Calvary Baptist Church - Canyon Texas - David Crump, Pastor

Hebrews is a book to Jewish believers at a time of hardship. The writer encourages them to hold firm to their faith, despite their circumstances. He does this by affirming that Jesus Christ is absolutely supreme and sufficient as the revelation of God and as mediator of God’s grace. He uses the OT to show that Jesus is greater than angels, greater than Moses, greater than the high priesthood, and the sacrificial system. Ultimately he writes that all prophecies and promises of the OT are fulfilled in the new covenant. As Jesse pointed out last week, the book of Hebrews is full of the words “new,” “better,” and “superior.” Throughout the OT the Israelites struggled to follow God. God would work on their behalf, they would follow him for a time, then they would forget him and chase after idols. Then they would repent, God would forgive them, show them mercy and they would follow Him – but only for a time. (Sound familiar?) They had the Law; they had the prophets; they had priests, judges and kings, but they cou