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Introduction
Scripture
Outline
Hebrews 1-2 - Jesus is Greater Than the Angels
Hebrews 1:1-4 - God has Spoken
Hebrews 1:5-14 - The Son is Superior to the Angels
Hebrews 2:1-4 - A Warning
Hebrews 2:5-9 - Lowliness to Crowning Glory
Hebrews 2:10-18 - Jesus has Delivered His Brothers
Hebrews 3:1-4:13 - Jesus is a Greater Rest
Hebrews 3:1-6 - Jesus is Worthy of More Glory Than Moses
Hebrews 3:7-19 - Disobedience After the Exodus
Hebrews 4:1-13 - A Sabbath Rest for God’s People
Hebrews 4:14-7:26 - Jesus is Greater than Melchizedek
Hebrews 4:14-16 - Jesus is the Great High Priest
Hebrews 5:1-10 - Jesus is the High Priest After the Order of Melchizedek
Hebrews 5:11-6:20 - Warning and Exhortation
Hebrews 5:11-14 - Failure to Mature
Hebrews 6:1-8 - Pursue Maturity
Hebrews 6:9-12 - Loving Motivation
Hebrews 6:13-20 - The Promise of God’s Word and God’s Oath
Hebrews 6:13-15 - God’s Promise to Abraham
Hebrews 6:16-18 - God’s Promise to Abraham’s Heirs
Hebrews 6:19-20 - God’s Promise of the Heavenly Sanctuary
Purpose of Book
Christ, who has accomplished salvation through His atoning sacrifice, is greater than all things; therefore, persevere in true faith and encourage others to do likewise
Main Point
God is still faithful to His word and His oath as He was with Abraham.
We must hold fast to our hope and great high priest who leads us to the heavenly sanctuary.
Hebrews 6:13-15 - God’s Promise to Abraham
***The author changes tone from exhortation to an exposition of God’s faithfulness starting with the example of Abraham***
For when God made a promise to Abraham,
For
Conjunction that continues the thought from vss. 11-12 that a better future rests solely on God’s faithfulness to His promises
God’s promise to Abraham
Sets up the entire course of Scripture
Adam and Eve’s Rebellion - Genesis 3
Sons of God Rebellion - Genesis 6:1-4
All of humanity’s Rebellion - Genesis 11:1-9
Abrahamic Covenant
Reference to the sacrifice of Isaac
Since he had no one greater by whom to swear,
No one greater
Humans swore an oath to their gods
Followers of Yahweh would swear an oath to Him
He swore by himself, saying,
Swore by himself
If the oath was unfilled, God would impose the death penalty upon Himself!!
God’s character ensures that He will not simply keep an oath, BUT he MUST keep the oath
“Surely I will bless you and multiply you.”
I will surely/greatly bless you and will surely/greatly multiply you
And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise.
Patiently waited
Abraham waited 25 years for the birth of Isaac
Obtained the promise
Isaac
Back from the dead
Multiplied descendants
The author wants the congregation to imitate the faithful patience of Abraham
Why does the author want the readers to be patient like Abraham?
The promises made to Abraham also apply to them!
The offspring of Abraham are those in Christ Jesus and therefore the promises made to Abraham are their’s as well
Hebrews 6:16-18 - God’s Promise to Abraham’s Heirs
***Lesser to greater argument couched in a legal context***
For people swear by something greater than themselves,
For
The author uses this conjunction to support his point made in vs. 13
Greater than themselves
Judgment would fall upon those who did not keep the oath by the higher power
And in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation.
The use of an oath settles the argument and provides validity to the debated matter
So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise
Show
Establish the validity of something
Heirs of the promise
What is the promise?
Descendants and land
Who are the heirs?
The unchangeable character of his promise,
He guaranteed it with an oath,
Guaranteed
God promises to fulfill what He’s said and acts as a mediator
Act between two parties in order to reconcile
So that by two unchangeable things,
Two unchangeable facts
God’s word and God’s oath
In which it is impossible for God to lie,
God is unable to lie thus he is trustworthy
We who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
Fled for refuge
Imagery drawing us back to Hebrews 3-4 and the exodus generation
The congregation has run towards the hope that is otherworldly
Strong encouragement to hold fast
Due to God’s promise in His word and oath the congregation should press on and persevere until the eschatological age has arrived
Hope set before us
The hope speaks to the heavenly sanctuary
The Kingdom is both now and not yet
Hebrews 6:19-20 - God’s Promise of the Heavenly Sanctuary
We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul,
The hope we have is as stable/secure as an anchor which ensures we do not drift away from the faith
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