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PHall | October 15, 2009
Vv.1-6 – Consider Jesus 1 Therefore [hothen (3606) – Heb.2:17; Heb.3:1; Heb.7:25; Heb.8:3; Heb.9:18; Heb.11:19; Why we should consider Jesus is fact of his relationship to us via the flesh and relationship to God (2:5-18). Chapter one shows Jesus as the Son of God; chapter two shows Him as the Son of Man.], holy [hagios […]
PHall | October 15, 2009
Some Jews had a difficult time with the texts discussing the suffering of the Messiah. From www.Christian-thinktank.com: Option 1 (two different messiahs, at least) is most visible in the situation of dealing with the death of the messiah. Later Judaism came up with TWO Messiahs—a Messiah, son of David and Messiah, son of Joseph. A […]
PHall | October 15, 2009
Four Interpretations: Future – Before Creation – World from creation to day of destruction (1:2,10-12; 2:14; Ps.8) Future – After O.T. – World from N.T. point of view (the Kingdom of Christ) Future – After N.T. – Heaven Future – After N.T. – Premillennialism
PHall | October 15, 2009
There are seven Greek words used to describe the miracles by Christ: wonder/teras; sign/semion; miracle/dunamis; great/mighty/wonderful work/megaleion; glory/endoxon; strange/paradoxen; wonderful thing/thaumasion. The first three are the most usual. These are not different classes of miracles, but rather describe the effect upon the witness. A wonder/teras ‘is the miracle regarded as a startling, imposing, amazement-wakening portent […]
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
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 […]