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PHall | November 22, 2013
This exhortation to not forsake our assembling but to encourage one another to love and good deeds leads to chapter 11 where we have “Heroes of Faith” who are in 12:1 a “great cloud of witnesses (that) surround us.” The imagery is historical and refers to a stadium full of supporters cheering on the participants. […]
PHall | November 21, 2013
Hebrews 10:24-25 – Notice the linguistic and spiritual connection between “attend” and “attention.” When we pay attention to God we attend to God’s people by attending with God’s people. We are not only attendees, we are attendants, “one who waits on another.” When we attend, we pay attention, not just mentally by bodily, because attendance […]
PHall | November 14, 2013
Hebrews is obviously written to Hebrew believers. Considering how much of the exhortation is about the Tabernacle and sacrifices and the topic of perseverance, we connected Acts 6:7, “and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith” to the topic of what converted Jewish priests had to “sacrifice”: their livelihood, their paycheck, their […]
PHall | November 9, 2013
The Garden of Gethsemane is connected to the Garden of Eden, where God walks among men. The cross of Golgotha is also connected to the Garden of Eden. When in sin, mankind recognizes their sinfulness, see their nakedness and live in shame only to be covered by God’s grace. When Jesus becomes the sin offering, […]
PHall | June 18, 2013
Hebrews is filled with family regulations of food and drink (9:10). For the kids we have fruit lips (13:15). For men there is both solid food and milk (5:12). For ladies there are vegetables: lettuce draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith; lettuce hold fast the confession of our hope without […]
PHall | July 10, 2012
It is the fear of death that perpetuates war. That is the paradoxical conclusion of Ted Peters (“Sin – Radical Evil in Soul and Society, chapter 2). Death is nonexistence. While the fear of dying is what makes us defend ourselves, how does that fit in with being the aggressor? War is begun due to […]
PHall | March 19, 2012
There are four positions on who is being primarily discussed in Hebrews 6:3-6 and consequently what is lost: True believer: apostasy/loss of salvation; True believer: apostasy/loss of reward; True believer: hypothetical apostasy/loss of salvation; and False believer: apostasy/eternal condemnation. Another way of organizing this would be: Who is being described? True believers (always saved) or […]
PHall | March 7, 2012
Enlightened – enlightened (11/l32) Tasted the Heavenly Gift Parkers – companions (11:33) The Holy Spirit – Spirit of grace (11:29) Tasted the Word of God – knowledge of the truth (11:26) Tasted the Power of the Ages to Come Impossible – expectation of judgment (11:27); punishment (11:28-29); Vengeance (11:30) Fall away (11:38,39) Renew – blood […]
PHall | February 16, 2012
Hebrews 6:6 NASB and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. Hebrews 6:6 HCSB and who have fallen away, because, to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of God and holding […]
PHall | February 9, 2012
The same concept of “if God permits” is found in also in 1 Corinthians 16:7 where Paul writes, “If the Lord permits.” In Corinthians Paul was saying his plan was to spend some time with them later, if the Lord permits. He knew that God’s plans triumphs his plans. In Hebrews 6:3, the writer is […]