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Introduction
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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 7:1-10 - The Greatness of Melchizedek
Hebrews 7:11-19 - Jesus’ Priesthood is Needed
Hebrews 7:20-28 - Jesus Guarantees a Better Covenant
Hebrews 8:1-10:18 - Jesus is the Greater Covenant
Hebrews 8:1-6 - Jesus Mediates a Better Covenant
Hebrews 8:7-13 - The Promise of the New Covenant
Hebrews 9:1-10 - The Earthly Tabernacle Points to What Would Come
Hebrews 9:11-14 - Christ is The Mercy Seat
Hebrews 9:15-22 - Blood is Necessary for Forgiveness
Hebrews 9:23-28 - Christ’s Sacrifice Permanently Removes Sin
Hebrews 10:1-10 - Christ’s Sacrifice Replaces the Law
Hebrews 10:11-18 - Christ's Sacrifice Fully Forgives Sin
Hebrews 10:19-12:29 - Assurance of Faith
Hebrews 10:19-25 - Because of Christ's Sacrifice Let us...
Hebrews 10:26-31 - A Warning Against Apostasy
Hebrews 10:32-39 - A Warm Encouragement
Hebrews 11:1-11:40 - Faith
Hebrews 11:1-7 - Faith Before the Patriarchs
Hebrews 11:8-22 - The Faith of the Patriarchs
Hebrews 11:8-12 - Abraham’s Faith
Hebrews 11:13-16 - Hope of a Heavenly Country
Hebrews 11:17-22 - Patriarchal Faith
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
The faith of the patriarchs give us an example to follow as we live as exiles on earth.
They looked beyond their earthly world to their true home - the eternal, heavenly city of God
Hebrews 11:8-12 - Abraham’s Faith
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance.
And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place
Faith requires/demands obedience
He was to receive as an inheritance
Abraham’s true inheritance was not simply Canaan it is the heavenly city
By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
Live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land
Abraham lived in Canaan, but he lived as a stranger/foreigner
Living in tents with Isaac and Jacob
They all lived as nomads in Canaan
Heirs with him of the same promise
Though heirs they did not see the realization of the promise and clung to it in faith
For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.
By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.
11 By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate, because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy.
Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.
Good as dead
Isaac’s life itself foreshadows the resurrection of the dead
Hebrews 11:13-16 - Hope of a Heavenly Country
These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
These all died in faith
Abraham
Sarah
Isaac
Jacob
Not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar
When Isaac was born and when Abraham lived in the Promised Land the promise was fulfilled
However, the author makes it clear that the promise is fulfilled eschatologically - the city God is preparing for them
Having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth
Strangers and exiles on the earth
As followers of God, we are exiles on EARTH
This is why the author can provide hope for the congregation - their home is not earth
For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.
If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return.
Seeking a homeland
Land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return
Abraham’s family NEVER returned to Haran permanently
But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one.
Desire a better country
A heavenly one
Abraham’s hope was not just in an earthly land, but one that is otherworldly
The heirs of Abraham also share a heavenly calling and city
Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
God is not ashamed to be called their God
Prepared for them a city
Hebrews 11:17-22 - Patriarchal Faith
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.”
He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.
Isaac’s offering serves as a typology of Jesus’ sacrifice
Isaac’s resurrection also serves as a typology of the general resurrection of the saints
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