling to those within to come to him if they were on the Lord’s side, after which judgment came down upon those who remained in the camp. Thus alluding to the soon return of the Lord to initiate judgment upon those who rejected him as their Messiah.

1. Who Is the Author of Hebrews?  ……………………………………….  Introduction
2. These Last Days and 1947
3. God Speaks to Men  …………………………………………………….  Chapter One
4. Jesus’ Attributes According to Paul
5. Challenging Jesus’ Role as Messiah
6. Jesus the Messiah!
7. The Messiah v/s Angels
8. Don’t Neglect So Great a Salvation  …………………………………..  Chapter Two
9. Becoming the Perfect Savior
10. How Are we Jesus’ Brethren
11. Rendering the Power of Death Inoperative
12. Made Perfect in Weakness
13. Partakers of the Heavenly Calling  …………………………………….  Chapter Three
14. Jesus Is Greater Than Moses
15. Rejoicing in the Hope of the Gospel
16. How Long is ‘Today’?
17. Is the Lord Among Us or Not?
18. As Long as It Is Called ‘Today’
19. The Rest of God  ………………………………………………………..  Chapter Four
20. God’s Promise of Rest
21. Redeeming the Rest of God
22. The Rest for the People of God
23. Resting in Christ Our High Priest
24. The High Priest Was Appointed by God  ……………………………..  Chapter Five
25. The Weakness of the High Priest
26. Jesus’ Appointment as High Priest
27. He Was Heard in that He Feared
28. Jesus — The Weakness of God
29. Spiritually Dull Believers
30. Repentance From Dead Works  ……………………………………….  Chapter Six
31. Four Principles of the Doctrine of Christ
32. Eternal Judgment
33. Impossible to Be Renewed to Repentance
34. Whose End is to be Burned
35. Persuaded of Better Things
36. The Oath of God
37. Our Hope Beyond the Veil
38. Who Is Melchizedek  …………………………………………………….  Chapter Seven
39. The Significance of Melchizedek
40. The Levitical Priesthood v/s Melchizedek
41. Jesus and Melchizedek
42. Made High Priest with an Oath
43. Jesus — the Surety of the Covenant
44. Made Higher than the Heavens
45. The Tabernacle the Lord Pitched  ……………………………………..  Chapter Eight
46. Jesus, the Tabernacle of God
47. Jesus, the Reality that Casts the Shadow
48. What Purpose Did the Law Serve?
49. What Has God Written upon Our Hearts?
50. How Does Man Come to Know God?
51. A Description of the Tabernacle  ………………………………………  Chapter Nine
52. A Description of the Tabernacle Rituals
53. The Good Things of the New Covenant
54. Gaining Eternal Redemption
55. Our Hope and Surety of a Better Covenant
56. Cleansing the Heavenly Sanctuary
57. The Finished Work of Salvation ……………………………………….  Chapter Ten
58. Enemies of Christ Made His Footstool
59. The Finality of Christ’s One Sacrifice
60. The New and Living Way
61. Holding Fast the Profession of our Faith
62. There Remains No Sacrifice for Sin
63. The Just Shall Live by Faith
64. What is Faith?  ………………………………………………………….  Chapter Eleven
65. The Faith of Able
66. Enoch’s Walk with God
67. Noah’s Faith
68. The City with Foundations
69. Thinking Outside the Box
70. Resting in the Hands of the Lord
71. Believing God in Dangerous Times
72. Bearing the Reproach of Christ
73. Enduring the Wrath of the Persecutor
74. The Second Exodus
75. Trusting the Lord for One’s Safety
76. True Strength Lay in Faith Not Might
77. Running the Race  ………………………………………………………  Chapter Twelve
78. Fixing Our Eyes Upon Jesus
79. Casting Off the Old Man
80. Laying Aside the Besetting Sin
81. Endure Suffering as Discipline
82. Christ, the Way of Holiness
83. The Old Covenant — a Veil of Darkness
84. You Have Drawn Near…
85. Shaking Heaven and Earth
86. Let Brotherly Love Continue  …………………………………………  Chapter Thirteen
87. Extend Hospitality to the Stranger
88. Prepare to Take the Promised Land
89. Paul’s Third Altar
90. Paul’s Hope for the Jews at Jerusalem
91. The Blood of the Everlasting Covenant