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6. AT HEBREWS TO REVELATION WITH TOC HEBREWS BACKGROUND 5 HEBREWS 1V1-14 26 HEBREWS 2V1-9 31 HEBREWS 2V10-18 36 HEBREWS 3V1-9 37 HEBREWS 3V10-19 39 HEBREWS 4V1-8 41 HEBREWS 4V9-16 43 HEBREWS 5V1-14 45 HEBREWS 6V1-8 50 HEBREWS 6V9-20 52 HEBREWS 7V1-14 54 HEBREWS 7V15-28 56 HEBREWS 8V1-13 58 HEBREWS 9V1-14 63 HEBREWS 9V15-28 66 HEBREWS 10V1-18 68 HEBREWS 10v19-39 71 HEBREWS 11v1-19 75 HEBREWS 11v20-40 88 HEBREWS 12v1-17 91 HEBREWS 12v18-29 93 HEBREWS 13v1-12 96 HEBREWS 13v13-25 98 JAMES BACKGROUND 101 A Comparison between James and Matthew 5-7 107 JAMES 1V1-12 111 JAMES 1V13-27 116 JAMES 2V1-13 125 JAMES 2V14-26 128 JAMES 3V1-12 130 JAMES 3V13-18 133 JAMES 4V1-8 135 JAMES 4V9-17 139 JAMES 5V1-10 141 JAMES 5V11-20 143 1 PETER BACKGROUND 145 1 PETER 1V1-9 151 1 PETER 1V10-25 154 1 PETER 2V1-12 161 1 PETER 2V13-25 167 1 PETER 3V1-12 171 1 PETER 3V13-22 174 1 PETER 4V1-9 176 1 PETER 4V10-19 179 1 PETER 5V1-14 182 2 PETER BACKGROUND 186 2 PETER 1V1-11 191 2 PETER 1V12-21 197 2 PETER 2V1-11 201 2 PETER 2V12-22 203 2 PETER 3V1-9 204 2 PETER 3V10-18 205 1 JOHN BACKGROUND 208 PARALLELS BETWEEN JOHN'S GOSPEL AND EPISTLE 217 1 JOHN 1V1-10 220 1 JOHN 2V1-14 231 1 JOHN 2V15-29 236 1 JOHN 3V1-10 244 1 JOHN 3V11-24 248 1 JOHN 4V1-10 253 1 JOHN 4V11-21 257 1 JOHN 5V1-10 261 1 JOHN 5V11-21 265 2 JOHN BACKGROUND 268 2 JOHN 1V1-13 272 3 JOHN BACKGROUND 277 3 JOHN 1V1-14 283 JUDE BACKGROUND 288 JUDE 1V1-12 292 JUDE 1V13-25 297 REVELATION BACKGROUND 300 REVELATION 1V1-8 322 REVELATION 1V9-20 324 REVELATION 2V1-11 327 REVELATION 2V12-29 334 REVELATION 3V1-13 336 REVELATION 3V14-22 338 REVELATION 4V1-11 341 REVELATION 5V1-14 342 REVELATION 6V1-8 344 REVELATION 6V9-16 345 REVELATION 7V1-8 346 REVELATION 7V9-17 347 REVELATION 8V1-13 348 REVELATION 9V1-10 350 REVELATION 9V11-21 351 REVELATION 10V1-11 352 REVELATION 11V1-10 354 REVELATION 10V11-19 355 REVELATION 12V1-8 356 REVELATION 12V9-17 357 REVELATION 13V1-10 359 REVELATION 13V11-18 361 REVELATION 14V1-10 362 REVELATION 14V11-20 363 REVELATION 15V1-8 365 REVELATION 16V1-10 366 REVELATION 16V11-21 367 REVELATION 17V1-9 368 REVELATION 17V10-18 370 REVELATION 18V1-12 371 REVELATION 18V13-24 372 REVELATION 19V1-10 374 REVELATION 19V11-21 375 REVELATION 20V1-6 377 REVELATION 20V7-15 378 REVELATION 21V1-14 379 REVELATION 21V15-26 381 REVELATION 22V1-10 382 REVELATION 22V11-21 384 HEBREWS AT COMMENTARY
HEBREWS BACKGROUND Resources . Philip Mauro's commentary . Ye are come to Zion by Austin Sparks The letter to the Hebrews chapter twelve, verse 22: "Ye are come unto mount
Zion" - "I lay in Zion a chief corner stone" - "Ye are come to Zion". This
letter to the Hebrews (as it is traditionally called but, as it has proved
to be in the dispensation, this most serious document for the church) was
written at a crisis. It had to do, and it will again have to do, with a
crisis; a turning point in the dispensation. It is not sure, to our
knowledge, when the letter was written. Opinion differs, but the difference
only amounts to a matter of perhaps two or three years, but it is very
strongly believed that it was written about the year 69 A.D.; in the year
70 A.D. the whole Jewish system - as centred in Jerusalem and the temple
and the priesthood - was swept away. That was the year when everything
changed from what it had been for many centuries: an established system, a
recognised and accepted world system of religion with its teaching and its
practice. In A.D. 70 it was swept into the vortex of that overflowing of
the pagan world: hostile to God. And from that day to this, there has been
no temple in Jerusalem. The nation has been scattered, and the Jewish
system has been practically inoperative as it was before. Anticipating that
turn in the centuries, in the dispensation, the Holy Spirit led to the
writing of this letter; the producing of this document. If read in the
light of that great, historic event, it is much better understood,
appreciated; its significance is more clearly grasped. Yes, a mighty age
crisis is represented by the letter to the Hebrews - nothing less than: The
Passing of a System or an Economy. If we look into that and examine it as
to what it was that was passing, what that signified, we shall get the
real, abiding message of this letter and we shall see that what is here in
its real significance and abiding meaning, will lie behind another crisis -
which crisis we are in our day seeing. Dear friends, it is no exaggeration
to say that you and I have come actuallyto live in a time when the whole
complexion of things in Christian tradition is changing. [Sparks] /
From the book of Hebrews to the end of the NT it is all about true faith
and enduring faith. See Mauro's excellent commentary on the book of Hebrews. / This volume does
not contain an exposition of Hebrews. Its purpose is rather to carry out,
so far as the Lord may enable, the injunction to exhort one another daily,
so long as it is called "Today." Another "Day" is soon coming; indeed, we
can clearly see it approaching. In that day it will be too late to give
heed to the exhortations found in this portion of God's Word, and to gain
the recompense of the reward that depends upon the heed given thereto. The
Epistle is addressed to "Hebrews," and the individual most frequently and
most prominently mentioned in it is Abraham, who is specifically designated
"the Hebrew" (Genesis 14:13). Those acquainted with the Hebrew tongue tell
us that the word signifies one who passes over or through. We may,
therefore, regard a Hebrew as a "passenger"; and certainly the message of
the Epistle is for those who are passengers in this age, who have here no
continuing city, but seek one in the age to come. The message is not for
Israelites, who have a place in the world and a mission to the nations
thereof, but for Hebrews, who are simply passing through the world, having
no place or standing therein. The true Hebrew is one who has come out of
the country of his birth, leaving all its advantages and associations,
because he has heard and believed the report of a better country which he
has never seen; and he is now passing through the intervening territory,
not settling therein, and not mindful of the country whence he came out,
though having opportunity to return thither. Of such it is written that God
is not ashamed to be called their God, and He has prepared for them a city.
Abraham was not an Israelite. Abel, Enoch, Noah, Sarah, Isaac, Rahab were
not Israelites. Moses was, rather a Hebrew than an Israelite, for he never
had a place in the Land of Promise. These were all true Hebrews, who had
seen by faith the far-off promises, and were persuaded of them, and
confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. The
Scriptures speak of many things that God has prepared for them that love
Him - things which are in the nature of rewards, not gifts, and are quite
distinct from remission of sins and eternal life. These latter are gifts
bestowed upon all who believe; but not all believers will obtain the
rewards. Great is the reward promised to those who maintain the character
of Hebrews "to the end"; and correspondingly great is the loss that will be
incurred by those who, through neglect or unbelief, turn aside from the
pilgrim's path. In view of this, we would point out, as plainly as
possible, the dangers to which God's pilgrims are exposed, and the
provision that He, in wondrous grace, has made to safeguard them from those
dangers. May it be the purpose of both writer and readers to be "not
slothful, but followers of them who, through faith and patience, inherit
the promises"" It may be of interest to the reader to learn that the
writing of this book was begun and finished on the memorable voyage of the
Steamship Carpathia which was interrupted by the rescue of the survivors of
the Titanic, and by the return with them to the port of New York. This is
not the place to speak of the harrowing scenes and distressing incidents of
the four days of that return trip. But that event - the sudden and dramatic
overthrow of the latest and greatest human achievement of its kind, the
most conspicuous objectin the world - which stirred all Christendom to an
unprecedented degree, served to impress powerfully upon the writer's mind
the truth that the day is at hand for the shaking of all things, when the
loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be
made low; and they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves
of the earth for fear of the LORD and for the glory of His majesty, when He
ariseth to shake terribly the earth. The destruction of the Titanic is a
foreshadowing of what is about to happen to the great "civilization" upon
which man has expended his energies, and in which he puts his confidence.
For the unconverted, the obvious lesson of this tragic event is to inquire
concerning the lifeboat. But there are also solemn and important lessons in
it for the saints of God. Some of those lessons the writer has endeavored
to set forth in the following pages. [Mauro] /
Consider this section from the epistle to the Philippians to be an
important "key" to understand Hebrews:
"But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed
I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing
Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things,
and count them as refuse, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in
him, not having a righteousness of my own, based on law, but that which is
through faith in Christ, the righte