Gathered Again
Psalm 137 recounts one of the most momentous historical moments in the Old Testament and sets up the final scene of the drama of Hebrew history, when a remnant returns to rebuild both city and temple. As I meditated on Psalm 137, I can almost feel the Psalmist’s...
SEDER PRESENTATION TONIGHT – SEDER PODCAST AVAILABLE
Neil will give a brief Passover Seder presentation following leading Trinity Community Church's evening prayer on Thursday, April 9th, at 7 PM. To go to Trinity Community Church facebook page Click Here In addition, you can hear a more detailed seder presentation...
Christ Our High Priest
For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness. Because of this he is obligated...
Enter His Rest
Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with...
Better Than Moses
As a Hebrew, a member of the Jewish race, who could be greater than Moses? He was the man who singlehandedly led over a million Jews out of Egypt; who Himself entered the presence of God for forty days on the Mount, after which, he received the two stone tablets...
Let The Word Of Christ Dwell In You Richly
The Apostle Paul made a powerful statement to the Colossian believers:“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishingone another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” Col....
Made Like His Brothers
Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God's house. For Jesus has been counted worthy of more...
The First Warning
In this section, we come to the first of three major warnings we find in this letter. This first one comes in the form of a parenthesis; a slight deviation from the thought the writer pursued. We should remember that this letter is a strong exhortation that these...
Better Than The Prophets ~ Part II
Having looked ahead at the what the writer of Hebrews said about Messiah being superior to angels, let’s double back and examine what else the author says about Jesus being superior to the Prophets.We saw two blogs ago how God spoke through the Prophets at “many...
Better Than The Angels
Following the first three verses of Hebrews, which arguably contain the greatest description in all of Scripture of the glorious Messiah, the writer of Hebrews makes a statement that for many Bible readers may, at first, seem strange. The writer states Jesus of...
Better Than The Prophets Part I
“Better Than the Prophets” examines the first three verses of this glorious epistle. In this brief paragraph the writer of Hebrews sounds out the theme of the entire letter—that Jesus of Nazareth is better than everything which preceded Him!But he starts by...
Out of the Shadows
In our continuing study of the letter to the Hebrews, we want to examine a key word that unlocks the door of understanding the central theme of the letter. It is the word shadow and appears in the verse that is before us: “For since the law has but a shadow of the...