‘Since We – Let Us’ – Hebrews 4:14-16

Unbelievers often seek to downplay the Old Testament/New Testament connection, sometimes claiming that messianic prophecies of the Old Testament are misreads from a biased Christian understanding. While this may be common, I think a betting man would be safe wagering large amounts of money that very few of these anti-Christ voices have seriously contended with the book of Hebrews. Hebrews is astounding in its beauty and depth, though the human author remains to us a mystery, certainly its Spirit- breathed inspiration does not. The author has proclaimed in matchless literary form: “The highest of all revelations is given us now in the Son of God, who is greater than the angels, and who having completed redemption, sits enthroned at God's right hand” (Jamieson, Faucet, Brown on summarizing opening themes). In the course of his treatise, our author points to major sources of inspirational encouragement from the divine plan of redemption revealed across the ages in all of Holy Scripture. Those featured milestones provide helpful structure points to outline his book...