Hebrews: Christ and the New Covenant

In the beginning, God created everything, and it was good. In Genesis 3, the first man and woman rebelled and broke God’s Law, bringing sin and death into the world. They were expelled from the Garden into a dark and cold world, away from the presence of the Lord. The journey from Genesis 3 through the rest of the Old Testament is a slog - murder, immorality, enslavement, idolatry, exile, and spiritual darkness. All the while, God, in His grace, moves toward humanity. He makes covenants with Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David. These point to the ultimate and better covenant that is fulfilled in the blood of Jesus the Christ - the Lamb of God, the ultimate Prophet, Priest and King. The book of Hebrews stands on the history of humanity and specifically Israel. Written to early Jewish Christians, this book offers hope amidst warnings, encouragement amidst exhortations, and a call to persevere and live by faith as those who have come before them. Hebrews is not just for the first Century. It is for the twenty-first Century.