Brief Summary of Israel's History

Brief Outline of Israel’s History

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Chosen

Abraham was Chosen

And Through His Lineage the Rest of the World Would Be Blessed

The World will Come to Know God Through Them

He Travels to the Land of Canaan

He has Isaac

Isaac has Jacob

Jacob has 12 Sons Who Eventually All Move to Egypt…

Where Their Descendants will Become Slaves

Liberated

Israel is Delivered By God Through Moses From Slavery in Egypt

He Then Leads Israel to Mount Sinai to Receive the Law

They Then Leave Mount Sinai and Go to Kadesh-Barnea

This is Where They will Then Send Out the 12 Spies

After the 10 of the 12 Spies Bring a Bad Report…

God Curses that Generation to Die in the Wilderness

Wandering

Israel Wandered in the Wilderness for 40 Years…

Because They Didn’t Trust God to Continue Delivering Them

Victorious

Joshua Led Israel into the Promised Land

They Began to Take Possession of the Land…

And Divided the Land Up Among the Tribes

But They Didn’t Remain Faithful

So the Land of Milk and Honey Wasn’t Exactly That

Lawless

There was No King and Everyone Did What was Right in Their Own Eyes

They Rejected God as Their King…

And Lawlessness Ruled the Day

This was a Dark Period in Israel’s History

Ruled

Israel Wanted a King Like All the Other Nations

God Gave Them Saul as King

But He wasn’t Faithful

So He was Replaced By David

United

The Kingdom of Israel was United Under King David

Divided

After David’s Son Solomon, the Kingdom was Divided

Northern Israel and Southern Judah

Solomon’s Son, Rehoboam, Rules Over Judah

Jereboam Rules Over Israel

Exiled

Because of Their Unfaithfulness…

Both Kingdoms would Be Taken into Exile

Israel was Dispersed By the Assyrians

And Assyria Resettles Samaria with Other Peoples

Judah was Taken Captive into Babylon

Returned

After 70 Years of Exile in Babylon…

The New World Power, the Persians…

Allowed the Jews (People of Judah) to Return Home

But Things Still Aren’t Going Great

Waiting

After the Writings of the OT…

The Jewish People were Still Waiting for the Messiah to Arrive

First it was the Assyrians

Then the Babylonians

Then the Persians

Then Came the Greeks

The Jewish People Suffered Greatly Under the Grecian Empire

Intertestimental Books Like Maccabees Talk a Lot About that

Then the Romans Came to Power

And its Under the Roman Empire that We See the Arrival of the Messiah

That’s a Brief Outline of Israel’s History

Explain Hebrews 10:26

Hebrews 10:26 (NASB95)

26 For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

Our English Translation, the Verse Begins with the Word “For”

“For” is an “Explanatory Conjunction”

It’s a Conjunction that Used to Set Up…

An Explanation of What was Previously Stated

So, Verse 26 is Seeking to Further Explain…

What was Being Said in the Passage Before it

That Means:

In Order to Explain Hebrews 10:26…

We Need to First Look at Hebrews 10:19-25

Hebrews 10:19–25 (NASB95)

19 Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; 24 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, 25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

The Hebrew Christians Were Encouraged to Draw Near to God

Jesus has Opened Up a New and Living Way into God’s Presence…

Through His Sacrificial Death

So Now We can Draw Near with:

Sincere Hearts

Full Assurance of Faith

Cleansed Consciences

Because Jesus has Provided All of this for Us…

We Should Hold On to Our Faith/Allegiance to Him

We Need to Stimulate/Prod One Another…

To Love and Serve Each Other

It’s Our Responsibility in the Assembly to Encourage Each Other Toward These Goals

And We Can’t Fulfill These Responsibilities…

If We Continue to Forsake/Abandon the Assembly

In Our Abandonment of Our Family in Christ…

Not Only Do We Hurt Our Siblings…

By Not Fulfilling Our Responsibilities to Them

We Hurt Ourselves…

By Being Disconnected From God’s Loving, Encouraging People

We Separate Ourselves From Exactly What We Need to Keep the Faith

We Need Intimate Relationship With and Encouragement From Other Believers

That Leads Us to Our Verse

Hebrews 10:26 (NASB95)

For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

Remember the Word “For”

It Connects this Verse with the Verses that Came Before it

It is Seeking to Further Explain the Previous Verses

Willful Sin is Directly Connected to…

Abandoning Our Responsibility to Jesus and His Church

It’s Important to Understand the Verb Tense in this Passage:

To “Go On Sinning” Doesn’t Refer to the Occasional Sin

This is Something that Continues to Actively Take Place

Then We Have the Word “Willfully”/Deliberate/Intentional

What is a Willful/Deliberate/Intentional Sin?

Isn’t All Sin Willful/Deliberate/Intentional?

The Old Law Distinguished Between 2 Types of Sin

One Type of Sin Would Be Forgiven

The Other Type of Sin was to Be Punished By Death

Numbers 15:27–31 (NASB95)

27 ‘Also if one person sins unintentionally, then he shall offer a one year old female goat for a sin offering. 28 ‘The priest shall make atonement before the Lord for the person who goes astray when he sins unintentionally, making atonement for him that he may be forgiven. 29 ‘You shall have one law for him who does anything unintentionally, for him who is native among the sons of Israel and for the alien who sojourns among them.

30 ‘But the person who does anything defiantly, whether he is native or an alien, that one is blaspheming the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from among his people. 31 ‘Because he has despised the word of the Lord and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his guilt will be on him.’ ”

The Difference is Between Unintentional Sin and Defiant Sin

What are the Differences Between These 2 Types of Sin?

Unintentional Sin Refers to Sin Committed in Ignorance or Moment of Weakness

This is the Person Who Wants to Do What is Right, But isn’t Perfect

Defiant Sin Refers to Sin Committed in Rebellion Against God

This is the Person Who Shakes His Fist at God and Purposefully Disobeys Him

One Commentator Described it this Way:

Willful Sin “communicates the idea of willing participation in an action, something done with a clear mind and firm step”

It’s a Willing and Conscious Rejection of God

Hebrews 10:26 (NASB95)

For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

What’s Being Said in this Verse…

Is Connected to the Commands in Previous Passage

Commands Like:

Draw Near to God

Hold Onto Your Faith/Allegiance to Jesus

Contemplate Ways to Stir Up Love and Good Works

Not Abandoning the Church Gatherings

Encouraging One Another

Those Who were Failing to Keep These Commands…

Were Not Failing to Do So By Accident

They Were Failing to Do So Defiantly

They Were Intentionally Abandoning Their Allegiance to Jesus…

All that Goes with it

Who is the Person Who “Receives the Knowledge of the Truth”?

The Person Who Accepts the Gospel of Jesus

This is Referring to a Christian

What is the Result When a Christian Defiantly, Rebelliously, and Continuously Sins?

“There No Longer Remains a Sacrifice for Sins”

What Does that Mean?

Jesus’ Once for All Atoning Sacrifice is No Longer for You

You Have Rejected Your High Priest and Sacrificial Offering

Therefore, Because of Your Rebellion, You are Hopelessly Lost in Your Sin

The Rest of the Context Says:

Hebrews 10:26–31 (NASB95)

26 For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

29 How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge His people.” 31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Those Who Continue to Intentionally Sin…

No Longer Have a Sacrifice for Their Sins

But What They Do Have is a Terrifying Expectation of Judgment

Why?

Because They have Rejected Jesus

Because They Have Trampled the Son of God Under Their Feet…

And Considered His Blood as Unclean and Worthless

Anything to Add to that Explanation?

Explain Deuteronomy 24:1-4