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The Revelation of Jesus Christ
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| ...of Jesus Christ Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges 1Samuel 2Samuel Psalms Song Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Joel Micah Nahum Haggai Zechariah Malachi Matthew Mark Luke John Acts Romans 1Corinthians 2Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians 1Thessalonians 2Thessalonians 1Timothy 2Timothy Titus Philemon Hebrews James 1Peter 2Peter 1John 2John 3John Jude Revelation Notes The early Christians were faced with the enormous challenge of building a church with a new faith based on the saving power of Jesus Christ. But its roots were in the Old Testament laws and rituals that pointed to the coming Christ. The book of Hebrews reassures Jewish believers that Jesus is the Son of their God, fully deserving of their praise and worship. What is more, since He became a man and offered Himself as their perfect sacrifice, He is their brother and their perfect High Priest! And He is greater than faithful Moses who they revered so much. But Hebrews is not only for the Jews. For here we have wonderful insights into what Jesus has done for us, His relationship with His Father, and Jesus' present role in Heaven. We learn that everything about the Son represents God exactly. By the mighty power of his command He sustains the universe, which He made. After he died to cleanse us from the stain of sin, he sat down in the place of honour at the right hand of God. He is far greater than the angels. For God said to Jesus: "You are my Son. Let all the angels of God worship him. Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. Your royal power is expressed in righteousness. You love what is right and hate what is wrong. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you." So what makes us think that we can escape if we are indifferent to this great salvation that was announced by the Lord Jesus himself and passed on to us by those who heard him speak? Since Jesus and humankind have the same Father, Jesus is not ashamed to call us his brothers and sisters. For only as a human being could Jesus die, and only by dying could he break the power of the Devil, who had the power of death. In fact it was necessary for Jesus to be in every respect like us, so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. And He offered a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people. What is more, since he himself has gone through suffering and temptation, he is able to help us when we are being tempted. Jesus deserves far more glory than Moses. For Moses' work was an illustration of the truths God would reveal later. But Christ is the Lord. If we are faithful to the end, we will share in all that belongs to Christ. So don't harden your hearts against him as Israel did when they rebelled, when they tested God's patience in the wilderness. Weren't they the ones Moses led out of Egypt? Weren't they the ones to whom was God speaking when he vowed that they would never enter his place of rest? He was speaking to those who disobeyed him. Yes we have a great High Priest who has gone to heaven, Jesus the Son of God. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it. Christ did not exalt himself to become High Priest. No, he was chosen by God, who said to him, "You are a priest forever in the line of Melchizedek." In fact while Jesus was here on earth, he prayed, with tears, to the one who could deliver him out of death. So even though Jesus was God's Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered. In this way, God qualified him as a perfect High Priest, and he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him. |
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He made the worlds |
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| Heb.1.1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Heb.1.2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; |
Heb.1.3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; |  |
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Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever |
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| Heb.1.4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. Heb.1.5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? Heb.1.6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. |
Heb.1.7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. Heb.1.8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. |
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| Heb.1.9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Heb.1.10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: Heb.1.11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; Heb.1.12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. Heb.1.13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? |
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He by the grace of God should taste death for every man |
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| Heb.2.3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; Heb.2.4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? Heb.2.8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. Heb.2.9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. |
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He is not ashamed to call them brethren |
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| Heb.2.10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. Heb.2.11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, |
Heb.2.12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. |  |
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| Heb.2.13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me. Heb.2.14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; Heb.2.15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. |
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A merciful and faithful high priest |
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| Heb.2.16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Heb.2.17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Heb.2.18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. Heb.3.1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; |
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Moses was faithful |
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| Heb.3.2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. Heb.3.3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. Heb.3.4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. Heb.3.5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; |
Heb.3.6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. |  |
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Your fathers tempted me |
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| Heb.3.8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: Heb.3.9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. Heb.3.10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. |
Heb.3.11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) Heb.3.14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; |
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| Heb.3.15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. Heb.3.16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. Heb.3.17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? Heb.3.18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? |
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And God did rest the seventh day from all his works |
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| Heb.4.1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. Heb.4.3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. Heb.4.4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. Heb.4.5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. |
Heb.4.6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: Heb.4.7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. Heb.4.8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. Heb.4.10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. |
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We have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens |
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| Heb.4.13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. Heb.4.14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. Heb.4.15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Heb.4.16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. |
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Prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears |
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| Heb.5.1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: Heb.5.2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity. Heb.5.3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. Heb.5.4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. Heb.5.5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. |
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| Heb.5.6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Heb.5.7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; Heb.5.8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; Heb.5.9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; Heb.5.10 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. Heb.5.11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. |
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