angels, through whom the law had been administered (1:4—2:4); superior to Moses, their great leader, (3:1-6); superior to Joshua, who led them into Canaan (4:8); and superior to Aaron, their high priest, (4:14— 5:10) Throughout the book the writer’s plan is to introduce, one after the other, Old Testament characters and institutions, and then to present Christ and show how far superior He is to any of those C CONTRASTS The epistle abounds in contrasts Here are some of them: Son and angels (1:4—2:4) Son and Moses (3:1-6) Canaan rest and God’s rest (3:12— 4:13) Christ and Aaron (4:14—5:10) Spiritual infancy and maturity (5:1114) Apostasy and faithfulness (5:11—6:20) Old and New Covenants (8:1-13) O erings of the law and o ering of Christ (9:1 —10:18) Faith and sight (11:1-40) Mount Sinai and Mount Zion (12:1829) D CHRIST THE SON OF GOD (1:1—2:4) In the opening segment of the epistle the author reveals the dignity and exalted nature of the author of Christianity as the Son of God Note some of the di erent ways he points to the deity of Christ in this rst segment (locate the Bible texts that support the points) Divine names, (e.g God, 1:8; Lord, 1:10) Divine works, (e.g., creation, 1:2; upholding all things, 1:3; purging sins, 1:3) Divine character (1:3) Divine position and honor, (e.g., heir, 1:2; seated on the right hand of the Majesty on high, 1:3; rank higher than angels, 1:414) Eternal existence, (e.g., 1:8) E CHRIST THE SON OF MAN (2:5—4:13) Christ is shown as Son of Man to be man’s Redeemer, tasting “death for every one” (2:9) He became the Son of Man that we might become the sons of God He came to earth that we might go to heaven He bore our sins that we might partake of His righteousness He took our nature in order that we might have His nature Christ became a man in order to restore to man all that he lost through Adam’s fall As a man Christ lived before men; as a man He died; and as the Son of Man He appears now in the presence of God for the believer Not only was it necessary for Christ to become a man that He might die, but it was necessary for Him to become a man in order that He might be a merciful and faithful high priest; One who was tempted as we are; One who knows all about us; One who is able to succor them that are tempted (2:17-18) Those are some of the truths of Christ’s humanity that the author writes about in this section of the epistle F CHRIST THE HIGH PRIEST (4:14— ... opening segment of the epistle the author reveals the dignity and exalted nature of the author of Christianity as the Son of God Note some of the di erent ways he points to the deity of Christ in... who is able to succor them that are tempted (2:17-18) Those are some of the truths of Christ’s humanity that the author writes about in this section of the epistle F CHRIST THE HIGH PRIEST (4:14—... (5:11—6:20) Old and New Covenants (8:1-13) O erings of the law and o ering of Christ (9:1 —10:18) Faith and sight (11:1-40) Mount Sinai and Mount Zion (12:1829) D CHRIST THE SON OF GOD (1:1—2:4) In the