The 19th book of the
New Testament
This is a letter written to a group of persecuted Jewish-Christians during 64ad. It is of unknown authorship (most think the
Apostle Paul wrote it, but it's also been attributed to his friends,
Apollos and
Barnabus.) Hebrews, next only to
Romans, has probably had the most influence on Christianity through the ages, due to it's strong and beautiful passages.
chapters:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
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This epistle shows
Christ as the
End, foundation, body, and
Truth of the figures of the
Law, which of themselves were
No
virtue for the soul. The great
Truth set forth in this epistle
is that
Jesus of
Nazareth is the true
God. The unconverted Jews
used many arguments to draw their converted brethren from the
Christian Faith. They represented the
Law of
Moses as superior
to the
Christian Dispensation, and spoke against every thing
connected with the
Saviour. The
Apostle, therefore, shows the
superiority of
Jesus of
Nazareth, as the
Son of God, and the
benefits from his sufferings and
Death as the
Sacrifice for
Sin,
So that the
Christian religion is much more excellent and
perfect than that of
Moses. And the principal design seems to
be, to bring the converted
Hebrews forward in the knowledge of
the
Gospel, and thus to establish them in the
Christian Faith,
and to prevent their turning from it, against which they are
earnestly warned. But while it contains many things suitable to
the
Hebrews of early times, it also contains many which can
never cease to interest the
Church of
God; for the knowledge of
Jesus Christ is the very marrow and kernel of all the
Scriptures. The ceremonial
Law is full of
Christ, and all the
Gospel is full of
Christ; the blessed
Lines of both Testaments
meet in Him; and how they both agree and sweetly unite in
Jesus
Christ, is the chief object of the epistle to the
Hebrews to
discover.