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The Superiority of the New Covenant: Hebrews is unavailable, but you can change that!

The book of Hebrews shows the superiority of Jesus’ covenant over the old covenant. It uses many OT texts interpreted by rabbinical hermeneutics to communicate the message. Therefore, it is very important to interpret it in light of first century Judaism, not modern western thought. The author is unknown to us.The Jewish Christians are encouraged to leave the synagogue and identify publicly...

him as good as dead at that, as many descendants AS THE STARS OF HEAVEN IN NUMBER, AND INNUMERABLE AS THE SAND WHICH IS BY THE SEASHORE. 11:8 “Abraham … obeyed” In some ways these cameos are idealized representations of these men’s lives. The OT is unique in ancient literature in that it records both the positive and negative about its characters. Abraham was a strange mixture of fear and faith 1. Fear a. God said leave your family; he took his father and Lot b. God promised a child; he tried to
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