Reading Time: 2 minutes
Why is it important for Jesus as our high priest to understand our trials and temptations?
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Sept. 26 | Jesus Is Mediator of a Superior Covenant
Reading Time: 4 minutes
Jesus is the ultimate mediator, and he mediates a superior covenant, between heaven and earth.
Sept. 26 | Application
Reading Time: 3 minutes
Hebrews 12 compares two mountains. Mount Sinai was dark and scary, and for most people it was unapproachable. Fortunately for us, Jesus is “the mediator of a new covenant” (Hebrews 12:24), so we are invited to a different kind of mountaintop experience.
Sept. 26 | Discovery
Reading Time: 2 minutes
What images are used to describe Mount Sinai (vv. 18-21) and what images are used to describe Mount Zion (vv. 22-24)?
Sept. 19 | Jesus Is a Superior Sacrifice
Reading Time: 4 minutes
When Jesus was done, he sat down at the right hand of God. These days, people sit down to work. By contrast, in the ancient world when someone sat down, it meant their work was finished (John 19:30)
Sept. 19 | Application
Reading Time: 3 minutes
The word “sacrifice” has been cheapened by overuse, David Faust writes. Is it really a sacrifice to skip dessert or give up gourmet coffee? What does sacrifice mean to us today? Here are three questions to consider . . .
Sept. 19 | Discovery
Reading Time: 2 minutes
What can the law do and what can’t it do?
Sept. 12 | Jesus Is Superior to Moses
Reading Time: 4 minutes
The writer of Hebrews makes the case that Jesus was superior to everything and everyone, including the ginormous person of Moses. Was Moses in fact a “type” of Christ (Deuteronomy 18:15-18)?
Sept. 12 | Application
Reading Time: 3 minutes
Referring to the temple in Jerusalem, Jesus said, “My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations” (Mark 11:17). His church puts out a welcome mat inviting sinners like ourselves from every ethnic group to come and join the family.