The Letter to the Hebrews (Biblia.com)

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At first glance, the letter to the Hebrews can seem difficult to comprehend, requiring readers to be familiar with an intricate system of Hebrew sacrifices so intimidating that some might just set the whole episode aside. But William Barclay believed "that no New Testament book gives us such a glorious picture of Jesus Christ in all the splendor of his manhood and in all the majesty of his...

Christ.’ He sees the world and human thought enter, as it were, into a new beginning with Christ. In Jesus, God has entered humanity, eternity has invaded time, and things can never be the same again. He contrasts Jesus with the prophets, for they were always believed to be the confidants of God. Long ago, Amos had said: ‘The Lord God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets’ (Amos 3:7). Philo had said: ‘The prophet is the interpreter of the God who speaks within.’ He

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