Search The Scriptures —Study 2— Hebrews 2

Study 2 From The Book of Hebrews Is: Hebrews 2

1.    Verses 1-4.  Why ought we to ‘pay the closer attention to what we have heard’ (verse 1)?  Sort out the reasons here stated. Against what practical dangers is this warning directed?

2.    What, according to the Scriptures (e.g., Ps. 8), is man’s divinely intended destiny? How do we here see God’s purpose for man being brought to its fulfilment? What path did the Son of God have to tread to make it possible for sinful men to share in this fulfilment? What, in consequence, can He now do for us?

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Search The Scriptures —Study 1— Hebrews 1

Study 1 From The Book of Hebrews Is: Hebrews 1 

1.    Verses 1:4. List the statements made about Christ in verses 2 and what ways is He greater than prophets and angels

2.    How do the scriptures quoted in verses 5:14 confirm the statement of verse 4?  Define for yourself the ways in which what God says of Christ is different from what He says of angels.

Notes

1.    The emphasis laid upon Christ’s superiority to angels, which to us seems obvious, is explained by the fact that, to the Jews, one of the chief glories of the Old Testament revelation was that it was given through angels.  See 2:2.

2.    Verse 7.  Angels are created beings; they are God’s servants; and their form and appearance suffer change and transformation at God’s pleasure.  Contrast the royal dominion and unchanging being of the Son (verses 8-12).

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Search The Scriptures —Study 0— Introduction of the book of Hebrews

Study 0 From The Book of Hebrews Is: Introduction of the book of Hebrews 

The epistle is an exhortation and warning to Jewish believers to continue in the faith of Christ and not to fall back into Judaism. Christ is set forth as the fulfilment of Old Testament type and prophecy, and the faith and endurance of the Old Testament saints are held up as examples to believers.  Needless to say, the teaching of the Epistle has a scope and value far beyond what was of immediate concern to Jewish believers of the first century. It shows the new covenant, of which Jesus, the Son of God, is Mediator, to be not only far superior to the first covenant, but the final and perfect religion, both as regards revelation (1:1-2:18) and redemption (3:1-18:18). The Epistle also contains practical teaching concerning life under the new covenant.  It constitutes a divine call to all who have professed themselves Christians to see that their faith is a reality, and to continue in it, and a very definite challenge to those who have not yet put their faith in Christ. It sets forth Christ very fully in His capacity as our High Priest, shows His divine nature, and yet points out the reality of His humility and suffering as man in a way no other book does in the whole Bible, the Gospels not excepted. 

Search The Scriptures —Study 20 — Leviticus 27

Study 20 From The Book of Leviticus Is: Leviticus 27

With this lesson we end the book of Leviticus. Tomorrow we will delve into the Hebrews book.

Introduction as to what is to be done where and offering has been made to the Lord and the giver wants to redeem it; also a regulation about tithes.

1.    What can be redeemed and what cannot be redeemed?  What does this teach us about the seriousness of vows made to God? Is there any exception to the statement in verse 29? Cf. Ps. 49:7-9, 15; Mk. 10:45.

2.    What does this chapter show of the Lord’s character? What does He require in His people?

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Search The Scriptures —Study 19 — Leviticus 26

Study 19 From The Book of Leviticus Is: Leviticus 26 

1.    What spiritual blessings are promised to obedient Christians, corresponding to these promised here to an obedient Israel?

2.    What are the reasons for punishment and the conditions for restoration given here? How do these apply in the Christian life?

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Search The Scriptures —Study 18 — Leviticus 25

Study 18 From The Book of Leviticus Is: Leviticus 25

1.    How was the year of Jubilee reckoned, and what was its gener a purpose?  Are there any corresponding spiritual blessings in Christ? And how may we enjoy them? Cf. Gal. 2:4; 5:1, 13.

2.    What light is shed in this chapter on the principles governing our relationship to God and to one another in Christ?  See especially verses 17, 23, 35, 36, 38, 42, 43, 55.

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Search The Scriptures —Study 17 — Leviticus 24

Study 17 From The Book of Leviticus Is: Leviticus 24

1.    Consider the significance of the words ‘pure’ and ‘continually’ which recur in verses 1-9.  Apply these words to your own worship and Christian service.

2.    What attributes of God’s character are set side by side in this chapter? Cf. Heb. 10:19-31. What constraint should such awareness put upon us?

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Search The Scriptures —Study 16 — Leviticus 23

Study 16 From The Book of Leviticus Is: Leviticus 23

1.    List the feasts and note the general character of each. What did they have in common? And what were their differences?

2.    What are the New Testament parallels to the three main feasts and what is the significance of each? (a) The Passover. Cf.1 Cor. 5:7, 8. (b) The Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost. Cf. Acts 2:1-4. (c) The Feast of Tabernacles, the final ingathering of the harvest. Cf. Rev. 7:9, 10.

Notes

1.    Verse 11.  The sheaf of the first-fruits of the barley harvest waved on the morrow after the Sabbath points to Christ’s resurrection. Cf. 1 Cor. 15:23.

2.    Verse 16. ‘Fifty days’: hence the name ‘Pentecost’, i.e the ‘fiftieth’ (day).

3.    Verse 17. ‘Two loaves of bread to be waved’: the first-fruits of the wheat harvest, representing the church of Christi in its first beginnings.

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Search The Scriptures —Study 15 — Leviticus 21 and 22

Study 15 From The Book of Leviticus Is: Leviticus 21 and 22

1.    What words and expressions occur frequently, giving the reason why these instructions are imposed?  List some ways in which we ought to be showing similar concern.

2.    What can we learn here about the serious effects on our Christian lives of things which are apparently small, but spiritually unclean?

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Search The Scriptures —Study 14 — Leviticus 19 and 20

Study 14 From The Book of Leviticus Is: Leviticus 19 and 20

1.    What particular attribute of God receives emphasis in these chapters as a ground of obedience to His commands?  Cf. 1 Pet. 1:14-17.

2.    Which one of the Ten Commandments do these laws elaborated? What significant summary of the law of God is to be found here?

Note.  Molech was the national god of Ammon. Great cruelty seems to have been associated with worship of him. Children were offered in sacrifice and burned with fire.  Hence God’s implacable opposition to all such worship.

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