August 20, 2017
Hebrews 6 Hebrews 6 Shawn Bumpers / General Hebrews Introduction Gessius Florus, was the last Roman procurator of Judea from 64 to 66 AD. He was notorious for his cruelty and generally hated by the Jews. Vespasian took down opposition in Galilee, and elsewhere and then moved in to circle Jerusalem. But at this… Read More »
August 12, 2017
Hebrews 5 Shawn Bumpers / General Hebrews Introduction: Hebrews 4:14–16 NKJV Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was… Read More »
August 5, 2017
Hebrews 4 Hebrews 4 Shawn Bumpers / General Hebrews / Christ as Priest, God, Grace, Mercy, Jesus, Chief Priest, High Priest, Sabbath, Rest, Israel, Canaan, Moses, Law, Grace, Works Introduction: The author of Hebrews never introduced himself. He was passionate for Christ. Jude 3 NKJV Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to… Read More »
July 22, 2017
Hebrews 3 Shawn Bumpers / General Hebrews Introduction As I mentioned a few weeks ago, a great theme of this letter is the “betterness of Christ.” I pointed out that there is a Greek word used throughout this letter … κρείττων kreittōn which means “Better.” Galatians 3:24 NKJV Therefore the law was our tutor… Read More »
July 15, 2017
Hebrews 2 Hebrews 2 Shawn Bumpers / General Hebrews Introduction: The author of this Epistle is not known. There are hints that it may have been Paul OR Apollos. Acts 18:24 NKJV Now a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. Acts 18:28… Read More »
July 8, 2017
Hebrews Shawn Bumpers / General Introduction and Chapter 1 Introduction: Today we move into the Book of Hebrews. The book itself was written probably sometime between 64-68 AD. Now, who wrote it? We don’t know … it’s one of the mysteries of the New Testament that persists today. • There is some tradition that… Read More »