Hebrews 12:4-28
There's only one way up the mountain. We go as sons. We go together.
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There's only one way up the mountain. We go as sons. We go together.
Meals with Jesus: Salvation, Transformation and Community at the Table
At this meal we see Zacchaeus, a wealthy chief tax-collector, receive welcome, acceptance and transformative salvation at the meal table. It challenges our assumptions of who is 'in' and who is 'out' and invites us to say yes to Jesus's invitation to be transformed, to have our lives brought more and more in line with the way of his Kingdom, today.
Understanding from Jewish Scriptures who Jesus is and what we can do as 'church' to encourage one another to follow Him.
The old covenant made clear what an insuperable barrier sinfulness raises between mankind and an infinitely holy God. The sacrifice of Christ is so powerful it removes all those barriers so that we can enter the Holy of Holies and approach the Mercy Seat, God's throne of grace.
A brief look at who Melchizedek was, how his priesthood differed from the Levitical priesthood, how Jesus' priesthood was of the 'order of Melchizedek' and what difference that makes.
Meals with Jesus: Salvation, Transformation and Community at the Table
At this meal we see a glimpse of God's coming Kingdom, a promise of the great banquet feast that awaits us. And as we, along with the disciples, are called to partner with him in meeting the needs around us, we see also his enabling and abundant provision.
This passage is all about access to God. It explains in terms of the Jewish Day of Atonement how Jesus has opened the way for us to come freely to God's Throne of Grace. But this means more, much more, than a technical explanation of redemption...
The church is called to re-live the story of Exodus, Wilderness and Promised Land. Today we are in the wilderness, but to those who hold firm to the end, God has promised an eternal Sabbath rest.
Chapter 1 concerned itself principally with Heaven and the deity of Jesus. Chapter 2 deals with Earth and His humanity. So what? This passage tells us!