Hebrews 2:1 For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.All doctrinal teaching demands a response. There is no purpose in teaching biblical doctrine unless there is a life application to draw from such information. So, after a clear exposition in the first chapter of Hebrews regarding the superiority of Christ over all things to inc...  Read More

Hebrews 1:10-14 “You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of Your hands; 11 they will perish, but You remain; and they all will become old like a garment, 12 and like a mantle You will roll them up; like a garment they will also be changed. But You are the same, and Your years will not come to an end.” 13 But to which of the angels has He ever sai...  Read More

Hebrews 1:7-9 Of the angels He says, “Who makes His angels winds, and His ministers a flame of fire.” 8 But of the Son He says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom. 9 “You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your companions.”Though superior in name and ...  Read More

Hebrews 1:6 And when [God] again brings the firstborn into the world, He says, “And let all the angels of God worship Him.”            The superiority of Jesus over everything and everyone means that He cannot be put on the same level as angels. Whereas angels are mere messengers of God, Jesus is the Son of God, superior to angels in His majesty, for He alone is to be worshiped. Using the LXX (Sep...  Read More

Hebrews 1:5 For to which of the angels did He ever say, “You are My Son, Today I have begotten You”? And again, “I will be a Father to Him And He shall be a Son to Me”?Jews believed in the power of a name. For example, Michael means “who is like God”; Daniel means “mighty man of God”; and Nathaniel means “given by God.” The very name “Jesus” (Heb. Yeshua; Eng. Joshua) means “Yahweh saves.” Further...  Read More

Hebrews 1:2a, 4 …in these last days [God] has spoken to us in His Son… 4 having become as much better than the angels as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.The writer of Hebrews presents Jesus as superior to everything, the Prophet through whom God now speaks (v. 2). As the Son of God, Jesus is the Inheritor of all things, the Creator of everything, the Radiator of God’s glory, the R...  Read More

Hebrews 1:3 [Jesus Christ] is the radiance of [God’s] glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.            As the Creator of all things, Jesus is therefore the heir of all things (Heb. 1:2). In addition, we note a few more traits in Hebrews 1:3 that ...  Read More

Hebrews 1:2 …in these last days [God] has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.            Jesus of Nazareth proved to be the Christ, the long-awaited Jewish Messiah, through His life, death, and resurrection from the dead. The writings of the OT looked forward to this Messiah, prophesied His coming, and were seen to be perfect propheci...  Read More

Hebrews 1:1-2a God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son…            The unknown author of Hebrews begins his epistle by reflecting upon the past and how God had communicated His words to His people “long ago” (Gr. palai), or formerly. In referencing “the fathers,” the writer is clearly thinking o...  Read More

Hebrews 1:1-3 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. 3 And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of si...  Read More

Psalm 37:34-40 Wait for the Lord and keep His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you will see it… 39 But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their strength in time of trouble. 40 The Lord helps them and delivers them; He delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in Him.       We see injustices every day in ou...  Read More

Psalm 37:27-33 Depart from evil and do good, so you will abide forever. 28 For the Lord loves justice and does not forsake His godly ones; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked will be cut off. 29 The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever. 30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice. 31 The law of his God is in his heart; his...  Read More