Hebrews – Week 4

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• Chapter 1 – Introduction (00:00:00)
• Chapter 2 – Hebrews Chapter 6 (00:06:00)
• Chapter 3 – Hebrews Chapter 7 Part 1 (00:21:00)
• Chapter 4 – Hebrews Chapter 7 Part 2 (00:54:00)
• Chapter 5 – Hebrews Chapter 8 (01:16:00)
• Chapter 6 – Conclusion (02:13:00)

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[00:00:01] We’ll try to get the recording in tonight. Clint told me that they’re having some. Storms where he’s at, so if it. Glitches, he may lose it, but he thinks he’s got a backup plan, so we’ll just be in prayer about that. Just remember, if anybody has missed any of the studies so far, there’s audio.

[00:00:20] In the depository under my name. So if you’d like catch up on that or review. I want to welcome everybody in. JD is with us. 802 my time.

[00:00:36] So, I guess JD. If you want to open us in prayer, we’re going to go back to. Chapter six tonight, starting around verse 13. Since we just sort of skipped over. It, I ran out of time last week and we skipped over it.

[00:00:53] So there’s some good stuff in there. I think we probably ought to cover. And then we’ll go to six and. Eight or seven and eight if we have time. So, JD, you want to open us in prayer?

[00:01:06] Awesome. Heavenly Father, we thank you for bringing us all together, and Lord, we thank you for your word being read tonight, that every single person that hears the words will adhere and let your spirit work. We invite you in into the study, Lord, that you are with us as we unpack exactly what has been written down and what has been given. Lord, we thank you for each and every single one of our brothers and sisters and exactly where they are at right now, and they walk with you, Lord, that you are the author of perfection and not the author of confusion. We trust that your Holy Spirit will guide our beloved brother Kenny as he delivers the Word and that he is filled with the Spirit.

[00:01:55] As we receive every single word that is written by God and breathed out by you. We thank you for this opportunity that we can share together as brothers and sisters of the faith. And Lord, we thank you for each and every single one of our brothers and sisters on the server, those that have joined and those that haven’t. This is an awesome opportunity for us to grow as brothers and sisters in love for one another. And as we grow in your Word and in your church, in Jesus name we pray.

[00:02:25] Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. I’d like to start out just last week I didn’t get a chance to, but Monika and Kat and Chris, all the things y’all do to keep this.

[00:02:42] Server going and putting up all the. Verses I quote and all that, just thank you for that, you do a great job with it. And I told JD I felt bad for two or three days last week. He gets out of bed at 02:00. In the morning, I ask him to.

[00:02:56] Be here with us, and I didn’t. Hardly let him speak last week. So this week I’m going to try. To calm down and not get so excited and I’m going to let GD speak some more. So we’re going to start like I.

[00:03:10] Said in chapter six, verse 13, talking. About the certainty of God’s promises.

[00:03:20] As a matter of fact, the whole book of Hebrews to me, a lot of people want to turn it into something that you lose your salvation and you do all this. But actually, Hebrews is a great blessing of promise, of certainty and assurance of our salvation. Not to bring confusion. We talked about last week how it’s. Nothing but Satan that brings confusion and doubt and fear, and that’s not what.

[00:03:46] God wants for us. So Hebrews was written for our assurance, and we’ll talk about that in these verses, the assurance of our salvation in God’s promise. So, JD, if you got anything to. Say, just tell me. Shut up or jump in anytime you get ready because I know you got.

[00:04:07] Some stuff in here you’d like to share too.

[00:04:14] You go ahead, brother. Like I said, I don’t need to say much. The way you deliver it is powerful. Everybody learns you exegete with grace, and you speak a lot slower than I do as well. So I think it’s probably best.

[00:04:33] Praise the Lord that we have you take it away, bro. Thank you all for letting me do this. This has been an awesome privilege. So anyway, we’ll start in verse 13 for when God made a promise to Abraham. Since he had no greater by whom.

[00:04:51] To swear, he swore by himself God. We see if you go back to Genesis 22, verses 16 and 17, where God gives the promise to Abraham. He had offered his went to offer. His son Isaac because he gave him the promise of a son. And then he says in verse 16 and said, by myself I have sworn.

[00:05:16] Says the Lord, because thou hast done. This thing and hast not withheld thy. Son, thine only son, that in blessing. I will bless thee. And in multiplying, I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand of the sea which.

[00:05:32] Is upon the seashore thy seed shall. Possess the gate of thy enemies. He’s just given Abraham the promise reassurance. Of the promise that he had given. Him, that he would multiply his seed.

[00:05:46] And in his seed all nations would be blessed. So we see that promise here. And then God says, by myself I have sworn, surely saying surely I will. Bless you and multiply you. And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise.

[00:06:08] So in the promise there, it is. Just interesting to me and encouraging to me that even though Abraham was a. Sinner, he had sinned. Remember, he slept with Hagar and had ishmael. That wasn’t God’s plan.

[00:06:24] That was Abraham and Sarah’s plan. Often a little lesson be learned there. God gives us a promise and wants. Us to do things. And a lot of times we think.

[00:06:33] We need to help God out. And usually when we do, we create a bigger mess than if we just rest and wait for God to work. And we also see where he lied. About who Sarah was, saying it was. His sister and different things that Sarah did.

[00:06:51] Abraham had sinned, but the promise still remained because the promise didn’t rely or depend on Abraham’s efforts, but on God’s promise. And boy, that is reassuring to us today. My salvation, your salvation has nothing to do with my efforts. The things that I want to do, try to do, I struggle with. It is God’s promise that we rest.

[00:07:19] In and I’m about to get wired up already. When I talk about Jesus and what he’s done for us on the cross. I can’t help but get excited and. Want you to get excited and understand what you are in Jesus and you can rest in him. So even though Abraham was a sinner.

[00:07:37] God’s promise still remained. God’s promise was based on his promise. He swore by himself and not based on what Abraham did. So this patiently waiting is not like we see in verse twelve of chapter. Six where he says be not slothful.

[00:07:56] Or sluggish in these verses abraham was looking for that promise, was waiting for that promise and doing the things that God had told him to do as he waited. So verse twelve so that you may. Not be sluggish or lazy, that word. There is immature in the faith, but. Imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promise.

[00:08:25] The promise to us as Christians is eternal salvation. But in the context of chapters four. Through six, the promise is entering into. His rest from dead works. Remember we went back and looked at.

[00:08:40] Those things in chapters four and five, how we can as believers we can enter there is a rest for us in Christ Jesus. So the promise of salvation, but the promise of entering into a rest, living that victorious Christian life that God has. For us apart from the law, apart. From dead works as he talks about. In verse one of chapter six.

[00:09:05] So remember the context of what we’re in here now is that these are. Jews who have done sacrificial systems for. Ages, thousands of years, and they are. Trying and they’re torn between the law and grace and what Jesus did and what they’ve always done and all these different things. And the writer of Hebrews is trying to make it very clear to them.

[00:09:32] That the law is no more, the. Law is fulfilled in Christ. So the context we see in chapters. 511 through 612 is let us go. On to maturity, understanding what we have in Christ and what he’s done for.

[00:09:50] Us on the cross, his finished and completed work. So he’s wanting them to go on into maturity. He says in six one therefore let us leave the elementary doctrines. My screen. Went out on me, okay, therefore let us leave the elementary doctrines of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God.

[00:10:18] We talked about last week that that. Was our justification from repentance of dead. Works and our faith that we put. In God as we believe. What his promise?

[00:10:30] We believe that he would send His Son to die for our sins. We accept Him as our personal Savior, and that is our justification process. Now he’s saying, now that we justified, let’s go on to be sanctified, to be set apart, to be mature believers that produce a good crop, good fruits, when resting in the promises of God. The promise of God for us is his finished work on the cross seven and eight. There’s nothing you can add to it.

[00:11:02] Take away from it. And you can see in verses seven or eight where he makes. The contrast. Between good soil and bad soil that produces good crops and soil that produces thorns and thistles. These are the things we produce as.

[00:11:19] Christians that are tested by fire. We read. So I’m just doing a little bit. Of a recap and coming up this. So now we go on.

[00:11:29] And in this next part, this is the assurance of our salvation was given in God’s oath. It’s in his oath for people. Verse 16 swear by something greater than. Themselves and in all their disputes, an. Oath is final for confirmation.

[00:11:51] So when we go to court or something, you put your hand on the Bible. If you’re going to testify and you say, So help me, you finish with. So help me God, you’re swearing by. An oath greater than you so help. Me God, as you testify in court.

[00:12:08] So verse 17. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise, abraham and his seed, including us, the promise of an unchangeable character of his. Purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath. So since God could not promise by anything greater than himself, he swore by himself. That’s what it says here.

[00:12:37] When he promised Abraham why is my. Phone sorry, I’m talking to myself while. I’m trying to do this. It just keeps blacking out and I. Can’T see what’s going on.

[00:12:49] And said, by himself, by myself I swore. So he made a promise and then. He made an oath in himself because there is no greater than he. So he made this promise because there was no greater. He swore in himself.

[00:13:08] The promise is not only for Abraham.

[00:13:13] But for all his seed also. We see here in Genesis, where the promise was first given to him. It’s reiterated again here in Hebrews Eleven, he talks about Abraham and his sons was the first promise to them. But we are Abraham seed, spiritually Galatians 329. And if you be Christ, then you are Abraham seed and heirs according to promise.

[00:13:45] So this promise of a I like. How Abraham, when Isaac and him and Isaac were going up the mountain and. See the I see the logs and. I see this and the fire and all that, but where’s the sacrifice, dad? And he said, The Lord himself will provide a sacrifice.

[00:14:06] That was a picture of Jesus Christ. Of what? Abraham knew that God promised one day that he would send a redeemer for the sins of the world to.

[00:14:19] Pay. For the sins of the world. So we see that promise and we inherit that promise too, or we get that promise too. We see in questions. 329.

[00:14:33] Anybody questions or understand? JD, you have anything at this point?

[00:14:42] All right, so, verse 18. So that by two unchangeable things in. Which it is impossible for God to. Lie, we who have fled to refuge. Might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope that is set before us.

[00:15:01] The two unchangeable things, the assurance of our salvation is guaranteed by God’s promise. And by God’s oath. I mean, you don’t get any better than that. Not based on the assurance of our salvation is not relying on Kenny. I’m so thankful for that because I fail Him every day.

[00:15:23] I fall short every day. But his promise of my assurance of my eternal security is in Him, in his promise and in his oath. And we’ll look more into that in. Just a little bit how Christ is. The fulfillment of his promise.

[00:15:40] So he says, Hold fast to that hope set before us. Our hope is in the promise and oath of God, not in our efforts. That puts off our confidence in Him. Not ourselves, and lets us rest. Remember what we talked about in chapters four and five or three, four?

[00:16:00] And that lets us rest completely in Him. And that, like David said, gives us the joy of our salvation. So Hebrews is all about the superiority. Of Christ and our rest in Him. There’s no condemnation that many try to make it out to be in Hebrews.

[00:16:28] It just troubles me, I guess is the best nicest word I can say. That how people want to take verses. Out of context in Hebrews and try to make it so scary to the believer. Yes, I believe that we ought to check ourselves or evaluate ourselves from time. To time and make sure that we.

[00:16:49] Are on the right path and that we are right with the Lord. But it’s not a scary thing. Once you’ve accepted Jesus as your personal. Savior and he is your Lord and. Savior, you become his child.

[00:17:02] That never changes. And Hebrews to me, points this out. Very clearly through the superiority of Christ our Savior. So I want to just take a. Minute, I guess, and just talk about.

[00:17:15] This city, this refuge. Flee for refuge. In the Old Testament we see in numbers 35 Joshua 21, Chronicle six. They talk about this city of refuge, these cities of refuge. In these verses, God had appointed six cities, three on each side of the Jordan.

[00:17:39] And what they were for is if a man accidentally killed someone, it was purely an accident. It was not anything malicious or murder. He could flee to one of these cities. And when he was in these cities, the family couldn’t come and revenge or get revenge or avenge the blood of their loved one whom this guy had. Killed while he was in the cities.

[00:18:07] The elders of the city would then investigate the case. If they found that he didn’t commit. Manslaughter or murder, they would allow the. Man to live in that city until. The death of the high priest.

[00:18:21] And then after the death of the high priest, then he could return to his home. The members of the slain man could. Not avenge themselves so long as the man remained in the city of refuge. Beautiful picture of Jesus, our high priest, and the refuge that we find in him forever we hide. He is our hiding place.

[00:18:49] He is our place of refuge where. We are safe and secure in Him. And then the high priest would pass. Away, and then he could return to his home. And it was deemed that this man was innocent.

[00:19:11] So we’ll look at our high priest and Jesus is our refuge forever. We don’t have to worry about him. Passing away and going back home. Jesus is forever. So we are always found in Him, complete.

[00:19:26] He is always our refuge, our hiding place. And the writer will bring this out. In the next two chapters, well, I. Guess through chapter ten, more or less. So I just wanted to bring that.

[00:19:41] Out about refuge a little bit if you’ve never heard that story. I believe everything in the Old Testament, everything in Scripture, points to Jesus Christ. So the next chapter, 619. So we had the assurance that we. Have in Christ or the assurance of.

[00:20:04] Salvation through God’s oath. Now we have the assurance of our salvation in His Son. So in verse 19, we have this promise as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain. We have this promise. What is this promise?

[00:20:28] It’s Jesus Christ. He is the promised messiah. He is the promised One to come and die and pay for the sins of the world. And that promise that he now gives. In the New Testament, as I said.

[00:20:42] Last week in John 1028, and I give unto them eternal life, and they. Shall never perish, neither shall any man. Pluck them out of my hand. I give them eternal life. That’s the promise.

[00:20:56] Not by me, not by my works, not by my righteousness. He gives it through his precious blood on the cross and me putting My trust in Him. It’s not the law, it’s not your good works. Jesus says our high priest enters into. The holy of holies.

[00:21:15] That’s the place behind the curtain. And ever makes intercession for us as the high priest in the Old Testament, at the Brazen altar, would sacrifice a lamb or bull or goat or whatever. It was, he would take the blood. Of that lamb or whatever animal it was, and he would go for the labor. He’d wash at the labor.

[00:21:36] He’d go through one curtain into the. Holy place, and then he’d go through. The second curtain or behind the curtain, as they would say, that’s the veil where the Ark of the Covenant was, and apply the blood on the mercy seat. It says here that Jesus, our hope, our promise, the anchor of our soul, he enters into that holy of holies to always make intercession for us. We see in 725 wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

[00:22:18] So, verse 20, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. So he’s introducing the people here as he’s bringing them step by step. In chapter one, we saw who Jesus was, the creator of all things. He is God, he is eternal. He’s better than angels, he’s better than Moses, he’s better than the prophets, he’s better than the Law, and we can rest in Him.

[00:22:52] And now he’s saying he’s a high priest, and he’s going to say he’s even better than the high priest. And so to summarize the book to this point. He’S wanting us to move on to maturity. He’s wanting these Hebrew listeners to move on to maturity, stop going back and forth between the law and grace, law and grace all the time, but to move on to maturity and to rest in Christ and his finished work on the cross. So we see here in Hebrews two.

[00:23:31] One through four, if we start to drift from that word, then that’s in. Hebrews two one through four, and then. In Hebrews three, seven through 413, then we’ll start to doubt the word. So he’s laying it out here. And I love how Hebrews is laid out.

[00:23:52] It’s just so articulate the way he. Lays it out and puts it in the format that he does. If we start to drift from that word, Hebrews through seven through 413, then. We begin to doubt His Word. And then Hebrews 511 through 612, and we doubt his word, then we get.

[00:24:14] Dull toward the Word. Remember, he said, you’re dull of hearing you’re on the bottle and you ought to be eating meat because you’re drifting from the truth of God’s Word. So we see here in six through. 20 or chapter 613 through 20, the best way to keep from drifting is to lay hold of that anchor. What is the anchor?

[00:24:38] Jesus Christ and his word. And we won’t drift from his word we won’t doubt his word It won’t become dull to Him.

[00:24:50] All right? So that’s all I had on six. JD, do you have any more.

[00:25:02] JD. Went to no, no, I’m trying to mute you.

[00:25:11] That was brilliantly put. Thanks for that, Kenny. You can carry on. All right, anybody got any questions on any of that? You understand that?

[00:25:21] It’s clear. And we’ll move on to chapter seven. You and this candy corn stuff, you all know that mana I heard somebody. Refer to mana was candy corn. You all know mana was marshmallows.

[00:25:40] It was white and soft and sweet to the taste. So candy corn is not mana. Okay? Just want that clear. That’s biblical.

[00:25:49] I’m kidding. All right, so now we’re going to chapter seven. The writer is now, remember in chapter. Five, he was telling him, you’re dull. Of hearing, you’re immature, you’re on the bottle, you need to be meat, you need to be teachers, but you need to be teachers, but somebody needs to teach you.

[00:26:18] You haven’t matured yet as Christians. Well, now in chapter seven, he’s going to give some meat. He’s going to start laying it out into deeper things of what he wanted to tell them. Remember in chapter five, he says he. First introduced that Jesus was after the order of Melchizedek.

[00:26:36] And then he got sidetracked on saying, hey, you need to grow up and you need to mature. And then that maturity. We’re resting in God and his promises. And now he’s going to give Him. Some of that meat.

[00:26:48] So as I said, he introduced the Jesus as our high priest in 2731, 414, 415, five, and 620. So he’s been just sort of giving them little pieces because this is a. Touchy subject for them. Then he began in 510 to compare Jesus to Melchizedek, which they would very much understand. They knew the history of Melchizedek.

[00:27:20] They knew what their father Abraham, the experience that he had with him. So they’re very familiar with it. He’s very relatable to them, and they’re trying to understand or get his point. Across that they can understand clearly. So the writer addresses their maturity and.

[00:27:44] Issue and not be able to go deeper in the subject. Now the writer explains a deeper understanding of how Jesus qualifies as a high priest like Melchizedek. I think I’ve said it before, I think as he was writing this, and never I could almost picture him saying, they’re never going to believe that Jesus is a high priest. They’re never going to believe it. They know that Jesus came of the tribe of Judah.

[00:28:10] He don’t have the lineage, he doesn’t have that. And he’s almost anticipating their argument. They’re saying, no, according to the Levitical law, jesus didn’t meet the requirements of high priest. There’s no way he could be our high priest. So.

[00:28:30] He was anticipating this. And he goes on to explain how. He qualifies as a high priest after Melchizedek. He is superior to the Levitical priesthood of Aaron. We’re going to see in chapter seven.

[00:28:47] Through ten and all that the priest. Did and their requirements to meet the law, the sacrificial system. Jesus is superior to that in these next few chapters. So in chapter ten, he really brings out that Christ priesthood is like Melchizedek and it is superior in order. Chapter eight will discuss that the emphasis is on Christ being a better covenant.

[00:29:18] Than that of the Levitical priesthood that they received. And Hebrews nine, it’s a better sanctuary. We’ll see. He gets into the actual sanctuary of the tabernacle and talks about those things. And in chapter ten, he concludes the.

[00:29:38] Section by arguing that for Christ is a better sacrifice than all they could do. So tonight we’re going to look at the priesthood of Jesus is superior in its order in chapter seven. So he starts off with a historical. Statement that they very much understood, comparing or talking about what Melchizedek and Abraham did in verses one through ten. So verse one for this Melchizedek, King of Salem, priest of the Most high.

[00:30:14] God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter. Of the kings and blessed him. This Melchizedek, other than in Hebrews, is. Mentioned only two times in Scripture in Genesis 1417 through 24. And he’s referred to once more in Psalms 110 four.

[00:30:39] Just to give you without going to that and reading it all, if you’re not familiar with it, these four kings took over an area around Sodom and Gomorrah, and Lot was there, the nephew, I guess, or was he a cousin of Abraham? I can’t quite remember. But Lot was there and he was. Captured and his family, and they took all their stuff and these four kings took them. So they got word to Abraham of.

[00:31:08] What had happened to Lot. And so Lot sent 318 of his. Servants to rescue Lot and all the. Others and all the stuff they took as well. So Abraham goes to battle really against these four kings with 318 servants.

[00:31:27] To. Get Lot back and his family. So after he defeats these four kings and he takes all their spoil and. Gets the family back. On the way back, Abraham meets Melchizedek, and he recognized when he sees him, he recognizes him as the king of.

[00:31:46] Salem or that’s Jerusalem that is old. Jerusalem or before Jerusalem, I guess, was the king of Salem and a priest. Of the most high. So those are important things to remember here, that Melchizedek was both a king and priest. We see in this verse he was the king of Salem and priest of the Most High God.

[00:32:10] The high priest, according to Levitical law. Could never be a king and a. King could never be a high priest. Saul tried to do the work of the high priest and he died by the sword. Uziah tried it in Chronicles 26 and ended up with leprosy.

[00:32:31] So we see that the king and priest didn’t ever go together. But Abraham excuse me, abraham recognized him as King of Salem and priest of. The most High God. So like Melchizedek, Jesus is both king and priest. He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

[00:32:53] He is our high priest who makes intercession for us. And we’ll talk more and more about. That as we go.

[00:33:06] Uh, verse two. And to Abraham apportioned a 10th part of everything. He is first by translation of his name, king of Righteousness. And then he’s also King of Salem, that is, king of peace. So when Abraham saw him, he gave.

[00:33:28] Him a tithe of 10% long before the law ever came out and said, you give 10%. This is what Abraham did. It didn’t originate with the law of Moses, but we see it first here when Abraham offered a tithe or an offering to Melchizedek long before the law was given. Melchizedek name means king of righteousness. He was the king of Salem.

[00:34:01] And shalom means peace. So he’s the king of righteousness. The king of peace.

[00:34:08] I don’t know if it’s David. In the Psalms it talks about Psalm 85 ten. It talks about righteousness and peace have kissed peace have kissed each other. We see that in Christ Jesus, he is our king. He is the King of peace.

[00:34:24] Isaiah 96 for unto us a child. Is born, a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulders, the King of Kings, Lord of Lords, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. So we see that they come together in that. We see that even like Melchizedek, the King of Salem, the King of peace, we see that in Christ Jesus, he’s making this comparison to them to help them understand exactly who Jesus was, how he could be our high priest after. The order of Melchizedek.

[00:35:09] Now, verse three, he is without father. Or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning. Of days nor end of life, but. Resembling the Son of God. He continues a priest forever.

[00:35:25] Now, a lot of people get mixed up on this. And. I’ve always thought that what I. Understand this is there was no ancestry, there was no documentation for him to prove that he would qualify as a. High Priest, because the High Priest had.

[00:35:52] To come from the tribe of Levi. And had to come from the lineage of Aaron. So Melchizedek didn’t have any of that. There was no Jewish record of who this Melchizedek was. And I lean toward that’s.

[00:36:09] What this reminds me, a lot of. People think that Melchizedek was actually well. There’S some even think that this was a Christophany. I am not convinced that it is or isn’t it very much could have been in a Christophy, if you don’t know what that is. Appearance of Christ in the Old Testament, because a lot of things that he.

[00:36:30] Says certainly identifies with Christ. But I believe Melchizedek was an actual man and was just a type of. Christ that we see. In the Old Testament.

[00:36:44] Where was I at before I got sidetracked on that? It was important to be able to. The Jews to prove their ancestry, to become a high priest. They couldn’t do this with Melchizedek, so.

[00:37:05] He’S without father or mother. No Levitical law or genealogy, no record of this man. But Abraham, the Israel’s patriarch, recognized him as a king and priest. Jesus is our high priest in the same. He had no earthly father, no beginning, as he’s from eternity past.

[00:37:31] And we see in Hebrews one, two. And is for all eternity. We see in Hebrews one, eight. So Jesus is very much fitting their. Understanding of who Melchizedek is in that they have no record of that he is from eternity past, present and future.

[00:37:52] He always is. He is the great I am. He came from a different lineage than of the Levi’s.

[00:38:03] No Levi priest could make that claim without his genealogy. He could not become a priest or a high priest without his credentials. I guess you would say that proved. That he came from this lineage. That was by God’s design that they.

[00:38:21] Had to do that. They also could never make a claim of an endless ministry, as you see here, that he is the Son of God. He continues as priests forever. No priest could ever say he had an endless ministry. We’ll see later on, because they all.

[00:38:38] Died and they could not claim that. They were both king and priest like Jesus was. So he’s stating the case here and. Really laying it out that this is how Jesus is our high priest, much. Like Melchizedek, whom our Father Abraham worshiped.

[00:39:00] And gave him a 10th of his. Spoil of everything that he had so or gotten from them. So then he goes on to say. See how great this man was to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a 10th of the spoils. This was a tithe 500 years before.

[00:39:19] The law, 10% of the spoils that. Abraham took from these four kings during the rescue of Lot. So in doing, as I’ve said that in doing, abraham was acknowledging Melchizedek’s authority. And superiority, and this is what he’s. Wanting these Hebrew listeners to understand and to see, is the authority and the superiority of Christ Jesus, our Savior.

[00:39:51] So everybody with me to this point. I feel like I’ve just been talking and everybody’s sort of quiet.

[00:40:00] This is good stuff. This is good stuff. You’re diving in deep, in deep. And you’ve mentioned everything that a lot of people miss when going over here. Bruce, so, so far, it’s been nothing short of excellent.

[00:40:16] So keep going, Papa Bear.

[00:40:21] Well, thank you, JD. You can jump in here anytime you want to.

[00:40:28] I don’t claim to know it all, but I just want to try to make sure you understand these verses, because so many of them get taken out of context and people use them wrongly. And if you look at the whole. Context of Hebrews, it all fits together and it all makes sense and it all is assuring of what we have in Christ. So I’ll keep going if there’s no questions to this point. And I’m trying my best to just stay cool here and relaxed and I’m not going to get into AHAs and.

[00:40:58] All that stuff and those descendants. Verse five of Levi, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of Levi who received. The priestly office, had a commandment in. The law to take tithes from the. People, that is, from their brothers, or.

[00:41:20] From the brethren through, though these also are deceived from Abraham. And I’ll be quite honest with you, when you read this a lot of. Times you read that one time and. You get to scratch your head like what in the world? It’s sort of a tongue twister, what is he talking about?

[00:41:37] And I’m old school now. JD is smarter than I am and he uses all these Bible Logos programs and figures out words and things like that. The way I have to do it. I’d have to read that verse about ten times and then just sit there. And say, lord, show me what you.

[00:41:53] Want me to see in this, help me to understand. And I think nothing wrong with what. JD does, but I think a lot of times we’ll read a verse like. This and then we’ll just say, well. Let’S go see what a commentary says, or let’s see what somebody else says.

[00:42:09] I would suggest to you, do all. That you can do, ask the Lord. To help you, ask the Holy Spirit to reveal it to you. Keep reading it, keep meditating on it. Keep digging into it until the Lord.

[00:42:21] Gives you an answer. And then go to a commentary and. See if he confirms what the Lord says to you. Because a lot of times you can. Get in trouble going to a commentary because they’re not always right.

[00:42:32] Or I think we ought to have. Friends we bounce things off of, but find out what the Lord’s telling you. Here and just keep studying it. I just want to agree with that. Sorry to cut you off, brother, but no, what Kenny said is absolutely true.

[00:42:50] And I used to do this when I was young in my faith. Read a verse, go to the first commentary that’s available and go, okay, that’s what it means. And ultimately it’s dangerous doing it that way because you don’t come to the fullness of the understanding of the verse. So the way Kenny broke it down there is exactly right. Come to the understanding and then compare your understanding to others understanding and bounce it off your brothers and sisters.

[00:43:17] And again we go to proverbs as iron sharpens iron, so one brother sharpens another brother, or so we sharpen one another. And this is imperative. We have to be like the Bereans, we have to search the scriptures day and night to make sure that what we have been told or what we have taught ourselves. Again, this is why I say it’s dangerous to come to an understanding and then go, okay, well, that’s what I believe it means and that’s what I’m. Going to stick with.

[00:43:47] We have to be open to have these discussions and say, well, this is the route I’ve gone. And this is how I’ve come to that conclusion. And this is why, especially when we’ve gone through the book of Hebrews, generally, people who were once battling with eternal security and the fact that salvation cannot be lost have a deeper understanding of why it cannot be lost. This is why we ask questions to those who say, you can walk away from your salvation or you can lose your salvation. The question remains, what’s the limit?

[00:44:23] So how many sins do you commit until it’s cut off? How many times must you fall short until God says, okay, well, that was the last time you’ve fallen short. You’re now out ultimately, when you have an understanding. And that’s exactly why we mustn’t become dull, dull of hearing. And no Christian is able to stand on his 2ft and be secure in any salvation, his or her salvation, if they are reading the Bible five minutes every two, three, you know, every two or three weeks.

[00:45:07] This is ultimately why we stand on the Scripture. And I don’t know if anyone has heard me say this, but I’ll say it again, you can either believe all of the Bible or none of the Bible. You don’t get to pick and choose.

[00:45:27] Okay, well, I’m going to go with this because this one feels good. We’ve got to understand the fullness of the text. Thanks for that, Nick. I appreciate you, brother. And ultimately, as we get in, as we go through, especially Hebrews eight through ten, again, we see the fullness of the security of the finished work of Jesus Christ.

[00:45:49] This is what it always comes. And when Kenny said earlier, everything in the Old Testament points to the Savior of the world, points to the Messiah, points to Christ, we see this as unequivocally true, because that’s the purpose. It was always about Jesus. It will never stop being about Jesus. And this is why Jesus could make the claims he made in John five, in John 14, because he was and is God incarnate.

[00:46:18] He is the everlasting. When it comes down to the nitty gritties of the text, we see that it’s always been by Him, through Him, for Him. We were not created to live our best life now, but we were created to follow Christ in the fullness and the joy of the Spirit. And ultimately, that’s the trap that the devil sets up for a lot of people, like even those who have started off believing that they are secure and sealed and their salvation cannot be lost, somehow we see them fall onto this path of relying on their own righteousness and their own works. And this is pretty much as Kenny goes through the rest of Hebrews seven, we see that becomes very clear that you cannot rely on anyone other than the high priest.

[00:47:16] And this is what a lot of them missed in a lot of the Pharisees missed this because they were preaching a law that they themselves weren’t keeping.

[00:47:31] Thank you, Judy. I’ll just say this. I bet y’all think I was crazy a while ago. I was talking about manna and candy corn and all that. Somehow I got into the general chat and I wasn’t seeing what you all were putting.

[00:47:44] So I’m back with us now. Sorry about that. But they were talking about candy corn. I thought, Why aren’t we talking about candy corn while we’re talking about Hebrews? But never mind.

[00:47:54] I’ll get out of this. I don’t know how I got into. The general chat from here, but I’m just special. I’m talented that way. So going back to Hebrews 75 and understanding this verse, as the Levitical priest.

[00:48:14] Would receive tithes from their brethren, that was in the law to do that, to support Levitical, the priesthood, and support them, because all they did was the service in the tabernacle or in the temple, and their support came from those who gave tithe. It says they would collect this. And these were descendants of Abraham. These Levitical tribe come through Abraham and Aaron. But Abraham, their father, paid a tithe.

[00:48:51] He didn’t receive a tithe. And so I think best I can understand what this verse is saying here, and those descendants of Levi who received priestly office had a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, has taken the tithes, that is, from their brothers, though these also are descendants of Abraham. So even these high priests were in. Essence, he’s saying, was given a tithe. Through Abraham, their father.

[00:49:26] But he said in verse six, but this man who does not have his. Descent from them, received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who he had promised. So he’s saying our forefather Abraham paid. A tithe to Melchizedek, who was not. Of the descendants of the Levitical priesthood.

[00:49:50] So again, comparing Jesus to Melchizedek and how we give our offerings or our tithes when you give your offerings. Now, we don’t really call it tithes. Or I don’t anymore in church. It’s more of an offering to the you’re giving it to the Lord. You’re not giving it to the church, you’re not giving it to the preacher.

[00:50:11] You give as unto the Lord and as he leads you, whatever that amount is. And I won’t get into all the tithing. Everybody goes by 10%. And if you want to do that. That’S a good rule of thumb, I.

[00:50:25] Guess, because that was Old Testament. But I don’t believe today we are. Required to give the ties of the law. If you really want to do that, the ties of the law. Once you added them all up, they.

[00:50:37] Were equivalent to almost 30% of your income. So I don’t think we do that today. If you want to go by strictly by the law and be dogmatic about. It, then you ought to be given more than 10%. I always just tell my people, well.

[00:50:51] How much should I give? I just ask them, how much do you want to be blessed? Because that’s the only scripture in the Bible that God says, Test me and. See.

[00:51:04] I love a cheerful giver. I will bless a cheerful giver. So I’m not going to get into. Tithing here, but just maybe a little bit of touch on that. So Abraham gave this tithe, this 10%.

[00:51:16] To Melchizedek, and he says it’s beyond dispute in verse seven that the inferior. Is blessed by the superior. What in the world does that mean? Well, when Abraham gave this tithe, Melchizedek blessed him. Abraham bowed down and worshiped him, recognized him as the King of Salem, the prince of Peace.

[00:51:44] And in tithing to him, Abraham received the blessing. So it goes back to what I. Just said a while ago. How much do you want to be blessed? You give to the Lord.

[00:51:57] The Lord blesses you. US being inferior to the Lord or to Jesus. When we give, we are blessed in a special way. The less is blessed of the better. Is what this is saying here.

[00:52:13] So we have an eternal blessing of salvation through God and the promise of his Son. He’s telling these Hebrew people that the blessing comes through our assurance of our salvation, the promises and the oath that God made of the assurance that we can rest in Christ. What a blessing that is. So in verse eight, in the one case, ties are received by mortal men by the Levitical priesthood. But in another case, by one of.

[00:52:47] Whom it is testified that lives.

[00:52:53] One might even say that Levi himself, who received tithes, paid tithes through Abraham. So he’s just going back to verse five. He’s just still really driving this home. Is that even those priests that receive. Ties and you know, you should give them according to the law and all.

[00:53:14] That, even through Abraham, through his loins. He goes on to say in verse ten, these priests let me go ahead and read verse ten. For he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him. So he’s just driving home that these priests, these high priests that take ties. And you put on this pedestal and all that, in a way, gave ties.

[00:53:40] And offerings to Melchizedek, whom Jesus is. A similitude of or a symbol of, gave these ties and offerings to Melchizedek. These priests even did that. The Levi’s took the tithes from men, but Abraham gave the tithes to in Abraham, the Father of Israel, bowed down and worshiped. The Levites would have bowed down and worshiped Melchizedek because they were descendants of.

[00:54:13] Abraham, but Melchizedek was not a Levite. Melchizedek. Blessed Abraham. We see in verse seven again doing. The comparison of Jesus to Melchizedek.

[00:54:26] We owe him everything. We worship him. He is enough. He doesn’t come from the lineage of these Levitical priests. He doesn’t have the ancestry, he has no beginning, no end.

[00:54:43] Like Melchizedek. We worship him. We owe our ties and offerings to Him of who gave so much for us. So he goes on to the next section here. The priesthood of Jesus is superior in order.

[00:55:02] It was superior in its order. Now he gives a doctrinal reason comparing. Christ to Aaron in verse eleven through 25. So in verse eleven. Now if perfection or completeness or fulfillment had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood, for under it the people received the Law.

[00:55:25] So what further need would there have. Been for another priest to arise after. The order of Melchizedek, after than one. Named after the order of? And here again is another tongue twister.

[00:55:40] Kind of thing, and that you have. To sort of just break it down. Of what he’s saying. Here what he is saying that not only is Jesus greater than Aaron, but. Jesus has replaced Aaron.

[00:55:54] Now remember when he said remember they rocked back on their heels when he said he was greater than Moses? Now he’s going on to say that Jesus is even greater than the Levitical priesthood, their high priest whom they had always gone to and offered the sacrifices for sin and went to for all their that was the spiritual leader of Israel. And he’s saying that Jesus is superior than that. And he said he had to be. Because if the Levitical priesthood through which the people received the Law, if that could have I’m getting ahead of myself, but if that could have made the.

[00:56:39] People perfect or been complete, then there would have been no need for Jesus after the order of Melchizedek, like Melchizedek, there wouldn’t been no point for Jesus. If the Law could have saved anyone.

[00:56:58] If the high priest after the order of Aaron could have made us perfect through the Law, then there would have been no more need for Jesus to become our High Priest after the order of Melchizedek. So this is what this verse is. Saying and he really starts to dig. Deep into this here. For when there was a change in the priesthood, there is necessitive change in the law as well.

[00:57:25] So the Mosaic Law.

[00:57:30] Was not a. Permanent system, it was not a permanent. Thing, as many will say on TikTok and all those you’re going to do the Ten Commandments and keep his commandments. Forever, those were a schoolmaster to bring us or to Christ and prepare the way for Christ. We see that in Galatians 319 through four, chapter four seven.

[00:57:55] This is what the Law did. It was a temporary system for Christ to fulfill, to bring us to Christ. It was added to show us our sin and how far short we come. And I remember when I used to be a fireman and we’d have Bible. Studies at the fire station, and one of the guys came in and I’m.

[00:58:20] Really not sure what denomination he was. Then, but we were going over the. Law and he was asking about keeping the law. And I just told him, I said, do you know when God gave the. Law, he never intended man to keep it.

[00:58:35] And I say that in a way. That he knew that man would never keep it. God never expected us to keep the law. He knew we couldn’t. There was no way to do it.

[00:58:47] The law was to point us to Christ to tell us that we need a savior. The law could not save. It pointed us to the one who could save. And Jesus fulfilling the law made him the perfect sacrifice for the sins of the world. So when Jesus fulfilled the law, he changed the priesthood and the law forever with a new covenant.

[00:59:15] I don’t know how us drive that home. There’s some people that just really hung. Up on this Old Testament law, and I’m not saying it’s bad. The law is for an unbeliever to. Understand how far short for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

[00:59:34] Here’s the law. This is how short you’ve come and. You look into that law and you realize, there’s no way I can do this. I need a savior. It should be your next response.

[00:59:46] I need the one who can do this. And that was only accomplished in Jesus Christ. And when he accomplished it, he gave. Us a new covenant. Verse 13.

[00:59:58] For the one whom these things are. Spoken, jesus belongeth to another tribe, not. The Levitical tribe.

[01:00:10] From which no one has ever served at the altar, only. The tribe of Levi. Through the tribe of Levi, the priest. Would come and serve. We see that as God gives that in Deuteronomy ten eight, that it was.

[01:00:26] Only through the tribe of Levi that would do the sacrificial system and serve. Within the temple or the tabernacle. So.

[01:00:40] At that time, the Lord separated the tribe of Levi into bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord, to minister. Unto him, to bless his name unto this day. This is deuteronomy. Ten eight. Oh, thank you.

[01:00:57] You got that up there? Good job. So he goes on to verse 14. For it is evident that our Lord. Has descended from Judah not from Levi.

[01:01:10] The tribe of Levi, but from the tribe of Judah. And in connection with that tribe, Moses said nothing about priests. There was nothing in the law of Moses or Moses law that ever gave any circumstances that anyone was allowed to become a priest or do priestly duties other than of the tribe of Levi. But Jesus came from the tribe of. Judah like Melchizedek, no beginning, no end.

[01:01:41] Nothing about a tribe, but he came as the order of Melchizedek. This becomes even more evident when another. Priest, verse 15, arises in the likeness of Melchizedek. So all the law, the Old Testament, the Levitical priest, the Arianic, I think. Is how you say it, priesthood, all.

[01:02:05] That could not bring perfection. So we see that it was more. Evident, it was more what’s the word? It was important that Jesus would to. Come because this system, this sacrificial system and the priesthood could not do what.

[01:02:28] It needed to do. So Jesus had to come from another tribe, not a tribe ordained by men or through, he’ll say later, a carnal. Command or law, but by God after the order of Melchizedek, verse 16, who has become a priest not on the. Basis of legal requirements concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life. Now, you all know and ESV and all that, that’s fine, but to me, King James is a whole lot clearer here, who is made not after the law of a carnal commandment.

[01:03:08] He’s talking about jesus. He didn’t come after the law of the commandments of the law, the carnal. Law, but after the power of an endless life. He was not become our high priest through the law, but was ordained by God. We’re going to see later on that through his promise and through his oath, jesus came not after ordinances of men.

[01:03:36] And Old Testament things he quotes here in 17, Psalms 110, the second time Melchizedek is mentioned in Scripture after Genesis.

[01:03:49] For it is witnessed of him you. Are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. That’s God making his promise and making an oath of the promise of his Son, who would come not of the. Tribe of Levi, but of the tribe of Judah, without father, without mother, without. Midgenning, without end, after the order of Melchizedek.

[01:04:15] He is promising his Son here. Many that want to say that the Old Testament, they didn’t know about all that. Yes, they absolutely did. If you read the Old Testament, if you understand what he’s talking about and the God’s promise of a savior to die for the sins of the world. A high priest that cannot be touched.

[01:04:36] With feelings of our infirmities, who becomes man to identify with us, to be our kinsman. Redeemer as we’ve all talked about to. This point, I hope this is all. Coming together for you, as you see. This clearly throughout Scripture.

[01:04:52] As JD says, it’s all about Jesus and how he redeems the world to God on his behalf. So let me calm down, let me get my breath. So verse 18. For on this one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of what? Its weakness and uselessness.

[01:05:19] He’s talking about the law. He’s talking about the secret sacrificial system. These Hebrew listeners would have just about. Fell out here and passed out. And as we say in the south, we’d have thrown up at this.

[01:05:33] That terrible. We would say, wait a minute. You just said that the Law was. Weak, it was useless, it was for not. No, it wasn’t for not.

[01:05:44] It was to bring you to Christ. It was to reveal the sin. How far short you came. Romans eight three. For what the Law could not do.

[01:05:56] Say that oat to yourself a thousand times. What the Law could not do. What the Law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh. God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemns sin. Condemns sin in the flesh.

[01:06:16] The law couldn’t do it. What the law couldn’t do, jesus did. JD. Help me. Stay calm here.

[01:06:23] I’m not going to start preaching. I get excited. And we just understand that we are. No longer under the Law, but under grace. Live in that grace.

[01:06:34] You’re saved by grace, live by grace. Rest in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross. The law was weak. All of our religious stuff is weak, and it’s as filthy rags. We are complete in Christ and what he did for us on the cross.

[01:06:55] I don’t understand these people that just want to keep going back to the Law. You just don’t understand Scripture at all. To me, I love them, I pray for them, but wow. Okay, I’ll digress and move on. Listen to the next verse, verse 19.

[01:07:13] For the Law made nothing perfect. It made nothing perfect. But on the other hand, a better hope is introduced through which we draw near to God. That’s awesome. The law made nothing perfect.

[01:07:32] The purpose of the Law was only. To point us to Christ, who makes. Us perfect or righteous before God.

[01:07:43] I don’t know how you can read that and not understand what we are in Christ, and we are complete in Christ, and we are no longer under the Law. Yes, it’s a schoolmaster to bring us. To Christ, but.

[01:07:59] We’Ll get into writing it on our hearts and all that stuff and how that works. And the Holy Spirit now reveals to. Us the laws of God, of what. He wants us to do and not do. We don’t have to go by these stone tablets or these things written on pages, and we try to live up to them.

[01:08:20] People, you’re saved by grace, live by grace. Rest in the finished work of Jesus Christ. That’s good stuff. That is good stuff. I still got more verses.

[01:08:31] Let’s keep going. All right. Any questions to this point?

[01:08:41] All right. The Law only tells you you’re a sinner. Verse 20. And it was not without an oath. And it was not without an oath, for those who formally became priest were.

[01:08:56] Made such without an oath, the Law. Could not make perfect. It was introduced of a better hope. A hope in Jesus Christ. The Law was not given with an oath.

[01:09:11] Y’all understand that? God didn’t give an oath about the law. He says, this is my commandments. Do them. And it’s interesting to me.

[01:09:21] When Moses got the Ten Commandments and he read it to the children of Israel, remember that story? And he come down and he read it all to them. What was their response? All the Lord has said, we will do. And Moses basically said, no, you won’t.

[01:09:37] The very next thing Moses did went and made a blood sacrifice. It’s all about the blood of Jesus Christ. That’s the only way you’ll ever satisfy God’s law, is through Jesus Christ and his blood that he shed for us on the cross. So the law wasn’t with an oath. The priests weren’t made by an oath.

[01:09:58] No priest of the Order of Aaron was ever ordained and established on the. Basis of God’s personal oath. They only became priest after the law and commandments, not an oath.

[01:10:18] But this one was made a priest. This one, Jesus Christ was made a. Priest with an oath, with a promise. And a God swear by himself that no matter an oath by the one whom said, the Lord has sworn and will not change his mind. That’s good.

[01:10:40] The matter is settled, and it cannot be changed. Jesus will be your high priest. He will ever make intercession for you through his shed blood on the cross, always before the Father. For you the matter settle. When God says, I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish, his mind does not change.

[01:11:07] You can’t change it. You can’t do anything about it. Let me explain how I do that. And I gave JD. One of my favorite verses is Jeremiah 29.

[01:11:20] I think it talks about Jeremiah. And he was preaching or wanting to. Preach, and the people weren’t listening. He’s getting so frustrated, and he just. Says, that’s it, I’m done.

[01:11:29] I quit. I’m not going to be a preacher anymore. He says, but this fire in my bones, I cannot stay. I’m weary. It shut up in my bones withholding I cannot thank you for that, for.

[01:11:46] I hear many whispering. You’d see what he’s saying there? He can’t be quiet. Why can’t he be quiet? Because the Holy Spirit within him won’t let him.

[01:11:57] Those who say you can walk away. From your salvation, I say no, in. The nicest way I can put it. There is no way, because the Holy Spirit within you will convict you of the truth. And once you know truth, you can’t.

[01:12:12] Unknow truth, and the Holy Spirit will keep you. His mind does not change. He keeps you. You put a fire in your bones knowing that this is right, and I cannot walk away from it. So if you have truly accepted Jesus as your personal savior, I hear this all the time.

[01:12:31] Well, no, jesus won’t never. God won’t never take it back. But I can walk away from it. I bet you can’t. Not if you understand how the Holy Spirit works in your life.

[01:12:42] You can’t even walk away. And it’s not a thing about will, it’s the fire in your bones of knowing the truth and wanting to share the truth of the gospel. You can’t leave it. So I hope you understand that today his mind does not change. He is going to be a priest forever after.

[01:13:04] The order of Melchizedek. I told you I’m crumb. I bet you can’t. So I get a little country sometimes. I’m sorry, but verse 22 this makes.

[01:13:15] Jesus the granter of a better covenant. Now this is the first mentioned of a covenant. Remember back in chapter two, he first mentions a high priest. Now he first mentions a covenant here. In Hebrews, which means he’s building on something.

[01:13:32] He’s going to begin to build on this better covenant. The word surety means the one who. Guarantees the term of the agreement will carry it out. One, Timothy two. Five.

[01:13:49] For there is one God and one mediator between God and man, the man Jesus Christ. So it’s interesting to me that the. King James says by so much was. Jesus made a surety of a better testament. We are sure of this.

[01:14:09] We can rest in know they talk about the verse. Well, I’m having a hard time not remembering verses, but it’s the death of the testator. There couldn’t be a fulfillment. You know what’s neat about Jesus? When someone here on earth dies.

[01:14:28] My father just passed away a few. Weeks ago and I’m the executor of. The state and I have to take his will and make sure it’s carried out according to what he wants because he’s no longer with us. When Jesus made a covenant, not only did he make the covenant, he lives forever for us, making sure his covenant, his own personal covenant is being fulfilled. As he said it would.

[01:14:54] So it’s the surety of a better covenant because it is given to us by Jesus Christ and he is making sure that that covenant is being filled in our lives every day. Even more grounds to understand our eternal. Security, our assurance that we have in Christ. It’s not on our worst or our things that we do, but on what he does through us. So Jesus.

[01:15:25] Has an eternal heavenly priesthood and was established by his finished work on the cross and being the perfect. Lamb of God by his character who. Knew no sin, by the oath of God, the promise and the oath of. God and he is eternal. He ever maketh intercession for us.

[01:15:48] What a great salvation. How shall we escape so great a salvation? By thinking that we can lose it. Or that God’s going to take it. Away from us, or we are secure in Him.

[01:16:02] I honestly just don’t see how and. It’S not make belittling salvation. Some will say that I’m getting off. On a rabbit trail here, but I. Got to catch this one that some.

[01:16:19] Will say, well, you say that you’re saved so you can live all any way you want to. Are you crazy? That would be like me marrying my wife and then saying, okay, I’m going to go with all these other women and sleep with whoever I want to. I wouldn’t last long. My wife would make sure of it.

[01:16:38] For one thing we got to understand. As we’ll see in Hebrews chapter twelve. Is that once you’re his child, then. God is your father. He’s not going to let you go just down any path you want to and live any way you want to.

[01:16:57] I think we water down God’s ability to keep his children in line when we make that statement, oh, you’re saved and so now you just think you can live any old way you want to. No, I absolutely cannot because my Father in Heaven will straighten me out in a hurry. He’ll take me to the woodshed quickly. If I step out of line and I’m guaranteed that. Okay, I’m sorry I chased that rabbit a little bit too much, so let me get on.

[01:17:25] The former priests were many in number, but they were prevented by death from continuing in office. But.

[01:17:36] He holds his priesthood permanently because he continues forever. The former priest remember how they would die and then the one in the. City of refuge would let free at that death. These priests could not live because of sin. They could not live forever because of sin.

[01:17:58] But Jesus and his priesthood lives forever because he knew no sin. He became sin for us, but he. Himself knew no sin, so he ever. Intercedes for us permanently. Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him.

[01:18:21] Since he always lives to make intercession. For them, he is always making intercession for us. Don’t let Satan beat you down, destroy. You, steal your joy that you have in Christ the rest that you have. And talk about how terrible.

[01:18:40] Yes, we are terrible. But that’s why Jesus died on the. Cross for our sins, to free us from this bondage of sin that we. Rest in Christ Jesus, my Savior. So now the writer has established that why God changed the order of the priesthood from Aaron to after the order of Melchizedek.

[01:19:03] The priesthood and the law were imperfect. Because they were imperfect they could not continue forever because of sin. These priests would die and they couldn’t continue forever. And in three God swore by an. Oath that a new order would come.

[01:19:22] And we’ll see that here in just a little bit as we go on down. For it was indeed fitting that we. Believers should have such a high priest. Holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners and. Exalted above the heavens.

[01:19:42] Jesus was called of God, promised of. God, sent by God and exalted by God. No high priest of the Levitical priesthood. Could ever make that claim, but Jesus could. Promised of God, called by God, sent by God and exalted by God.

[01:20:07] That might be a good outline message right there. I might have to write that one down. So he has no need, like those priests, to offer sacrifices daily. There was no need of that. I think this almost is a reflection.

[01:20:24] Back to Hebrews six six, where those. Sacrifices and all those things would never bring repentance that you’re crucifying afresh the Son of God. These high priests didn’t need to do that. Jesus has no need to offer himself. Daily to continue to do that.

[01:20:44] You’re just crucifying the Son of God afresh. Those high priests did it every day as a picture of Jesus who would come and die for the sins of. The world. First for his own sins. Let me go back and just start.

[01:20:59] The beginning of the verse. He has no need. Jesus, like those high priests, the Levitical. Priests, to offer sacrifices daily for his. Own sins and then for those of the people.

[01:21:13] We saw where the high priest, when he made this sin offering, he didn’t just do it for the people, he had to do it for himself. But Jesus, he offered a sacrifice, his. Blood for the sacrifice, for the sins of the world, and that he was sinless. He didn’t offer it for himself. He didn’t die for himself.

[01:21:33] He died for the sins of the world. And the only way he could do that and then he was perfect, he was sinless. That’s why he was accepted by God. Since he did this once for all. When he offered up himself, jesus died.

[01:21:50] Once and for all. You don’t have to keep going back and recrucifying him. He can’t be recrucified. We’ll see that later in the chapters coming. So for the law appoints men in.

[01:22:05] Their weakness as high priest. These high priests are the law and the commandments. They became priests. But the word of the oath we talked about the promise and the oath in Psalms 110, which came after later. Than the law, appoints a son who has been made perfect forever.

[01:22:29] Jesus is our high priest and he’s driving that home to them. And he is our high priest in that in comparison to Aaron, the priestly duties of Aaron, jesus priesthood is superior in the order. After Melchizedek we’ve seen here in chapter. Seven, we might be able to go to chapter eight. I think it’s just a few 13 verses.

[01:23:04] I remember me right and just get my brain right. We might can get through that tonight if y’all want to continue to go. So Jesus is the fulfillment of the. Priesthood and the law. He is superior in order.

[01:23:20] He is superior than the high priest. Now we’re going to see that he. Is superior in the covenant. JD. You got anything while I’m bringing up.

[01:23:31] Another page of notes here? No, I’m digging the Southern Baptist creature tonight laying down the full loaves of cornbread. Yeah, I’m loving it, man. It’s awesome. Praise the Lord.

[01:23:51] Anybody got any question? Anything you don’t understand that we can make clear somehow?

[01:24:03] I don’t want to rush ahead and get too far. I want you to understand that like. I said, my goal is to point you to Jesus. And if you’re not getting there, then I’m failing.

[01:24:18] All right, chapter eight. So in Hebrews eight, the emphasis is on we talked about Jesus’s superior over the order of the priesthood. Now he’s superior over a better covenant. Wait, question.

[01:24:47] We got a question.

[01:24:54] Are we allowed to punish our animals?

[01:25:02] I certainly hope so, because I do.

[01:25:08] I don’t think we should be cruel. To them, but we do need to correct them and try to teach them. And train them anyway. Chapter eight, the emphasis on a better covenant. Chapter eight, the writer takes the time to reflect on what we have learned so far to summarize chapters one through seven.

[01:25:31] He goes on to explain why Jesus is superior to the old covenant, the old priesthood. He explains why the old covenant could. Not work, the need for a new and better covenant. He tells of a new covenant. Remember in the last chapter he first.

[01:25:49] Introduced the word covenant there, or testament. And how it’s superior to the old. Covenant that Jesus fulfilled it. So now question, is that so now. In verse one now the point in.

[01:26:08] What we are saying is this now. That we’ve got to this point, we have such a high priest. We have that high priest who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the majesty on high. Remember, that was very important for the Hebrew listeners to understand because in the. Tabernacle or in the temple there was.

[01:26:31] All kinds of furniture and things, but there was one thing that was always. Never there, and that was a place. For the high priest to set down because his work was never completed. It was never finished. But when Jesus offered himself, when Jesus died on the cross for our sins and ascended to the majesty on high, he sat down.

[01:26:53] It is finished. It is done. Salvation’s work is complete. So they needed to really understand that that Jesus sat down. Verse two, a minister in the holy.

[01:27:08] Place, in the true tent that the Lord set up and not man. So Jesus offered his blood not on. The holy of holies, not in the holy of holies here on earth on top of the mercy seat, but on a mercy seat. We’re going to see in the, I think, chapter nine on the mercy seat. In heaven, a place what was here.

[01:27:33] On earth was a shadow or a type of what’s in heaven. And I’ll try to show you some of that as we go. In the next two chapters, we have. A high priest, one making intercession for. Us based on his finished work, he.

[01:27:49] Sat down at the right hand of. Throne of the Majesty on high, making. Him superior to earthly High Priest, making Jesus superior to the work of the High Priest and that he set down. He superior to Moses, the Law, the. Angels, allowing us through Him to come.

[01:28:10] Boldly to the throne of grace, as we see in Hebrews 416. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in a time of need. Through Jesus we now have access into the Holy of Holies. I think my daughter last week put the Praise God, the veil is rent, the veil is tore from top to bottom. It’s opened up for whosoever will through the blood of Jesus Christ, we have access right to the throne of God, where we can cry, abba, Father, I can crawl right up in his lap.

[01:28:55] Through the blood of Jesus Christ, who. Has cleansed me from all my sins. So we boldly come into that throne of grace. So Jesus is superior because of his. Work, because of the work of the.

[01:29:09] Father and not man. Okay, every High Priest, verse three for. Every High priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. Thus it’s necessary for the priest also. To have something to offer.

[01:29:28] After the true tabernacle in Heaven, jesus. Fulfilled a heavenly ministry, not an earthly ministry, as we seen in verse two. That this is a true tent, not. One made by man, but a tabernacle in Heaven, a picture of what’s in Heaven. And if you’re not getting that, just hold on.

[01:29:51] We’re going to get deeper into that understanding. The contrast between an earthly tabernacle and a heavenly tabernacle. And it’s actually a type of what is in Heaven. We’re going to see that. So the Old covenant could not work.

[01:30:09] Now, if he were on Earth, he. Would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the Law. So if he had offered here on Earth, he wouldn’t have become our High Priest. He would just been a normal priest. He could not be a priest after an earthly tabernacle is what the writer is saying here.

[01:30:38] He did not become an earthly High. Priest of the tribe of Levi, as we saw, but he was superior to. Those High Priests because he fulfilled all. The Law as our High Priest after. The Order of Melchizedek, a superior priesthood of a heavenly tabernacle.

[01:30:59] It says in verse or I’m sorry, verse five, we’re going to get into this comparison between the earthly and the heavenly. They serve a copy, a shadow of heavenly things. Did y’all know that that all that’s in the tabernacle, the temple was a. Picture or a shadow of Heaven? Of what’s?

[01:31:23] In heaven. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, the tabernacle here on Earth, he was instructed by God, saying, see that you make everything according to the. Pattern that was sworn shown you on the mountain. And I hope you know that when he went up on Sinai, everybody knows he got the Ten Commandments. What else did he get?

[01:31:50] He got what I call the blueprints to the tabernacle. God gave him the Ten Commandments, and then he gave him the tabernacle both on Sinai. And when God gave him, he said. You do it exactly like I said do it. God gave him all the dimensions, all the materials, the gold, the Akaya wood or some pronounce it shittam wood or whatever, the bronze, all the fabrics, all the goat skins and ram skins and battered skins and all those things, all are a picture.

[01:32:27] And they point to Christ in one way or another. The outer curtain and its gates and its pillars and its columns and its cords and its stakes. All these things where God gave exactly how many, what size, where to put them, everything. And he said, you be sure, Moses. You build exactly what I say because it was a picture or a shadow.

[01:32:52] Of a heavenly thing we’re going to see. So right now I just want to sort of maybe go over some of that with you. So you get this picture, I hope, and I don’t know if some of you could bring up pictures of the. Brazen altar, the earthly I meant to. Have this for you, but I just.

[01:33:11] Didn’T slipped my mind. The earthly tabernacle or later temple, was a type or shadow of heavenly tabernacle. The Brazen altar in Isaiah 66, you. See Isaiah before the Lord. And he says, then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand which had taken.

[01:33:32] With the tongs off the altar a brazen altar in heaven, a place where. The lambs and the bulls and the goats and all that were sacrificed. The blood was shed. The four horns on each side of it where these animals were tied to this altar. And they were sacrificed for the sins of the people.

[01:33:55] Jesus was placed on a cross, and his hands and his feet were bound. As he shed his precious blood for. The sins of the world, for my sins and for your sins. The cross is the picture of the Brazen altar. Or the Brazen altar is a picture of the cross where the blood was.

[01:34:13] Shed, going back to Isaiah 66. And he took one of these tongues. Off the altar and he laid it. Upon my mouth and said, lo, this hath touched my lips. And thy iniquity is taken away, and thy sin is purged.

[01:34:28] So at the cross, our sins are our iniquities, our sins are taken away. And our sins were purged through the work of Jesus on the cross, through his shed blood. So the Brazen altar is a picture of judgment. It’s made of bronze. Bronze is always judgment in Scripture.

[01:34:48] Most always referred to as judgment in Scripture. And as you went on from the eastern gate, the Brazen altar first, then the labor was next. It was also made of bronze. It had water in it that they would wash their hands and their feet. And in the bottom of this labor thank you, Tigre.

[01:35:11] That’s the Brazen altar made of bronze and the four horns and the staves. That would hold it up and they could carry it. So now we come to the Laver. And it’s interesting about the Lather. Remember I said God told Moses, you make it exactly how I said.

[01:35:31] And God gave every dimension and all that. The only thing God said about the. Laver was make it a bronze, fill. It with water to wash their feet and polish the bronze or polish and. Make mirrors in the bottom of it.

[01:35:47] Now, the labor is a picture of. God’s word, the cleansing power of God’s. Word in our life. As we look into the word of. God, the living water, we see ourselves.

[01:36:00] The high priest, as he would wash his hands. He didn’t see all of Israel who sinned. He saw himself a sinner that needed. To be cleansed, that needed his sins. Cleanse, that he had done.

[01:36:16] And the interesting part about the labor. Is there was no dimensions God gave. No, the only piece of furniture in the tabernacle god didn’t give strict dimensions about. I believe that is because there is no limit to God’s power to cleanse. The sinner of his sin.

[01:36:40] Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. There is no limit to God’s cleansing power. So he didn’t give any dimensions at the labor. We see the labor in heaven, a type of the labor in Revelation Four. Six, I believe, in 15 two.

[01:37:01] And before the throne there was a sea of glass likened a crystal. And in the midst of the throne and roundabout the throne were four beasts full of eyes. And before and behind and in chapter. 15, verse two, there’s the labor. Thank you.

[01:37:15] And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire. The bronze is judgment, fire is judgment. This sea of glass and them that had gotten the victory over the beast and over the image and over his mark and over the number of his name stand on the sea of glass having the harps of God. He said, Brother Kenny, that don’t sound. Like labor to me.

[01:37:41] That’s water. Thank you. These are exactly right. Once we’re in heaven, in our glorified bodies, there is no more need for cleansing from sin. We stand perfectly righteous before the throne.

[01:37:57] Of God without sin. And so this sea of glass is glassed over, but it’s still there as a picture of the labor in heaven, the picture of what the labor used to do here on earth. But they’re standing before the throne of. God with their sins washed away. Then you come in as you go into the tabernacle itself, into the first.

[01:38:23] Section, into the holy place is this first compartment is called.

[01:38:34] Is the altar of incense. Now, that’s straight ahead, right in front of the if you walk through the first curtain, you look straight ahead. Right in front of the veil was this altar of incense. It was made of a kaya wood overlaid with gold. It had horns on it.

[01:38:53] This is where you saw John the Baptist father praying when the angel appeared to him and said, you’re going to have a son. This was the altar of incense. And in Revelation 83, it says, another angel came and stood at the altar having a golden censor. And there was given unto him much. Incense that he should offer it with.

[01:39:17] The prayers of the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. There you go. You can see it there, right before the veil. Thank you, Ashley. You’re doing such a great job that.

[01:39:32] This altar of incense is where the high priest would go. He would get coals off the altar. Or off the brazen altar out in the courtyard, and he would bring those. Coals and put the incense on it and burn them on this altar of incense as he began every day in prayer. And he ended every day at this altar of incense in prayer.

[01:39:55] And as this incense went up and. This smoke went up, it was a. Sweet smelling savor in the nostrils of God continually, every day, the priest would begin his day there and end his day there. Anybody getting the picture? You begin your day in prayer and.

[01:40:13] Pray all day and end your day in prayer. There’s a picture of the altar of incense in heaven as we see as this angel stood before this altar with a golden censor. And he talks about the prayers of the saints. He’s the way, the truth and the life. Exactly.

[01:40:33] So we come next. If you’re coming in this first curtain, you look straight ahead the altar of incense. If you were to look to your. Left on the southern wall, if I got that right, was a golden lampstand. And this golden lampstand would stand and this has the seven parts that come.

[01:40:58] Out with the lamp oil on each one of them. I’m having a hard time what do. They call that, the Jewish name for that other than golden lampstand. But you see it today when they. Do Hanukah a lot.

[01:41:14] But this golden lampstand would stand there and it’s what? Thank you. It lit up. What was in this holy place. That was the light that they have.

[01:41:26] It’s the picture of as we walk. Daily in the light of his Word. The oil that runs through all the different veins of to feed the lamps. The Holy Spirit is the oil that gives us light to the Word of God, that gives us light to the things that God wants. It as we walk in his light.

[01:41:49] In the light of His Word. This is the golden lampstand.

[01:41:54] It talks about that in Revelation Four five. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices, and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the. Throne, before the Holy of Holies, which. Were the seven spirits of God. So we sort of see a picture.

[01:42:11] Of that lampstand, I believe, there in heaven. Now, if you were to turn to your right, to the northern wall, you’d. See a table of showbread. This table of showbread is where the priest would eat daily, and they would get there’s a place of fellowship. So we’re saved out of the Brazen altar.

[01:42:33] We’re cleansed by his word. We walk in the light of His Word. We have fellowship at the table of showbread with one another, and we make our intercession, our prayers at the altar of incense. This is all the Christian walk as. We walk our daily lives through the work of Christ on the cross.

[01:42:54] There we go. There’s the table. Show bread. Just a table that they would put. Bread on and have fellowship in there.

[01:43:02] Jesus says, pointing this to Jesus in John 649 through 51, I am the bread of life. Your Father did eat manna in the. Wilderness and are dead. This is the bread which cutth down. From heaven that a man may eat.

[01:43:20] Thereof and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eateth this bread, he shall live forever. And the bread that I will give. Is my flesh, which I will give.

[01:43:35] For the life of the world. Jesus gave Himself this living bread. He is the bread of life. In Him, we have eternal life. And then through that, we have fellowship with one another.

[01:43:51] We have fellowship through the Father, through the broken body of our Savior on the cross. So then that’s the holy place. Then if you were to walk forward. And you could go through the veil. Well, we can nowadays, because we know it’s rent, right?

[01:44:09] We know it’s torn from top to bottom. We have direct access into the Holy of Holies, or the very throne of God. This is where the Ark of the Covenant was. And on top of it was a lid. I call it a lid, but it was called the Mercy Seat.

[01:44:25] And these two cherubims overshadowed with their wings forward, protecting the holiness of God. There you go. Thank you. They would overshadow it, protecting the holiness of God. And in between these two wings on.

[01:44:39] This lid is where the high priest would put the blood sacrifice. This is where it was. And under this lid now, in there, you had the Ten Commandments. You had Aaron’s Rod that butted, and you had the bowl of manna. The Ten Commandments was God’s law.

[01:44:56] How perfect, how holy is his requirement for holiness. Aaron’s Rod that butted to remind them that he had brought them once and for all out of the bondage of Egypt. Remember as he threw it down and it turned into a steak and it butted and all that stuff, it was a constant reminder to all the people there to remember what God had done for them. And then in provision of the manna, the bowl of manna, or that God provided for them in the wilderness as they wandered through the wilderness.

[01:45:38] And in the ark of the Covenant, we see. And the temple of God was opened. In heaven, and there was seen in. The temple the ark of His Testament. And there are lightnings and voices and thunders and earthquakes of great hail.

[01:45:56] Hebrews 911 through I’ll get to your question. Just a minute, nori I just want. To keep my thought on this, and then I’ll quit. But Christ become a high priest of. A good things to come by a.

[01:46:10] Greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building, neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood. He entered once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled the unclean sanctified to the purifying. Of the flesh, how much more shall. The blood of Jesus, the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit, offer himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works that ties into.

[01:46:49] I believe, six Hebrews. Six again. To serve a living God. So let me one more john 2017. Jesus said john 2017 you remember when Mary came up to Jesus and she.

[01:47:10] Saw him in the garden, and when. She realized he said, Mary, and she realized it was Jesus, he went to touch Him and he said, Touch me not. Some may argue this, but after studying. The tabernacle and seeing all that, I. Believe at that point Jesus had not.

[01:47:28] Ascended to the Father to apply his. Blood on the mercy seat in heaven. Because when the high priest once he. Shed the blood of this blood of. Bulls and goats at the Brazen altar, he was not to be defiled in.

[01:47:44] Any way, not to be touched. He was to go straight into the holy of holies with it and apply the blood on the mercy seat. If some was to come up and touch Him, he was considered defiled and. Could not enter in. Jesus told Mary, do not touch me yet.

[01:48:00] But remember, he told Thomas later that day, he says, here, touch me. Put your hands through my side. So from the point where he saw Mary to the time he saw Thomas, I believe he ascended to His Father and applied his perfect blood on the mercy seat in heaven to make an atonement for the sins of the world. Before the throne of God. That’s my belief on it.

[01:48:23] And if you don’t have. The same then that’s he I’ll just say this. I know it happened and it’s complete. And God accepted it. Whichever way it so this is why when Moses was warned to build this tabernacle exactly after the pattern I’ve shown you, because it was the testimony of the real tabernacle or the real setting before the throne of God, which is.

[01:48:55] In heaven, now, there was a question before I go to verse six or something, I pray.

[01:49:15] Okay, all right, we can address that later. I’m right in the middle of this. Study, so thank you for that, but. Let me keep on with my study. Here verse six, and I’ve got about nine minutes.

[01:49:29] I don’t know if I’m going to make it or not, but if not. We’Ll just pick up next week. But as is, Christ has obtained a. Ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better since it is enacted. On a better promise.

[01:49:54] So Jesus is a better promise, he is a better ministry in that it’s a heavenly ministry, matthew 26 28. Or this is my blood of the. New Testament, which is shed for many for the remissions of sin. For this is my blood that is. Of a New Testament.

[01:50:15] We’re talking about a better covenant, a better way, a better promise. John 640 and this is the will. Of him that sent me, that everyone which seeth the Son and believeth on. Him may have every lasting life, and. I will raise him up in the last day.

[01:50:35] So this is a new covenant, a better way, the need for a better covenant. Because the old covenant was weak and it could not do what God demanded, it was done by sinful man, but what Jesus did in fulfilling that and he was not sinful, he did perfectly and was accepted by the Father. For if verse seven for if that. First covenant had been flawless, there would. Have been no occasion to look for a second.

[01:51:07] If the law, if the tabernacle and all that sacrificial system could make someone. Perfect, then there was no reason for Jesus to come. Jesus died in vain. The law had its faults because it was done by sinful men that could not keep it. For he God finds fault with them when he says, behold, the days are.

[01:51:35] Coming, declare the Lord, when I will. Establish a new covenant with the house. Of Israel and with the house of Judah. Not like the covenant I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. Not by that law, not by the Ten Commandments, but I’m a new covenant, for they did not continue in my covenant, and so I showed no concern.

[01:52:00] For them, declares the Lord. He tells of a new covenant, how. It’S superior to the old covenant, for. This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after. Those days, declares the Lord, and then.

[01:52:15] Not just to them. Romans 1127 for this is my covenant. To them when I shall take their sins away, that he’s taken our sins away. This is the new covenant through Jesus Christ.

[01:52:33] I hate to rush through this if there’s some meat in here that I. Don’T want to miss, but he’s quoting. Jeremiah 31 31 through 34. In Ezekiel, there’s many prophecies of the new covenant. It’s I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

[01:52:54] They shall not teach each one his neighbor and each one his brothers, saying. Know the Lord, for they shall know me. This is the Holy Spirit within us. Writing these laws on our hearts, to. Speak to our hearts, to get us to do the things that God wants us to do and to live the way that God wants us no longer by written laws.

[01:53:18] For I will have mercy toward their iniquities. Now, you didn’t hear that in the. Old Testament, too much. Whenever they sinned, God didn’t show much mercy. But because of the blood of Jesus, he says, I will remember their sins no more.

[01:53:34] See, we’re transitioning here from earthly to a heavenly. God is not wanting an external expression of your faith, but more of an internal that produces an external expression of your faith, an internal covenant that he. Gives us, not what we can do. But what God does through us. So in verse 13 and speaking of.

[01:54:03] The new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. You hear that? The first one obsolete. And what has become obsolete and growing. Old is ready to vanish away because.

[01:54:18] Of the superiority of Jesus Christ, our high priest. And this new covenant that God has established with all men, that through only through the blood of Jesus Christ that you can come before Him to be found righteous in Him. God has made a new covenant with mankind of how salvation.

[01:54:43] Takes place in the life of the believer. I got about four minutes. Anybody’s got any comments? JD, you got any comments on this?

[01:54:56] Yeah, this is the most meaty part of Hebrews eight through eight through ten. And like you said, it’s not something you can really rush through because there’s so much to unpack, but just on the mere fact and just to back up a little bit, when you were speaking about the shadow and the law was a shadow. Now, the best way to the Greek word for shadow is skia. And we know when the sun is at the perfect height in the afternoon and you stand out in an open field that costs a shadow of yourself. You see your silhouette on the ground, so you can see your outline and your features pretty much identically, but you can’t see the internal, you can’t see your face.

[01:55:52] It’s not like looking into a mirror. You can see everything there is to see. If you put your hand up, you can see your hand. If you’ve got long hair and it’s waving in the wind, you can see this too. And ultimately, when we look at this outline, like I say, the Greek is skier.

[01:56:12] It’s an image caused by an object that is representing the form of that object. So, again, if we look at the deeper meaning and understanding of what it means, why the law was a shadow and why the tabernacle had to be built to such precision, was that what would come after that would reveal how perfect God is, how full God is, how complete God is. And again, Kenny’s already said this. No one walks away from the faith. No one comes to the knowledge of the truth.

[01:56:49] And this is why I say when people and they get upset and we’ve all witnessed this, when you say you were never saved, and they’re like, I was saved. I prayed in tongues and I did all these things, and you’re like, ultimately, that’s not what it’s about. That’s not what coming to the knowledge of the truth is about. Gifts are secondary. The truth is that we preach Christ crucified.

[01:57:15] And why do we preach Christ crucified? Why are we not going around preaching the law and explaining to you? And although it’s awesome to do these studies where we can see the fullness of the tabernacle and we can see all these things broken down for us, and it’s good for learning, but ultimately, it’s got absolutely nothing to do with saving faith. It’s got absolutely nothing to do with salvation. And this is the author of Hebrews, again and again, is putting the emphasis on why you can’t go back to former.

[01:57:52] And as we’ve seen, the prophet Jeremiah comes out and he says, behold those days it will come where I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. We see that Jesus Christ in his fullness when revealed to mankind anyone who leans on anything other than that. Again, when Jesus Christ said, I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life, he gave a perfect example of what the tabernacle is. And literally, if we look at it in its fullest, the when you entered in, that was the way, then you went into the truth, and then you went into the holy of Holies, which was the life. So we see all three broken down there.

[01:58:38] Jesus didn’t speak the way he spoke to confuse anyone, those and this is where cultural context is so important. Those who understood the law, understood Moses, understood all these things, all these ordinances and decrees knew exactly what Jesus was saying. And this is why, again, they understood completely in the fullness. When Jesus Christ proclaimed the words eloi eloi lema sebachtani, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? They knew right there and then, despite the signs around them, the clouds going dark and the earth shaking and the veil being torn, they knew exactly what they had done.

[01:59:25] And this is why we today again, we can go to Romans one even, where Paul says, god has revealed himself invisible and invisible things. Everybody knows God. Everybody knows that God is real. They just choose to suppress the truth or hide the truth. And this is confirming a conversation we see with Jesus and Nicodemus in John chapter three, where he says, those who have not stepped out into the light, they stand condemned already.

[01:59:57] And this confirms what Paul says to us in Romans chapter three and four and five, and when he goes into explaining what sin is and why sin affects us and separates us from God. So once we’ve come to the fullness of the understanding of what Jesus Christ did from start to finish and why everything they if they were truly seeking to serve God. And this is a part that a lot of people don’t mention, but throughout Christ’s earthly ministry, what was upsetting the Pharisees more than anything else was members of the Pharisees that were following Jesus. They were getting upset because people were walking away from following the law. And they followed this guy.

[02:00:47] And to this day, the Jews still maintain, they still maintain that Jesus Christ was a fraud because it takes away from everything they could do, everything they are doing all the holy days. This is what they became obsessed about. They became obsessed with their culture, with their righteous living, if I can put it that way. And Christ said, you’ve missed the point. You’ve completely missed the point.

[02:01:16] That was never the point of the law. That was never why the law was implemented in the first place. It was all to point you to me. And they missed it because they were so bound on being righteous and playing I’ve kept the law better than you’ve kept the law. And we see that today, even in Christian denominations.

[02:01:42] We see this legalistic, self righteous attitude of, I’m less of a sinner than you are. But when we realize that we’re all sinners and we all are in desperate need of God’s mercy daily, then humility kicks in and we see, okay, this is why the crucifixion is so important. This is why the blood of Jesus is so important. This is why he took on the full wrath of God. Because ultimately, all sin, whether it’s a white lie or a lie that cripples nations, it’s still a sin against a thrice holy God.

[02:02:21] And this is ultimately as you go through. And I’m glad that Kenny hasn’t rushed through chapter eight, because you can spend. 2 hours discussing Hebrews chapter eight, and. Then even more so as you dive into chapter nine. And I would say, yes, Kira, I would say people have made the law an idol.

[02:02:45] Especially when we look at the Torah, observing community like, yes, we’ve got Jesus but the law this, the law that. No, it’s the other way around, it’s the law this, the law that. But now we have Christ, but now we have the finished sacrifice, now we have the perfect blood of Jesus. So a lot of people have made the law an mean. And Paul even dives into that in Romans chapter six, where he know the law is good, the law is pure, the law is holy, it’s God’s law.

[02:03:19] But ultimately the law was put in to point out what sin is. That was the purpose of the law, to show God’s people what sin is. And when you go through the Levitical code, you go through 613 ordinances. A lot of those ordinances were put in place so that they would be separated from the people around them, so that they would be different from the people around them. And today, where we are, the Christian is different from the people around them because of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, because of our belief in the Gospel, because of our belief in the finished work of Christ.

[02:03:56] Jesus has got absolutely nothing to do with what we do or don’t do, but what we do believe and don’t believe. And this is why we come back to the we stand on the premise of you either have all of God’s word or none of God’s words. No true believer will tell you that we’ll speak ill of God’s law. We don’t look at the law and go, oh well, it’s rubbish. And we just look at this and now grace.

[02:04:27] And that’s not the right attitude. That’s not how we approach the scripture. We look at the law of God, and the law of God is supposed to point out how flawed you are as a human being and point to the grace that we have received from Jesus Christ. That’s what the law brings out in us. So you can see like, wow, God’s mercies truly know no bounds.

[02:04:54] God’s mercies truly extend much further than any human eye can. And this is why we approach people with love and the message of the. Gospel, because we’re forever going to try. And justify ourselves by our own goodness, rather than submit to the fact that there is no one good, no not one. All have fallen short of the glory of God.

[02:05:18] The only reason we can read that text and comprehend that text is when we have come to the terms that this is the only way we are saved by believing that Jesus Christ paid it all and took it all. The moment we start adding to that or removing from that, we have erred from the truth and we have abandoned the faith in a sense that we are now relying on something other than the finished work of Jesus Christ.

[02:05:52] Amen. Thank you, JD.

[02:05:57] Let me say this about the law and the sacrificial. A lot of people will tell you. That that’s how they were saved in the Old Testament. No, it was not that sacrificial system and all that. All that was was a constant daily.

[02:06:13] Reminder of their sin and that their. Need for a savior who would once. Die for their sin. They were saved by believing God and. Putting their faith in, just like Abraham, he believed God and it was counted.

[02:06:32] To him for righteousness before the law. So the Old Testament were saved much like we were. And I know there’s a group I’d rather make fun of us and say, oh, they look to Christ, we look back to Christ and they make fun of that statement. But that is exactly what it was about. All the tabernacle and all that stuff.

[02:06:52] Pointed to Christ and when they did. It, it reminded them of their sinfulness and their need for a savior every day. And when Jesus came and died and fulfilled that, now we look back to. That cross and say, he did that. For me on the cross, and I am free in Him, I rest in Him.

[02:07:14] I don’t have to do all those dead works anymore. Amen. I don’t it one more thing. It just sort of been eating at. Me this I keep hearing that when.

[02:07:27] Jesus came, he was telling the Jews. And stuff at that time that he. Was promising them an earthly kingdom and that’s what he came for. And then it’s like Jesus changed his mind so well, they didn’t accept me, so now I’m going to have to go to the cross. That was absolutely not true.

[02:07:45] Jesus knew exactly why he was coming. He came to die for the sins of the world, never to offer an earthly kingdom. So don’t let anybody mislead you on that. The message of the Gospel has been the same from Genesis to Revelation. It never.

[02:08:07] Loud. And just to put emphasis for you, my sister Kira, the law in itself is not an idol. But here’s the difference. We see the Ten Commandments and here’s the thing. What I say to people out of the Ten Commandments, we see every single one of them mentioned in the New Testament apart from the Sabath day.

[02:08:31] That’s because Christ has become our Sabbath. And that’s what we see in the book of Hebrews as well as we get through it, that Christ is our rest, he is our Sabbath. But the reason that the Ten Commandments are brought up, a lot of people will. And this is where hypergrace is dangerous, because they’ll say to you, the Ten Commandments are irrelevant. Why does Paul then go to in Ephesians six, he says he brings up the commandments of children, obeying their parents so that they may have a long life and things will go well with them and they will be able to live long in the land and things will go well with them.

[02:09:04] And then he goes on to say, this is the first commandment with the promise. He brings it up again because it’s still very much relevant. So here’s the sense the law can become an idol. If I look at Thou shalt not Kill as a fact of I’m not going to kill so that I can be in right standing with God, I may have already heard because I’m not not killing people because I want to be in right standing with God. I’m not not killing people because I love Jesus Christ.

[02:09:34] And because I love Jesus Christ, I love other and this is the essence and the truest form of having an understanding of the law being written on our hearts, which again, I know we’re going to get into that as we progress through the study. But the reality of God’s law, the reality of God’s law is it’s always been by grace. David was saved by grace, samson was saved by grace, jonah was saved by grace, moses was saved by grace, all of them were saved by grace. No one was saved according to the deeds that they did. And ultimately, this is what we see with people out there.

[02:10:23] And I know Kenny’s the same as me, we see these videos, we don’t even bother commenting on these videos because they’re self deceived. They’re not reading God’s word to understand God. They’re using God’s word as a weapon to break others down. And this is the difference between a minister of Christ, as we see in the apostle Paul, and what does he say? In one Corinthians eleven, there are those who preach Christ out of contention, supposed to add affliction to my bonds, but Christ is being preached nonetheless.

[02:10:54] So this is why we can sit back and go, you’re still mentioning the name of Jesus. And anyone who truly believes the Gospel and is truly seeking Jesus will be regenerated by the Holy Spirit and they. Will grow in their faith. Because I trust the Bible. I trust what God says in his word.

[02:11:14] I don’t trust what people say and how people say. And these same people who stand with their presuppositions of there’s a different meaning between testament and covenant and there’s multiple Gospels. And whatever the case may be, those same people will say, you can’t trust men, you can’t trust the writings, you can’t trust church history, but I can trust you. How does that work? That within itself is a contradiction and it’s hypocritical because we’ve got these writings, we’ve got the instruction, we’ve got the commentaries, we’ve got the Greek, we’ve got the Hebrew.

[02:11:53] It’s not just a coincidence that God has preserved His Word, but he has preserved His Word in absolutely every single language that is being spoken on earth today. That’s how awesome God is. So if you’re going to tripped up with translations, you’re going to get tripped up with the law, you’re going to tripped up with that was to them and this is to those. No, that’s not how we look at it. Yes, there were certain instances where Jesus Christ was speaking directly to a sect of pharisees and we can’t just go grip that and apply it to anyone else we want to rebuke.

[02:12:31] Because, for example, I can’t run around in places and start calling everybody broods of vipers because John the Baptist once used that.

[02:12:44] There’s more to it. There’s more to it. And ultimately what happens is, as Kenny already said, and I’ll say it again, we sin abounded, grace abounded even more. We trust that Jesus Christ has chosen those who are able to minister his word from a place of humility. And anyone who is preaching Christ from a place other than humility and love shouldn’t be preaching Christ at all.

[02:13:14] And I’ll die on that.

[02:13:21] Amen, brother. But that was awesome. I’m looking forward to next week already. It’s been an absolute blessing. And Kenny, thank you so much for the detail you bring, especially for those who are eager to learn.

[02:13:38] I see at one point we had 30 people or 32 people in the Chat, which is a blessing. And the way you’ve unpacked it for us, again, going into the detail of every single verse, that’s what we are called to do. So bless you, brother, for taking the time to do this for all of us and be here and edify us all. Because truly, when Kenny first said to me, look, he wants to do a study on Hebrews, I was like, man, this is just from God. Because, and I’ll say it again, probably every week as we go through this, this is probably one of the most ignored books and it destroys every false doctrine that is out there.

[02:14:25] Every false doctrine that is out there is destroyed by the Book of Hebrews, completely dismantled and torn apart. So absolutely grateful for you, my brother, Papa Bear. It was absolute blessing and God bless you. I hope you guys have a fantastic evening and well, it’s now 416 in the morning and yeah, I see. I’ve got a question about secular music.

[02:14:57] What’s your question about secular music? Should you listen to secular music? I get that all the time. At the end of the day, I’ve explained this to people again and again. What does it do to your spirit?

[02:15:14] What does it do to your spirit? Does it get you closer to God? Or does it push you further away from God? And ultimately, I’ll still put know, as Ashley will tell you, I’ll put on the Backstreet Boys every now and again just to reminisce on my childhood days. But if it’s not going to bring you closer to God, then it’s generally, like I say, if you’re listening to vulgar music, I would definitely not do that.

[02:15:50] But there are secular songs that are not, if I can put it this way, inherently evil.

[02:15:59] Like a love song or whatever the case may be. But there are lyrics today in modern day artists where their lyrics are just vulgar, profanities. And again, we are told not to let corrupt speech leave our mouths. We are told not to. We are you know, our words are to be seasoned with grace and with salt.

[02:16:20] So if the lyrics you are singing to whatever artist it is you’re listening to defame women talk about killing and murder and sex and drugs, then, yeah, I wouldn’t listen to it because ultimately it doesn’t glorify God, nor does it do anything for your edification and it doesn’t build you up. So I still listen to metal music, but all the metal I listen to is Christian. It’s all Christian artists. And even though they scream and the lyrics that they are screaming are glorifying God, not everybody agrees with it and not everybody likes it. Now, I get that each to their own, but whatever we do, we should be doing for the glory of God.

[02:17:06] So we always come back to Matthew 633. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and the rest will be added. So that’s ultimately the first thing we look at is.

[02:17:21] Okay, I cut out the demonic music about bad stuff and I just listen to Kpop. But I set a limit to it. I don’t listen to it in the morning and I don’t listen to it past 06:00. So I’m mostly trying to indulge music about God and I was wondering if that was okay.

[02:17:50] You take that one, Kenny, go ahead. I was just going to say, I was taught as a young boy from. My childhood pastor, if you have to ask is it okay? Just like we talked about tonight, I will write my laws on their hearts. If you are questioning anything you’re doing, it may just be the Holy Spirit convicting you or telling you he don’t.

[02:18:16] Want you doing that. It could be anything. So anything you question like that rather than come to me or JD, I mean, we’d be glad to help in. Any way we could, but ultimately I can’t tell you what’s okay for me. Is okay for you, or vice versa.

[02:18:36] You. Let the Holy Spirit guide you. And so if the Holy Spirit is impressing upon you, should I be doing this? Then I would suggest you probably need. To be in prayer and searching the Scripture to see what God says about obviously, if it’s clear in scripture, then.

[02:18:52] There is no gray area there. But there are some areas that people ask. And if you ask, then maybe the. Holy Spirit is trying to lead you in a different direction.

[02:19:06] It was because I feel on TikTok a lot and there’s like people saying, oh, don’t listen. It’s like a music, oh, you can listen and just cut off certain music or it was just going back and forth and it was confusing me. So I was just like questioning it. Yeah. And again, Kat and I addressed this like months ago.

[02:19:28] Also on the know, if you’ve got a question, you get to a point. If you focused on Jesus Christ, you get to a point where you no longer have to ask the question, is this a sin? As Kenny just said, your convictions come from the Holy Spirit. And you should listen to the Holy Spirit before you listen to the opinions of others because this is ultimately what happens. You can keep going around to every single Christian until you find a Christian who says to you, it’s absolutely fine to listen to all forms of secular music.

[02:20:01] This is where are we seeking our teachers that will give us the message that we want to hear or do we want the truth? And as Kenny has given you the advice, I 100% agree with my brother there that’s some Godly wisdom. If you’re convicted about something and Paul dives into this. If we’ve got brothers and sisters who don’t want to eat meat, then we don’t eat meat in front of them because we don’t want to create stumbling blocks. It’s not because eating meat is a sin, but it’s because they’ve got their personal convictions over eating certain meats.

[02:20:33] And if their faith is in Christ alone and they believe that they are saved by the blood of Jesus Christ, they just want to refrain from eating bacon. Then we don’t force them to eat bacon because we are allowed to eat bacon. The same principle.

[02:20:50] Yeah, exactly. All things are permissible, but not all things are beneficial. So again, listen to your personal convictions. If the Holy Spirit is saying, why are you listening to so much music? Generally?

[02:21:03] That’s a good call to go. Okay, instead of listening to this, I should be spending those 2 hours in the word or changing up the scene. With that being said, I’ve got a bounce, I’ve got an early morning, so I’m going to try and get another hour’s sleep in before my son wakes up. And I’ve got at church this morning. So I love you all.

[02:21:24] God bless you all. Kenny, thanks again, my brother. I love you. I will see you guys in the week. Thank you, JD.

[02:21:30] Get some rest. Thank you, Kenny. I have one more question. How do I know if a church is true? Like how do I know it’s not deceiving me or twisting verses?

[02:21:46] Well, once again, that’s why it’s important for us to know the study to show thyself approved unto God. A workman needeth not to be ashamed, rightly. Dividing the word of truth. So one, you get as good a foundation in scripture as you can and. Then let the Holy Spirit lead you.

[02:22:05] To a you know, if you go to a church again and the preacher is standing up there saying some things. That you just don’t feel right, that’s. In your spirit, it may. Be the Holy Spirit speaking to you, telling you, hey, you need to look. Into this, or you need to take.

[02:22:23] Caution here in what’s being said.

[02:22:28] That’s a thing that finding a church. Is something that you just don’t go to just because your friends are going or just because I believe a church that you go to as a calling from God. He says he places the members in. The body as it pleases him, and. I think I apply that to the church.

[02:22:48] He has a church for you, and. If you’re asking Him to take you to the church, he’ll lead you there into a church that teaches sound doctrine. So just a little bit a short answer on that, I guess, but it’s. Important that we know the Scriptures and we’re sensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit. Yeah, that last baptism, they told me that one of my churches were false because they wanted me to be the church wanted me to be re baptized because I wasn’t baptized in the name of Jesus, and I was only baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

[02:23:33] Well, I don’t that’s probably one of. The areas that people want to argue over. He says, baptizing in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.

[02:23:52] In the name of Jesus. He represents the know. That would be difficult to me. The baptism doesn’t save you. You understand that.

[02:24:03] It’s just an outward expression of that. You are saved, that you’ve already accepted Jesus as your personal savior. It’s just a public profession of your faith. As you identify with Christ in his death, burial, and resurrection, you stand there in the water. You’re buried with Him in baptism and raised to walk in newness of life, his resurrection.

[02:24:27] So it’s just symbolic of what you have already believed in. It’s a public announcement of I am a Christian, I’m trusting Jesus as my personal savior. So baptism doesn’t save you. And that may just be a little. Play on words, but there was a.

[02:24:45] Question last week about did Timothy write Hebrews? And I meant to remember it. Some speculate he does and even some Bible translations will say at the end of Hebrews written by Timothy. I don’t think so, just because the. Last chapter pretty much says that something.

[02:25:06] About Timothy coming, and I don’t know why that would be in there if Timothy wrote it. So I lean more toward Paul or Apollos or maybe Paul and Luke. I think it was probably whoever did. It was very close to Paul if. Paul didn’t do it himself.

[02:25:26] But like I said, the main point. Of it is that God is the author, and man pinned it and these. Great truths in the book of Hebrews. So I don’t get too much in the argument over who wrote it. Too much other than what the message?

[02:25:44] Kenny, can I add something right quick? Yes, sir. I think it is crucial when people are looking for a church is getting a hold of the Holy Spirit in their prayer life. And if they need to lean on a little bit of fasting going forward and just really digging down and just getting a hold of the Holy Spirit and having the Holy Spirit directing them to that place. Because your local church is not like a book club that you’re getting into, it’s your spiritual greenhouse that you’re serving into and growing into and serving your community in.

[02:26:32] And it’s so vitally important that you are in the right one that you’re serving in and you’re growing in and that you’re hearing the right message in the scriptures, scripture wise and this hold down and this fully immerse yourself and how to get that answer from God on where you should be going, very vitally important, right? Maybe to answer some dead giveaway. And I moved to, I’m not even. Going to say the particular place, but. An area where I had to look.

[02:27:18] For a new church a few years back. And for two years I looked for. A church and one of them that. I went to, I really liked and everything seemed right. But I got to noticing the blood.

[02:27:31] Of Jesus was never mentioned. They didn’t lift up the name of Jesus ever. And I thought, wow, it sounds so good. But Jesus is not being magnified in first. John tells us if they don’t confess Jesus, if Jesus is not the center.

[02:27:49] Of what’s going on there, that may. Be a church you might need to run from. So that’s one of my dead giveaways. With that one is that for six. Weeks I never heard the pastor mention.

[02:28:01] The blood of.

[02:28:05] Melchizedek. Did Melchizedek have parents? I tend to think he did because. All of us were born from somebody except for Jesus. When it says that Melchizedek had no.

[02:28:21] Father, no mother, I think that what. That’S referring to is he had no. Jewish record or genealogy that they knew of about him. Doesn’t mean that he just all of a sudden appeared on the scene. Now, some people think that it is.

[02:28:39] A Christophany or appearance of Christ in the Old Testament. And if you believe that or look. At that way, then I’d say, well. No, he probably didn’t have father or mother, but I tend to believe that. He was more of a real man.

[02:28:54] With a real mother and father. They just didn’t have any record of. It in the Jewish lineage or in. The Levitical law or the priesthood. I hope that answers your question.

[02:29:09] What are the red flags in a false church?

[02:29:16] What are the red flags in a false church? Yeah. Well, like I said, do they magnify Jesus? Do they glorify god would be number one. Do they teach anything other than you’re saved by grace through faith?

[02:29:34] It’s not of works, lest any man should boast. Those would be the first and foremost. Now, many churches have different things the. House positions, the secondary issues that they believe. But you’ve got to have the foundational truth, right, about who Jesus is and.

[02:29:52] What he did for us on the cross.

[02:29:57] All right, I got some more questions here. Good night, Jeffrey. Thank you, sir, for being here tonight. All right.

[02:30:10] How did Noah live 637 years? Well, 673 years, that’s a good question. I tend to believe before the flood and even after that, that man lived. Longer because, one, the effects of sin. Weren’T as prevalent, even though there was sin.

[02:30:38] And after the flood, when that.

[02:30:44] Fermented. The rain that came down, the sun. And its rays, all that. This is just a theory of mine. I’m not going to say it’s biblical, but had more effects on man and didn’t live as long.

[02:30:59] Some people how did methuselah live 900 and something years? I believe they lived those actual years 365 days of every year. But how they did that, I think. Was probably more because of the effects of sin. After the flood, man didn’t live as.

[02:31:19] Long because of the the effects of. The heat and the sun on man, shortened his days. That’s just my theory. I can’t really tell you.

[02:31:37] So I was actually asked that question. In our Bible school a couple weeks ago by the eight year old little. Boy, and I was blown away that he would ask, but I didn’t have. A real good answer for him either, other than the Bible said it, and I believe it. Now, there are some people that think that when Noah was talking or when.

[02:31:59] God was talking to Noah, he said, the days will be 120 years. And he was saying, okay, man is not going to live over 120 years anymore. Well, that’s not true, because Noah lived longer than that and some of his descendants after that. What God was telling Noah was, it’s going to be 120 years before the. Flood, is the way I see that.

[02:32:23] Was there another question? I meant because of Hebrews two three.

[02:32:34] Right? Yeah. There’s a lot of similarities in Hebrews. Of Paul, but the people who way. Smarter on a higher pay scale than.

[02:32:45] I am don’t think it was Paul. Just because of the form. It’s not typical of Paul’s writings, but then some say, well, Paul said it. And Luke wrote it down, and Luke was very fluent in Greek and more versed in writing than Paul was. And so some argue that.

[02:33:04] But when I say Apollos, if, you. Know, look up Apollos and Acts. He was a very well speaker and. Very well educated, and he worked very closely to Paul. So could have been him, could have.

[02:33:20] Been Paul, could have been Luke, could have been Timothy. I don’t know, and I don’t know. That we will know till we get to heaven. A lot of people have argued that.

[02:33:38] Yep. That’s one of the questions. There’s a lot of questions I want. To ask when I get to heaven, and that’s probably going to be one of them. I’m going to ask Noah why he.

[02:33:48] Didn’T get rid of them two mosquitoes. When he had the chance.

[02:34:04] Wow, what a great study. Thank y’all for hanging out and being here with us tonight. I hope you’re enjoying it and it’s been very helpful. Had a good group tonight. I am humbled with that.

[02:34:16] Glad JD. Can join us.

[02:34:26] And dinosaurs. What about dinosaurs?

[02:34:33] I believe that they were on Earth.

[02:34:37] You see in Job, where God is talking about the Leviathan and the Behemoth and the way he describes them is. Very much what we think today, what dinosaurs look like. The strength is in his sinews and. His tail and all those things were probably dinosaurs. And we know Job was written probably.

[02:34:59] About the time before or during the time of Abraham, before the flood. And many scientists believe that the dinosaurs. Died out after the flood because there was not enough vegetation to eat.

[02:35:17] A lot of Christian scientists believe that. Most dinosaurs were not carnivores, they were plant eaters because of the fossils of. Their teeth are still sharp. And that’s a whole nother subject, I guess. Hey, I was trying to unmute there while you were talking about sorry to go back on the subject, but if you look at the ages in the Old Testament, when you go through the genealogy of it and it tells you all their ages when they passed away.

[02:35:50] If you watch from methuselah on it’s slowly and progressively, the number gets smaller and smaller. Right. So it kind of bears proof to just over the amount of time that has gone by, we’ve slowly gotten shorter and shorter lifespans.

[02:36:09] Like, methuselah was, what, 960? And then his kid was, like, 935, and then his kid was like, eight something, and then it just keeps going smaller and smaller as they go, right? Yeah. So I think it was just progression of time. And like you say, it could have been diet, could have been the way we were living, it could have been many factors that slowly caused the ages to just decrease over the years.

[02:36:38] Right. Yeah. Bible doesn’t really say for sure, but. That’S sort of what I think, too.

[02:36:56] Great study, though, Kenny. I’m going to go ahead and jump off here for the night and get these kids set up. All right, sir. Well, thank you for joining us, being here and for your input. Thank you.

[02:37:07] Very problem. No problem. Good to be here. God bless, guys. God bless.

[02:37:13] Good night, Melissa. And when we have a question, why. Did it stop here? Why are there still apes?

[02:37:28] Right? Yeah. If we all evolved from apes, there still wouldn’t be apes today. I think that’s what you’re saying.

[02:37:42] We don’t do evolution.

[02:37:48] Okay, thank you. All right, anybody else got any? If I missed anything, thank you all. Again for being here. I hope it’s been helpful.

[02:37:57] And next week we’ll do nine and. Maybe get into ten. As Daisy says, the stakes are getting bigger and bigger. Let’s just say that he is throwing a lot of meat out now. He’s wanting them to move on to maturity.

[02:38:16] And Ken is going to be a. Very good chapter to go through, and I don’t want to rush either one of those.

[02:38:27] So I think I forgot to close. This out in prayer, so I’ll just do that real quick. If you got more questions, I’ll stay. And if you want to chat, that’s fine. The Father just thank you for tonight.

[02:38:43] For all that’s come. We thank you for the Holy Spirit. It leads us in all truth, and we just pray for each one of our brothers and sisters tonight, Lord, that you just reveal your truth to them or just let them see Jesus. Father, we just thank you for this night. We have together the time of fellowship.

[02:38:59] Pray that you just bless us in all that we do and lead us. In your perfect will. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

[02:39:12] Any other questions or y’all want to chat? This is your time. I’ll stay with you as long as you need me to.

[02:39:22] Well, I got to get up and. Go to do church in the morning. But that’s all right as long as you get it.

[02:39:37] Feel a bit sad now, what are we sad about?

[02:39:56] That’s right. Asking is how we learn.

[02:40:27] Yeah.

[02:40:30] Evolution is a man made theory to try to explain God of something he doesn’t understand. When the scripture is very clear that. God created all things, and that’s a. Big debate, and you could go on. And on and on, but two little.

[02:40:49] Atoms collided and made a big boom. Well, who made the atoms? Where’d they come from? You could keep there’s so many holes. In evolution, but in creation, there are no holes.

[02:41:05] If we believe what God’s word says. About he created all things.

[02:41:18] Yeah, I sort of hate to see it in too. I enjoy these times with you and. Talking with you all over the place.

[02:41:33] Usually you all real quiet, don’t have nothing to say.

[02:41:42] Again, these are recorded if you go. In the library and depository under my name. All these studies are there lessons 1234. I think this is five, or maybe this is four, but they’re all there on audio. You can listen to them, you can’t store them on discord.

[02:42:07] So it’ll take you to a link. That is actually my church. We just stored it on our church server just for the only purpose is. Because that’s the only place we had. Somewhere to store it.

[02:42:19] So don’t be afraid to go to the link. It’s just only place we had to store it.

[02:42:35] But it’s very important that you understand Hebrews in the entirety of the book. Of its context, that Jesus is superior and he is enough. And that’s what the whole book of Hebrews is about. And the writer just lays that out. From chapter one and builds and keeps.

[02:42:55] Building and builds on that throughout the rest of the book.

[02:43:03] Thank you for being here with Cubriant. Am I saying that right? Good night.

[02:43:16] Jesus is, Lord. He absolutely is. If there’s nothing else and nobody has. Any discussion, I think I’m going to wind down here and get my thoughts. Together and get ready for tomorrow.

[02:43:31] Got a busy day tomorrow.

[02:43:35] Thank you all for being here and.