Names of the Book
English: | Hebrews |
Greek: | Εβραιος |
Transliterated: | Hebraios |
Other names: | The epistle to the Hebrews |
Who
Wrote the book: | unknown |
Are the key people: | Messiah, Hebrew believers, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah |
Is it written to: | Hebrew believers |
What
The Superiority of Messiah (Hebrews 1:1-10:18) |
Faith as the key of salvation (Hebrews 10:19-13:25) |
When
Was it written: | probably before 70 CE |
Did the events occur: | probably before 70 CE |
Was it canonized: | c 70-170 CE |
(see the Timeline of the First Century) |
Where
Was it written: | unknown |
Did the events occur: | unknown |
Why
Hebrews was written to inform us that: |
Yeshua is superior to angels. |
Yeshua is G-d. |
Yeshua is our great high priest. |
Yeshua is the ultimate sacrifice. |
Believers are called to mature in their faith. |
Faith in G-d is the foundation of our lives as believers. |
Believers should live their life of faith with endurance. |
Introduction
In the first century, non-believing Jews increasingly persecuted Jewish believers. They often excluded believing Jews from their communities, their synagogues, and from worship in the Temple. This anonymous letter to “the Hebrews” encourages them in the midst of their trials and affirms the authority and supremacy of Messiah Yeshua as G-d manifested in the flesh. The book begins by extolling Messiah as "heir of all things", "much better than the angels", and the One "for whom are all things, and through whom are all things". The author holds up men and women of faith from Scripture as examples for the first century believers and exhorts them to hold fast to their own faith, to "lay aside the sin which so easily entangles", and to run with endurance the race set before them. Paul concludes with a prayer that G-d equips them in every good way to do His will for His glory.
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