Epistle to the Hebrews:
This is found in the Bible Dictionary on page 746. I record this because I had no idea this was in the back of my 1981 bible!! What a great learning tool. This really helps to explain Hebrews and what Paul is trying to accomplish in his letters to the Jews.
There we find several things that he taught that Jesus is superior to. First, the Law of Moses. he had to keep teaching that the law of Moses was a forerunner to Christ, and had been fulfilled. The laws were so rigid and they had become used to strictly following the law of Moses but Paul needed them to let it go and learn the higher law. In the Analysis of Hebrews we learn that Jesus is greater than the angles. Jesus is greater that Moses. Jesus' word is superior and that Jesus is superior to the high priests of the law of Moses.
In Hebrews 1 Paul taught these three truths about the Savior.
1. Jesus Christ "made the worlds" (vs 2)
2. Jesus Christ as the "first-begotten into the world" (vs 6)
3. Jesus Christ is the same and will not change. (vs 12)
It is interesting that in the first part of this assignment, I wrote about the things that Jesus Christ is superior to. Yet, he descended heaven to come down to earth. Here are some of the reasons that He did that:
He needed to fulfill prophecy
He came to suffer and feel all our pains so he will know how to succor his people
He had to lose the bands of death and give us the priceless gift of resurrection.
He came to save each of us from our sins
He came to set many examples for us including the example of baptism
He came to experience life on earth so that when he judges us, he understands
How grateful I am that He did come to earth and do all that He did for me. Without these things, earth would be a miserable experience. With all these things there is hope and joy.
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