1) The book of John is "finished" but the testimony of Christ is obviously never exhausted. 2) Started introducing the book of Hebrews-which has a lot of themes to expound about Christ and salvation and the relation of all things to Christ-who is the High Priestly Son of God. 3) The community being addressed by the writer had a wide range of issues (pressures) that they were facing. 4) Ultimately- the pressures were causing them to flirt with abandoning Christianity to go back to Judaism-to the very Law that many claim to do-which we know none does the Law. 5) Secondly, the commitment of some had waxed cold and had stopped gathering with the other believers-sounds like today-with some who still have access to good gospel churches-but for one reason or another do not show up. 6) The writer exhorts them back to Christ with a complex series and patterns of exposition and exhortation. 7) The writer expounds to them the superiority of Christ, the sufficiency of Christ, the passing away of all things shadowing Christ-the The Law as temporary and Christ occupying a permanent and eternal position. 8) Christ is the bringer of all great and better things-a great High Priest-a great salvation-a greater and perfect tabernacle-a great-heavenly country. This Jesus is better-better promises-better covenant, a better hope by which we have access to God. 9) Conclusion: Jesus is all, complete, sufficient, better and greater than all things-but is unseen-Trust God's testimony of Him. He has entered into that heavenly place to appear for us. That and more to be expounded more as the teaching unfolds.
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