HOW DO WE KNOW JESUS LIKES COFFEE? HE BREWS IT! :)
2: 16 For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham.
3: 15 “TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME.” US OR GOD?
4: 7 He again fixes a certain day, “Today,” saying through David after so long a time just as has been said before, “TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS.”
4: 12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
SOUL (Some like CBN state it’s the mind, will and emotions.)
https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/Lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?strongs=G5590&t=NASB
???? psych?, psoo-khay'; from G5594; breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew H5315, H7307 and H2416):—heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you.
SPIRIT (Pneumatology is the study of the spirit. Think pneumatic pump.)
https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/Lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?strongs=G4151&t=NASB
pneûma, pnyoo'-mah; from G4154; a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit:—ghost, life, spirit(-ual, -ually), mind. Compare G5590.
4: 16 Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
“The judgment seat is known as the "bema." The word is also translated court or tribunal. The platform could be either public (John 19:13) or private (Acts 25:22).” (REWARD SEAT)
https://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/don_stewart/don_stewart_144.cfm
5: 5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself so as to become a high priest, but He who said to Him, “YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU”; “of God making Christ his son”
https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G1080&t=NASB
Genesis 14:18 (HEATHENS) And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High. 19 He blessed him
Salem www.icr.org/books/defenders/8368 Too early for Jerusalem.
“You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”
(ABRAHAM is blessed by Melchizedek
BENEDICTIONS, INSTANCES OF by Melchizedek. upon Abraham
HOSPITALITY, INSTANCES OF Melchizedek to Abraham
JERUSALEM, Melchizedek was the ancient king and priest of
PRESCIENCE OF PRIESTHOOD
THANKFULNESS TO GOD,
TITHES Paid by Abraham to Melchizedek
TYPES OF THE SAVIOUR )
5:6 just as He says also in another passage, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”
5:10 being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
6:20 where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
7:1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
2 to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth (TITHE) part of all the spoils, was first of all, by the translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace.
3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually.
4 Now observe how great this man was to whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth of the choicest spoils.
5 And those indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest’s office have commandment in the Law to collect a tenth from the people, that is, from their brethren, although these are descended from Abraham.
6 But the one whose genealogy is not traced from them collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.
7 But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.
8 In this case mortal men receive tithes, but in that case one receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives on.
9 And, so to speak, through Abraham even Levi, who received tithes, paid tithes,
10 for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.
11 Now if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the Law), what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be designated according to the order of Aaron?
12 For when the priesthood is changed, of necessity there takes place a change of law also.
13 For the one concerning whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.
14 For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.
15 And this is clearer still, if another priest arises according to the likeness of Melchizedek,
16 who has become such not on the basis of a law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life.
17 For it is attested of Him, “YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK.” PROPHET, PRIEST, KING
“Calvin addresses also the issue of Melchizedek's identity in his commentary on Genesis. According to Calvin “many imagine Melchizedek to have been Shem; to whose opinion I am, for many reasons, hindered from subscribing. Thus, Calvin disagrees with Luther, but agrees most nearly with Theodoret, Chrysostom and Augustine. In conclusion we can say that Moses never mentions that Shem migrated from the east to Judea, and again, Melchizedek according to the author of Hebrews has no bloodline in order to be identified with Shem.”
https://mironclaudiu.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/633/
WESLEY: The Rabbins say, that Melchizedek was Shem the son of Noah, who was king and priest to those that descended from him, according to the patriarchal model. Many Christian writers have thought that this was an appearance of the Son of God himself, our Lord Jesus, known to Abram at this time by this name. But as nothing is expressly revealed concerning it, we can determine nothing. He brought forth bread and wine.
www.godrules.net/library/wesley/wesleygen14.htm
6: 1 Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the]Christ, let us press on to]maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,
2 of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead.
3 And this we will do, if God permits.
4 For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. (NOT ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED) BAPTISM, LIKE JEWISH WASHING, THEN MUSLIMS.
6: 19 “This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil” (The temple veil was torn from top to bottom – Matthew 27: 51
Psalm 110:4 “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind” LIKE Hebrews 7:21 “THE LORD HAS SWORN AND WILL NOT CHANGE HIS MIND, ‘YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER’”);
Heb 8: 8 Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered.
JESUS LEARNED AS SHOULD WE. “ALWAYS LIVING AND LEARNING” MWS
9: 5 and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; but of these things we cannot now speak in detail.
CHERUBIM : Strong's Hebrew: 3742. (kerub) -- probably an order of angelic beings; a. two cherubim of solid gold upon the slab of gold of the ? facing each other with wings outstretched above, so as to constitute a basis or throne
http://biblehub.com/hebrew/3742.htm
Strong's Greek: 5502. ?e???ß?µ (Cheroubin) - heavenly beings who serve God. Proper Noun, Indeclinable
http://biblehub.com/greek/5502.htm
SERAPHIM - majestic beings with 6 wings, human hands or voices in attendance upon God
https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?t=kjv&strongs=h8314
9: 27 And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment THERE IS NO REINCARNATION!
10: 25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. MORE THAN JUST AT CHRISTMAS AND EASTER?
11: 6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
11: 35 Women received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured, not accepting their release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection;
12: 15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled; NEIL ANDERSON - FORGIVENESS
13:3 “ Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body.” YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN!
13: 15 Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name. 16 And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
13: 17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you.
SUBMIT = to retire, withdraw, (upeikete) from hupo and eik (to yield)
THESE ARE HARD WORDS. SO WHAT? HEBREWS IS A CHALLENGING BOOK THAT GIVES US BALANCE BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT.
