Hebrews in its environment
The pastor who wrote Hebrews
The pastor's congregation
When did the pastor write this sermon?
The message of Hebrews. The sermon's use of the Old Testament
The sermon's rhetorically effective structure
The sermon's abiding message
A very short history of the disobedient people of God (1:1-4:13)
Sinai revisited: God has spoken in the eternal, incarnate, now exalted son (1:1-2:18)
Tested at Kadesh-Barnea: avoid the congregation of the disobedient (3:1-4:13)
The son's high priesthood
resource and urgency for perseverance (4:14-10:18)
The life of faith and the high priesthood of the son (4:14-5:10)
Don't be unresponsive but grasp what Christ has provided (5:11-6:20)
Our high priest's legitimacy and eternity (7:1-10)
Our high priest's all-sufficient sacrifice: a symphony in three movements (8:1-10:18)
A history of the faithful people of God from creation to consummation (10:19-12:29)
The life of preserving faith and the high priesthood of the son (10:19-39)
The past history of the people of God until the coming of Jesus (11:1-12:3)
The present history of the people of God until the consummation (12:4-29)
Instructions for the life of gratitude and godly fear (13:1-25)
The community of the faithful and the life of gratitude and godly fear (13:1-6)
The unbelieving world and the life of gratitude and godly fear (13:7-17)
A sermon sent as a letter (13:18-25).
