The Epistle to the Hebrews: High Priest in Heaven
Overview
The Hebrew Christians of apostolic-era Palestine were tempted to fall back into Jewish ways because of persecution and a lack of understanding of the true significance of Christ. The writer of Hebrews exhorts them to stand fast, finish the race, and attain the promises awaiting the faithful. As part of the Orthodox Bible Study Companion Series, this commentary applies the teachings of Hebrews to our twenty-first-century lives. Orthodox archpriest Lawrence Farley balances the devotional with the intellectual, feeding both the heart and mind. Working from the original Greek, he examines Hebrews section by section and reveals its relevance for our everyday lives.
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- Applies the ancient teachings of Hebrews to twenty-first-century life
- Balances the devotional with the intellectual
- Examines Hebrews section by section, working from the original Greek
- Introduction: The Puzzle of the Epistle
- Prologue (Hebrews 1:1–4)
- Christ Superior to the Angels (Hebrews 1:5–2:18)
- Christ Our High-Priest (Hebrews 3:1–10:18)
- Hold Fast to Christ (Hebrews 10:19–12:29)
- Conclusion (Hebrews 13:1–25)
Top Highlights
“All of these visions and Scriptures revealed God’s will. But this last revelation is different: it reveals and manifests the living God Himself, for Christ is the true Son of the Father, the embodiment of all that the invisible Father is in Himself. Thus, God’s revelation through His Son brings to an end all possibility of subsequent revelation, because now nothing remains to be revealed. There can be no ‘latter day’ revelation, no ‘Latter Day Saints,’ because in Christ all the fullness of God has been revealed. God held nothing back. All that can be known about Him has been made known in Jesus of Nazareth. This final revelation sums up and surpasses all previous revelations and brings the time of revelation to an end.” (Page 21)
“He sustains the whole cosmos by His word of command. Since He is one with the Father and is the One through whom the Father made all things (compare 1 Cor. 8:6), all things continue in existence only because He orders it. The universe is not self-sustaining. It is sustained only by God’s power. God works through what scientists describe as ‘the laws of nature’ to maintain the fabric of the cosmos He created. As G. K. Chesterton once wrote, the sun only rises each morning because each morning God bids it rise. Our author asserts that it is the eternal Son who bids it rise; it is the eternal Son in whom all things hold together (compare Col. 1:17).” (Page 23)
“Clement of Alexandria (who died about 215) felt that Paul was indeed the writer, but that he omitted giving his name in the usual epistolary opening because ‘he was far too sensible to put off his readers at the start by naming himself,’ since ‘the Hebrews were already prejudiced against him and suspicious of him.’” (Page 11)
- Title: The Epistle to the Hebrews: High Priest in Heaven
- Author: Lawrence Farley
- Series: Orthodox Bible Study Companion Series
- Publisher: Ancient Faith Publishing
- Publication Date: 2013
- Pages: 184
