Hebrews

Question 1

author

Answer 1

not paul
intentional Pauline identity
apostle relationship?

Question 2

why

Answer 2

to reassure audience (early christian) that were facing persecution and imprisonment as a result of their association with Jesus
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Question 3

intro

Answer 3

elevation of Jesus 1.1-3
"through the prophets"
"by his Son"
Jesus is "superior"
Jesus is the "radiance of God's glory"
the "exact imprint of god's nature"
metaphor: closest identification possible between God and Jesus
sun and rays
wax and imprint

Question 4

4 sections

Answer 4

Jesus is compared to

• angels and the torah
• moses/promise land
• priests/melchizedek
• sacrifice/covenant

Question 5

angels and the torah

Answer 5

jewish tradition deut
torah and words of God were delivered by angels
Jesus and the message of good news are superior to all previous things
if israel paid attention to the torah how much more attention should be given to the good news

Question 6

2 goals

Answer 6

elevate Jesus
challenge readers to remain faithful to Jesus despite persecution
- the inclusion of strong warning

Question 7

moses /promise land

Answer 7

Jesus is also the leader of God’ people
Jesus is the builder of all creation not just a tent (tabernacle)
israel did not reach promise land because of rebelling against Moses
if jesus is greater than Moses how much greater are the consequences (not entering new creation

Question 8

priests/melchizedek

Answer 8

priests attone for sacrifice of others and theselves!
something more was need
jesus was that something more
that ultimate priest
but jesus did not come from the line of aaron
melchizedek line (abraham stories)
ps110: messianic king from the line of divine will be from the line of melchizedek
to reject jesus is one’s only chance to be reconciled with god

Question 9

sacrifice/covenant

Answer 9

jesus offered his life once and for all
for the whole world
unlike daily/ recurring sacrifices
don’t turn away from gracious gift

Question 10

mention of priest

Answer 10

priest x6

high priest x10

Question 11

legitimacy

Answer 11

three requirements fulfilled
7.20-21: divine oath ps110
the lord has sworn and will not change his mind
melchizedek ps110

Question 12

three requirements

Answer 12

• taken from among human beings
• appointed on behalf of God/ with respec tot the matters pertaining to God
• in order to offer gifts/ sacrifices for the sins

Question 13

Nature

Answer 13

perfection through suffering death
2.18 MASON = perfection
4.15 like us in all things but sin
preposition used: in (Jesus) not through
diatheke= covenant/testament to be enacted death is necessary

Question 14

2.18

Answer 14

8 Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted

Question 15

context

Answer 15

most likely post temple destruction

• fits in well with the discussion of cross vs tabernacles
• post gospel of John where Jesus body= temple as a solution

Question 16

cross vs tabernacle

Answer 16

cross: essential but temporary
(heavenly) tabernacle: final and eternal
8.5 moses’ tabernacle is a copy/ used for one of the covenant (2nd but maybe 3rd)
for H.P on day of Expiation/ Yom Kippur

Question 17

cross

Answer 17

2. 14 jesus defeated evil “by/through his death”

- means not an end

Question 18

tabernacle

Answer 18

heavenly
sol to temple destruction: outside time and space
Faustus SOCINUS: 
High priest (Jesus) ascension into heaven 4.14
Mickeal KIBBE: 
6.2 abides forever in heavenly tabernacle
7.16 ascension is pivotal
7.25 mediating prayers in heaven
8.4 can't be a priest on earth
"singular offering is timeless"
MOFFIT
"better resurrection"

Question 19

7.16

Answer 19

16 one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life.

Question 20

6.20

Answer 20

where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek

Question 21

8.4

Answer 21

If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law

Question 22

7.25

Answer 22

Therefore he is able to save completely[c] those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

Question 23

8.5

Answer 23

They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

Question 24

SUPERSESSIONIST

Answer 24

against dual covenant theology

parallel in islam