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Hebrews

  1. Lesson One
    Overview of Hebrews
    15 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  2. LESSON TWO
    Hebrews' Christology (Hebrews 1–3, 5, 8–9)
    18 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  3. LESSON THREE
    The Old Testament in Hebrews (Hebrews 4, 7, 11)
    20 Activities
  4. LESSON FOUR
    Exhortations in Hebrews
    17 Activities
  5. LESSON FIVE
    Persecution
    14 Activities
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]

We heard from Paul that Jesus’ death was a singular act of reconciliation. In Romans, he frames his emphasis on the singularity of Christ’s sacrifice in a way that will become more familiar in Hebrews:   

For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. Romans 6:10 ESV

That phrase “once for all” appears five times in Hebrews, in each case furthering the author’s point that what Jesus did in His passion and resurrection not only surpassed the old covenant, but also negated the need for any future covenant or messiah. The new covenant is also the last covenant, which will cover and guarantee believers until the end times.

For then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Hebrews 9:26 ESV

 

So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. Hebrews 9:28 ESV

 

He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself. Hebrews 7:27 ESV

 

He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. Hebrews 9:12 ESV

 

And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Hebrews 10:10 ESV

References: Herbert W. Bateman IV, Charts on the Book of Hebrews, 2012, p. 129; Donald Hagner, Encountering the Book of Hebrews, 2002, p. 105.

  1. Read the five verses above and summarize their message with this emphasis in mind. As we’ve seen, there are still things that are “not yet” complete in the church, but these passages from Hebrews clearly reinforce the biblical view of what Christ has already done.