Hebrews
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Lesson OneOverview of Hebrews15 Activities|1 Assessment
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Hebrews
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In | Workbook: Titles Ascribed to Jesus in Hebrews
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In | Jesus as Author and Perfecter
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In | Jesus as Our High Priest
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In | OT Priests and Jesus in Hebrews
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In | Faith and the Rhythm of Hebrews
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Behind | Authorship
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In Front | The Antilegomena
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In Front | Athanasius and Canonization
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In Front | The Sojourn of the People of God
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In Front | Exile of Judgment and Pilgrimage
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In Front | Every Church Is a City on a Hill
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In Front | Honor and Glory in Suffering
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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LESSON TWOHebrews' Christology (Hebrews 1–3, 5, 8–9)18 Activities|1 Assessment
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Hebrews 1–3, 5, 8–9
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In | Workbook: Hebrews 1:5-13 and the Old Testament
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In | Hebrews 1:5-13 and the Old Testament
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In | Christ's Superiority in Hebrews
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In | Old Testaments Antecedents
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In | Jesus: Creator and Sustainer
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In | The Old and New Covenants
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In | Workbook: Were the Old Sacrifices Ever “Good Enough” Anyway?
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In | Portraits of God in Hebrews 1, Part 2
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Behind | Wisdom and Creation
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Behind | Logos and Creation
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Behind | Cosmic Rule
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Behind | Jesus as Creator-Redeemer-Ruler
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Behind | Workbook: Jesus as Creator-Redeemer-Ruler
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In Front | Miracles
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In Front | Cosmic Rule and Unfairness
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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LESSON THREEThe Old Testament in Hebrews (Hebrews 4, 7, 11)20 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Hebrews 4, 7, 11
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In | The Bible's Authors
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In | A Jewish Sermon: Midrash
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In | Typology: Pattern and Shadow
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In | Jesus and the Temple
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In | Typology as Correspondence
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In | Comparison of Melchizedek and Jesus
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In | Workbook: Comparison of Melchizedek and Jesus
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In | Jesus and Sabbath
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In | Sabbath and Scriptural Simultaneity
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In | Psalm 95 and Hebrews 3–4
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In | OT Examples and Allusions
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Behind | Platonism and Melchizedek
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Behind | Melchizedek in Second Temple Jewish Literature
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In Front | Onsite: End of the Temple
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In Front | Expanding Our Interpretive Lenses
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In Front | Thinking Like the Bible's Writers
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In Front | Workbook: Keeping Sabbath Today
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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LESSON FOURExhortations in Hebrews17 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Hebrews 6, 10, 12–13
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In | Workbook: “Once for All” in Hebrews
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In | Exhortation in Hebrews
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In | Different Aspects of Exhortation
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In | Eternal Security
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In | The Future Inheritance of Believers
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In | Workbook: The Eternal
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In | Workbook: “Better” in Hebrews
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In | Statements of Exhortation
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Behind | Soils in the Gospels and Hebrews
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Behind | Onsite: Honor and the Afterlife
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In Front | Hebrews on Hope and Salvation
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In Front | Reframing the Question
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In Front | Living with Security and Fear
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In Front | Workbook: Reflection
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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LESSON FIVEPersecution14 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Hebrews
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In | Workbook: Perseverance in Persecution
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In | Persecution in Hebrews
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In | Workbook: Realized Aspects of the End Times in Hebrews
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In | Workbook: Proximity and Presence in Hebrews
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Behind | Claudius and "Chrestus"
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Behind | Emperors and Imperial Worship
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In Front | Religious Persecution Today
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In Front | National and Tribal Persecution
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In Front | Christianity Today: ‘Worst Year Yet’ The Top 50 Countries Where It’s Hardest to Be a Christian
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In Front | Helping the Persecuted Church
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In Front | Workbook: Guiding Questions - Hebrews
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity|1 Assessment
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In | Workbook: Proximity and Presence in Hebrews
Grab your Workbook Journal!
[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]
Hebrews’ themes of discontinuity—its contrasts of the “new” and the “old,” the former and the “better” now available in Christ—frame a shift in the way believers approach God in the Bible. As God’s people move away from the sacrifices and manmade dwellings that mediated Israel’s relationship with God throughout history, they are invited into a new intimacy with YHWH that isn’t housed in the structures and forms of ancient worship, but in God Himself, in the person of the Son, Jesus.
In some ways, this is a development that we have been looking forward to since the loss of primal intimacy in the garden of Eden. Human persons are invited into a daily proximity with God that they haven’t enjoyed since the first chapters of Genesis. Track the language of nearness and intimacy in Hebrews 4:16; 6:19; 7:19, 25; 10:1, 19 and 22; 11:6 (navigate to these passages using YouVersion). After reading the passages, answer the questions below.
Reference: Donald Hagner, Encountering the Book of Hebrews, 2002, p. 77.
- How do believers draw near to God?
- What attitude does the author encourage as we draw near?
- What physical space within the temple is identified with this act of drawing near?
- What effect does drawing near to God have on believers?