The culmination of the last few passages come to a head in seeing that Jesus has made us holy with His one sacrifice for all people. Both Psalm 40 and…
The ministry of the tabernacle was given by God to point out the imperfection of man and the perfection of Himself. Through yearly sacrifices, the priests would atone for the…
Continuing on the themes from the last chapter, we see just how much greater Jesus is as the High Priest. We also see how God had planned the new covenant…
The revelation of Jesus being connected to the tribe of Judah rather than Levi and yet is set as the perfect priest helps us to understand that the law would…
Here we find some more clarification on who Melchizedek is and why he is important. As a priest, he collected the offering from Abraham and blessed him, even before the…
How great are God’s promises! This passage reminds us that our hope is based in an unchanging, powerful God that follows through with what He says He will do. We…
The writer here gives some strongly worded warnings against falling away from the faith. However, he contrasts it with the better things of salvation that come from God. This is…
If studying out some of these passages seemed like a lot to work through, we see the original readers felt much the same way. Fighting complacency in learning about God…
We move on from the comparison to Moses to now seeing Jesus compared to both Aaron and Melchizedek. We will learn more about Melchizedek in chapters 6 and 7, but…
Jesus is both fully God and fully man, and this passage shows us why this matters. We can trust that Jesus provides both understanding to our plight as well as…