Observations:
1. The book of Hebrews depends heavily on the Old Testament to make its argument. It is arguing from the Old Testament.
1a. We cannot assume that our audience is similarly familiar with the Old Testament.
2a. We must respect the authors movement in arguing. We cannot preach through Hebrews while ignoring the indebtedness on the Old Testament.
2. The author frequently offers “applications” in the midst of the argument
3. Hebrews describes, in a sense, the mechanics of Christ’s work as embedded in Israel’s story. In that sense we can use Hebrews to (re-) build theology for the church from the ground up, as it were.
4. Everything in Hebrews relates back to Jesus either as the high Priest who accomplished the task, or to His death on a cross.
Key ideas: Made Perfect, Rest, High Priest, Mediator, Faith
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