The Lamb of God #2

John 1:29 (NKJV)  The next day John [the Baptist] saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

The Lamb of God offered Himself as the sacrifice for our sins.

• The Lamb of God has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows, (Isaiah 53:4).
• The Lamb of God laid down His life for His friends, (John 15:13).
• The Lamb of God was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor, that we through His poverty might become rich, (2 Corinthians 8:9).
• The Lamb of God gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, (Galatians 1:4).
• The Lamb of God has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma, (Ephesians 5:2).
• The Lamb of God gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people zealous for good works, (Titus 2:14).
• The Lamb of God has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself,  (Hebrews 9:26).
• The Lamb of God suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, (1 Peter 3:18).
• By this we know love, because the Lamb of God laid down His life for us.  And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren, (1 John 3:16).
• The Lamb of God loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever.  Amen, (Revelation 1:5-6).

So we say with the Sweet Psalmist David:

“Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.  Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit,” (Psalm 32:1-2, NKJV).

The Lamb of God #1

The next day John [the Baptist] saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold!  The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”  (John 1:29, NKJV).
The Lamb of God bore the sin of the people.

• The Lamb of God bore the guilt of the congregation, (Lev. 10:17).
• The Lamb of God takes the sin of the congregation away from them, (Lev. 16:22).
• The Lamb of God bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors, (Isa. 53:12).
• The Lamb of God was offered once to bear the sins of many, (Heb. 9:28).
• The Lamb of God bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sin, might live for righteousness — by whose stripes we are healed, (1 Pet. 2:24).
• We know that the Lamb of God was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin, (1 Jn. 3:5).

The Lamb of God is the Lord of lords and the King of kings!  And we say with confidence, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain.”  (See Rev. 17:14; 5:12).

The Apostle John Saw the Living One

The Apostle John wrote, “When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man.  And He placed His right hand on me, saying, ‘Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last, and the Living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, [amen, NKJV] and I have the keys of death and of Hades,’” (Revelation 1:17-18 NASB).

Try to picture this in your mind.  John sees Christ and falls at His feet like a dead man, and then Jesus placed His right hand on him and said these words, “Do not be afraid…”  We see the compassion and love of Christ in His words to John and us.

Jesus helps us to see who He is right now in eternity.  He is the resurrected Man, Christ Jesus.  He is in the fullness of His glory with God the Father.  Christ says this about Himself, “I am the First and Last.”  Because Christ is everlasting all things begin and end with Him.  He is the Living One, the Way, the Truth, the Life, and the Resurrection (see Luke 24:5; John 11:25-27; 14:6).

Christ says that He was dead.  He experienced death.  He can help us to view death with the hope of everlasting life.  The Living One died.  Luke 23:46 says this of Christ, “He breathed His last,” (NASB).  Christ was laid in a tomb (Luke 23:53, 55).  The Word who was God and dwelt among us (John 1:1, 14) had no more life in Him.

But what Christ says next in Revelation 1:17-18 is what makes Him unique.  “And behold, I am alive forevermore, amen, and I have the keys of death and Hades.”  No other man can say this.  In Christ we have the hope of being with Him in eternity.  In Christ all of the promises of God are Yes and Amen to the glory of God (2 Corinthians 1:19-20).  Christ has the keys of death and Hades because He is victorious over them.  He has authority over them.  In John 11:43 Jesus said, “Lazarus, come forth,” (NASB).  Verse 44 tells us that he came forth.  In Matthew 27:52-53 this is what happened when Jesus died and arose, “The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;  (53)  and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many,” (NASB).  At the second coming of Christ everyone who is a follower of Christ will experience the resurrection and bear the image of the heavenly (see 1 Corinthians 15:35-49; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).  We thank God and Christ for the imperishable gift of eternal life.

God Is With Us

Today we are going answer the question, “How is God with us?” We are going to look at two passages of Scripture found in Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew 1:22-23, and then other passages that help answer our question.

Isaiah 7:14 (NASB) Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.

Matthew 1:22-23 (NASB) Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: (23) “BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD AND SHALL BEAR A SON, AND 

THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL,” which translated means, “GOD WITH US.”

Isaiah 7:14 is a prophecy of Christ’s birth which is fulfilled in Matthew 1:22-23. The passage from Matthew gives us the translation of Jesus’ name, “Immanuel,” “God with us.” So, how is God with us? One way God is with us is through His Son Christ being our Savior. He saves us from His Father’s wrath, from sin, and from the sting of death.

Christ saves us from His Father’s wrath.

Romans 5:9 (NASB) Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.

Because we have been justified by Christ’s blood we shall be saved from the wrath of God. What is the wrath of God? It is His anger and fury against sin. Because God is holy and righteous He must punish wickedness. One example of God pouring out His wrath upon sin is found in Genesis 19:24-25, “Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven, (25) and He overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground,” (NASB).

The pouring out of God’s wrath is an event we all should take seriously. Why? Because we were recipients of God’s wrath before we repented from our wicked way of life and started to walk with Jesus. And, because we know people who are going to have God’s wrath poured out upon them if they do not repent, we should pray for them and look for opportunities to tell them about Jesus the Savior.

Christ saves us from sin.

John 1:29 (NASB) The next day he [John the Baptist] saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”

How did Jesus take away our sins?  Christ is the Lamb of God. He is perfect and without sin. God requires this kind of Lamb to take away our sin. Only Christ fulfills this requirement. So Christ’s blood cleanses us from all sin and we become right and just before God. We are forgiven of our sin and God sees us as holy.

The Scriptures speak of Christ as the Lamb of God:

Isaiah 53:7 (NASB) [Christ] was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth; like a lamb that is led to slaughter, and like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, so He did not open His mouth.

Isaiah 53:10 (NKJV) The Lord makes Christ’s “soul an offering for sin.”

John 1:35-37 (NASB) Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples, (36) and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” (37) The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

Acts 8:32 (NASB) Now the passage of Scripture which he (the Ethiopian eunuch) was reading was this: “HE WAS LED AS A SHEEP TO SLAUGHTER; AND AS A LAMB BEFORE ITS SHEARER IS SILENT, SO HE DOES NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH.  From this passage Philip preached Jesus to the Ethiopian eunuch and he believed in Jesus, repented of sin, and was baptized into Christ.

1 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV) Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.

1 Peter 1:19 (CEV) [We] were rescued by the precious blood of Christ, that spotless and innocent Lamb.

Revelation 5:6 (NASB) And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain.

Revelation 5:8 (NASB) When He (Christ) had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb.

Revelation 5:12 (NASB) [The four living creatures and the twenty-four elders said] with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.”

Revelation 5:13 (NASB) And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, “To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.”

Revelation 6:1 (NASB) Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, “Come.”

Revelation 6:7 (NASB) When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.”

Revelation 6:9 (NASB) When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained;

Revelation 6:16 (NASB) and they *said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;

Revelation 7:9 (NASB) After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;

Revelation 7:10 (NASB) and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”

Revelation 7:14 (NASB) I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 7:17 (NASB) for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”

Revelation 8:1 (NASB) When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

Revelation 12:11 (NASB) “And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.

Revelation 13:8 (NASB) All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain.

Revelation 14:1 (NASB) Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads.

Revelation 14:4 (NASB) These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they have kept themselves chaste. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been purchased from among men as first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

Revelation 14:10 (NASB) he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

Revelation 15:3 (NASB) And they *sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are Your works, O Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are Your ways, King of the nations!

Revelation 17:14 (NASB) “These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.”

Revelation 19:7 (NASB) “Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.”

Revelation 19:9 (NASB) Then he *said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” And he *said to me, “These are true words of God.”

Revelation 21:9 (NASB) Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

Revelation 21:14 (NASB) And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Revelation 21:22 (NASB) I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

Revelation 21:23 (NASB) And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Revelation 21:27 (NASB) and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Revelation 22:1 (NASB) Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb,

Revelation 22:3 (NASB) There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him.

Christ saves us from the sting of death.

1 Corinthians 15:55-57 (NASB) “O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?” (56) The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; (57) but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

In Christ death has no power over us. Christ defeated death for us when He was resurrected from the tomb. We may die physically if Christ tarries, but we will never die spiritually if we are in Christ. The devil cannot intimidate us with the fear of death because Christ has conquered death.

Hebrews 2:14-15 (NASB) Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, (15) and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.

Because Christ is victorious over death we are reminded of this in 1 Corinthians 15:58 (NASB), Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.

So, in Christ let us be:

1. Steadfast in our faithfulness to God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Holy Scriptures, and the kingdom of God.
2. Immovable when our faith in Christ is attacked by those who are haters of God.
3. Always abounding in the work of the Lord, which is as Jesus said in John 6:29 (NASB), “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”
4. Knowing that our toil in not in vain in the Lord.

God is with us through Christ our Savior and His name is Immanuel, God with us. He saves us from His Father’s wrath, from sin, and the sting of death.

So, let us daily think about Christ and how He entered into this world, lived without sin, died for us, arose from the tomb, ascended to Heaven, and is ministering to us as our Great High Priest. Pondering the blessings of the salvation given to us by Christ. Praying with thankfulness because God sent His Son to us as the Savior and Messiah. Everyday our hearts will be encouraged and strengthened by the Holy Spirit. Everyday will be glorious because we honor God and Christ for what They have given us.

The Seriousness of Denying of the Resurrection of the Dead

1 Corinthians 15:12-19 (NASB) (12) Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? (13) But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; (14) and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. (15) Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. (16) For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; (17) and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.
(18) Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. (19) If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.

Verse 12 gives us the reason the Holy Spirit directed the Apostle Paul to write about the resurrection of the dead: “Some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead.”
If we deny the resurrection of the dead, then there are nine thoughts we must grapple with:

1. We are going against the message of God: “Christ has been raised from the dead,” verse 12.
2. There is no resurrection of the dead, verse 13.
3. Christ has not been raised, verses 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
4. Our preaching is vain, verse 14.
5. Our faith is vain and worthless, verses 14, 17.
6. We are false witnesses of God because we have testified against God that He raised Christ whom He did not raise, verse 15.
7. We are still in our sins, verse 17.
8. Those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished, verse 18.
9. We have hoped in Christ in this life only, and we are of all men most to pitied, verse 19.

Anyone who denies the resurrection of dead does not believe in God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, Their power, and the Word of God.  There is no middle ground.  We are either for Christ or against Him.

Sitting at the Feet of Jesus and Listening to His Word

Luke 10:39 says, “And she [Martha] had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word,” (NKJV). What has God done so we can sit at the feet of His Son and listen to His word?  There are several things God has done so we can fellowship with Him, His Son and the Holy Spirit.  We are going to look at five of them.

God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit have created us in Their image.  Genesis 1:26-27 says, “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’  (27)  So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them,” (NKJV).  The Godhead has created mankind with an inward desire to fellowship with them.  If that yearning is not directed toward God it will be focused on fellowshipping with idols.  Man will worship and serve the creature rather than the Creator (Romans 1:25).  See Romans 1:18-32 for more about the sin of bowing down to the creation instead of God.  Let us cultivate our passion for the Godhead by being in the presence of Christ our Lord.  Each day we are being transformed into the likeness of Christ (2 Corinthians 3:18).

God gives us a new heart and spirit.  Ezekiel 36:26-27 says, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.  (27)  I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them,” (NKJV).  God is telling us prophetically about the New Covenant that Jesus will begin during His life and continues today.  I love this passage.  God will give us a new heart.  God will put a new spirit within us.  God will take the heart of stone out of us and put a heart of flesh in us.  He will remove our stubborn heart that is hard, and give us a heart that He can mold and shape into His likeness.  We will have a humble and contrite heart that is willing to do His will.  God will put His Spirit within us and cause us to walk in His statutes, keep His judgments, and do them.  This is a wonderful gift from God to us.  It is an expression of His love toward us.

God puts His law in our minds and writes it on our hearts.       Jeremiah 31:31-34 says,  “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah– (32)  not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the LORD.  (33)  But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.  (34)  No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more,” (NKJV).  This passage is quoted in Hebrews 8:7-13 and 10:16-18.  This is the premiere prophecy of the New Covenant that Jesus instituted during His life, and through His death, burial, and resurrection.  The LORD says “I will” six times in this passage.  Take some time to meditate upon each of those “I will” and thank Him for what He has done so we can be in His presence.  I think of 1 Corinthians 1:30-31, “But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,  (31)  so that, just as it is written, ‘LET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD,’” (NASB).

God gave His only begotten Son, Jesus, to save and deliver us from His wrath.  John 3:16, 36 says, “(16) For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.  (36) He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him,” (NKJV).  In one act of kindness God has loved the world: He gave His only begotten Son.  He did this so that whoever believes in Jesus will not perish but have everlasting life.  Perish means dying and going to hell where the wrath of God abides on those who inhabit the lake of fire forever.  The wrath of God is His fury and anger which is poured out on those who have rejected His only begotten Son, Christ Jesus.  This is the greatest sin to commit against God.  We do not have to experience the wrath.  God has provided the Way to Himself.  In John 14:6 Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through Me,” (NKJV).

God sent Christ that He might bring us to Himself.  1 Peter 3:18 says, “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, (NKJV).  Christ suffered once for our sins.  His suffering is effectual for delivering us from the debt of our sins.  In Christ we find forgiveness for our sins.  Christ who is the Just One died for you and me, the unjust.  Jesus took our place.  God punished our sin through the chastisement of His Son.  “The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,” (Isaiah 53:5 NKJV).  Christ suffered for us that He might bring us to God.  Christ was put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Holy Spirit.  Christ died while hanging on the cross.  Mark 15:37 says, “And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last,” (NKJV).  The Holy Spirit was involved in the resurrection of Christ.  The Holy Spirit quickened Jesus as He laid in the tomb.  The resurrected Man Christ Jesus brings us into the presence of God.

So God has done these five things in Christ so we can sit at the feet of Jesus and listen to His word.  What God has done out weighs what God is asking us to do: Sit at My Son’s feet and listen to His word.  We will receive many spiritual blessings as we fellowship with God, Christ, the Holy Spirit and Their word.

Christ In The Letter to the Hebrews

The Letter to the Hebrews

What does this letter tell us about Christ?

This is an overview focusing on the Centrality of Christ.

The Bible translation used is the New King James Version.

Chapter 1

Verse 2: Christ is God's Son. God speaks to us by His Son. God has appointed Christ the heir of all things. God made the worlds (ages) through Christ.

Verse 3: Christ is the the brightness of God's glory. Christ is the express image of the person of God. Christ upholds all things by the word of His power. Christ has by Himself purged our sins and sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Verse 4: Christ has become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

Verses 5-6, 8-13: God says to and of His Son,

You are My Son, today I have begotten You.

I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son.

Let all the angels of God worship Him.

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.

A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness.

Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your companions.

You LORD, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth,

And the heavens are the work of Your hands;

They will perish, but You remain;

And they will all grow old like a garment;

Like a cloak You will fold them up,

And they will be changed.

But You are the same,

And Your years will not fail.

Sit at My right hand,

Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.

Chapter 2

Verse 3: The Lord Christ spoke of our great salvation through His preaching and teaching.

Verse 9: Jesus was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.

Verse 10: God made Christ, the Captain of our salvation, perfect through sufferings.

Verse 11: Christ who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren.

Verses 12-13: Christ says to God:

I will declare Your name to My brethren;

In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You.

I will put My trust in You.

Here am I and the children You have given Me.

Verses 14-15: Christ became flesh and blood, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

Verse 16: Christ gives aid to the seed of Abraham.

Verse 17: In all things Christ had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

Verse 18: For in that Christ has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.

Chapter 3

Verse 1: Christ Jesus is the Apostle and High Priest of our confession.

Verse 2: Christ Jesus was faithful to God.

Verse 3: Christ Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses.

Verse 6: Christ Jesus is faithful as a Son over His own House (the Church).

Chapter 4

Verse 14: Jesus the Son of God as our Great High Priest has passed through the heavens. He can sympathize with our weaknesses because He was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Chapter 5

Verse 5: Christ did not glorify Himself to become the Great High Priest. He is God's Son, who He has begotten.

Verse 6: Christ is a Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

Verse 7: Christ, in the days of His flesh, offered up prayers and supplications with cries and tears to God who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear.

Verse 8: Even though Christ was God's Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.

Verse 9: Christ having been perfected, became the Author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.

Verse 10: Christ was called by God as High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

Chapter 6

Verse 20: Jesus the Forrunner has entered the Presence behind the veil for us having become the High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

Chapter 7

Verse 14: Our Lord Christ arose from Judah.

Verse 21: Christ with an oath by God became the High Priest. This is the oath God spoke to His Son:

The LORD has sworn and will not relent,

You are a Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

Verse 22: Jesus has become a surety of a better Covenant.

Verse 24: Because Christ continues forever, He has an unchangeable Priesthood.

Verse 25: Christ is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always makes intercession for them.

Verse 26: Christ as the High Priest is fitting for us. He is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens.

Verse 27: Christ does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.

Verse 28: The word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son, Christ, who has been perfected forever.

Chapter 8

Verse 1: We have such a High Priest, Christ, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.

Verse 2: Christ is the Minister of the Sanctuary and of the true Tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.

Verse 6: But now Christ has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also the Mediator of a better Covenant, which was established on better promises.

Chapter 9

Verse 11: Christ came as the High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect Tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.

Verse 12: Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood Christ entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

Verse 14: Christ through the eternal Spirit offered Himself and His blood without spot to God, to cleanse our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

Verse 15: Christ is the Mediator of the New Covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgression under the first Covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

Verse 24: Christ has not entered the Holy Places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into Heaven itself, now to appear in the Presence of God for us.

Verse 25: Christ does not offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with the blood of animals.

Verse 26: Christ then, if He was equal to the animal sacrifices, would have had to to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

Verse 28: Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Christ He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

Chapter 10

Verses 5-7: When Christ came into the world, He said to God,

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,

But a body You have prepared for Me.

In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure.

Behold, I have come –

In the volume of the Book it is written of Me –

To do Your will, O God.

Verse 9: In Christ coming to do God's will He has taken away the first Covenant that He may establish the second Covenant.

Verse 10: By God's will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus once for all.

Verses 12-13: This Man, Christ, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool.

Verse 14: For by one offering Christ has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

Verses 19-22: As brethren in Christ, we can with boldness enter the Holiest by the blood of Christ, by the new and living Way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having Him as our Great High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Verse 37: For yet a little while, and Christ who is coming will come and will not tarry.

Chapter 12

Verse 2: Jesus is the Author and Finisher of our faith. He saw the joy that was set before Him and endured the cross, despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Verse 3: Christ endured such hostility from sinners against Himself.

Verse 24: Jesus is the Mediator of the New Covenant. His blood of sprinkling speaks better things than that of Abel.

Chapter 13

Verse 8: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Verse 12: Jesus, so that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.

Verse 20: The God of peace brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that Great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the Everlasting Covenant.

Verse 21: God works in us what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.