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PHall | October 15, 2009
Many suggest that Paul is simply identifying himself with the readers as the author of Hebrews often does (i.e., 6:1 – “let us press on to maturity”). While that is an excellent counter argument, I would only count it weighty if the author had only said, how will we escape if we neglect so great […]
PHall | October 15, 2009
“In the first verse there may be an even more vivid picture….The two key words are prosechein and pararrein. We have taken prosechein to mean to pay attention to, which is one of its commonest meanings. Pararrein is a word of many meanings. It is used of something flowing or slipping past; it can be […]
PHall | October 15, 2009
An important demarcation between chapters one and two is that chapter one emphasizes Jesus’ superiority to the angels because He is the Son of God while chapter two emphasizes Jesus’ inferiority to the angels because He is the Son of Man. Hebrews 1 and 2 are perfect for showing the dual nature of our Lord […]
PHall | October 15, 2009
It takes a unique skill to write a book like “Churches of the New Testament.” Filled with facts, where sentence after sentence carries details, the writer, Ethan R. Longhenry is able to keep the reader engaged. “Churches of the New Testament” is not a book dealing only with the first century churches which received inspired […]
PHall | October 15, 2009
Hebrews – Our Course of Studying the Introduction Canonical – Does the book belong in the Bible? Is it inspired? Conceptual – What are some interesting viewpoints concerning Hebrews? Circumstantial – What is the background information of Hebrews? Compartmental – How is Hebrews to be divided and diagramed?
PHall | October 15, 2009
The quote is from Psalm 104:4 – He makes the winds His messengers, Flaming fire His ministers. This seems exactly the opposite of the way the Hebrew writer says it: “Who makes His angels winds, And His ministers a flame of fire.” The question is WHY is the Hebrew writer saying this about angels, that […]
PHall | October 15, 2009
An alternate translation reads, And again when he brings the first-born into the world. Is this saying the firstborn Jesus had been brought into the world more than once such as through His birth, then His resurrection, and the establishment of His Kingdom? Or could the meaning be that the first time the first-born was […]
PHall | October 15, 2009
Theologians have debated when the Sonship of Jesus began. Did it begin at all? “The doctrine of Eternal Sonship simply affirms that the second person of the triune Godhead has eternally existed as the Son. In other words there was never a time when He was not the Son of God and there has always […]
PHall | October 15, 2009
“Although today some non-Messianic Jews, reacting against Christianity, insist that Judaism has never expected the Messiah to be different from any other man, there can be no question that in the first century many Jews, both those attracted to Yeshua and those repelled by him, understood that the Messiah would be more than human but […]
PHall | October 15, 2009
Angels in Hebrews: (NASB) 1:4; 1:5; 1:6; 1:7; 1:13; 2:2; 2:5; 2:7; 2:9; 2:16; 12:22; 13:2. As one can see from the above listing, the topic of angels dominates the first two chapters and then drops off completely until two mentions of them in the last two chapters.