Hebrews Recap (YouTube Video Transcript)

(00:00:00) Your YouTube transcript will appear here (00:00:01) What if everything you've ever been (00:00:02) taught about the book of Hebrews was (00:00:04) wrong? What if the phrase the old (00:00:06) covenant is growing old and ready to (00:00:07) vanish away never meant what we've been (00:00:10) told, but was actually a first century (00:00:12) Jewish idiom that the reader immediately (00:00:15) understood? And what if recovering that (00:00:17) one single detail changes how the entire (00:00:20) book is read? Get ready, my friends, for (00:00:22) a warp speed walk through the entire (00:00:24) book of Hebrews in less time that it (00:00:26) takes to watch a single episode on (00:00:28) Netflix right after this. (00:00:37) Hello everyone and welcome to this (00:00:39) week's broadcast. I'm Jim Staley with (00:00:41) Passion for Truth Ministries. Excited to (00:00:43) go over the entire book of Hebrews with (00:00:45) you from the original Hebraic Jewish (00:00:48) perspective. It was written in highlevel (00:00:50) going through each chapter pointing out (00:00:52) the most important gold nuggets that you (00:00:55) need to know. So this is going to be an (00:00:56) overview of the entire book of Hebrews (00:00:59) from the original author's perspective, (00:01:01) the Jewish perspective, the Hebrew (00:01:03) perspective. If you like a deep dive, if (00:01:05) you are in a a student of the word and (00:01:08) you really truly want to understand (00:01:10) Hebrews in all of its context, I (00:01:12) encourage you to go to the playlist of (00:01:14) the book of Hebrews. It is a commentary (00:01:16) verse by verse. You won't regret it. (00:01:19) Some of the chapters and episodes uh are (00:01:23) just phenomenally rich uh in first (00:01:26) century Hebraic culture and idioms and (00:01:29) the amount of things that the Holy (00:01:30) Spirit brought to us through those (00:01:32) broadcasts, I believe will be a blessing (00:01:34) for you. 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And (00:02:12) what makes us and separates us different (00:02:14) from most of the rest of the crowds that (00:02:15) are out there is we definitely take the (00:02:18) time to dive into first century academic (00:02:21) uh biblical culture. And we look into (00:02:24) extra biblical writings such as Josephus (00:02:26) and Pho and the Dead Sea Scrolls for (00:02:29) validation or extra information that (00:02:31) allows us to understand the scriptures (00:02:33) even better. So that's what we do and (00:02:35) we're going to start out right now. So (00:02:37) let's do the overview chapter by (00:02:39) chapter, shall we? Here we go. All (00:02:41) right. So first of all, the book of (00:02:43) Hebrews has been uh unfairly (00:02:47) cast as the book that separates the old (00:02:50) covenant from the new covenant. And such (00:02:52) verses, I'm not going to lie, as the (00:02:54) verse that says that the old covenant is (00:02:57) waxing away and behold, here comes the (00:02:59) new covenant doesn't help. And so if we (00:03:03) don't understand what the author means (00:03:04) by the word covenant, period and (00:03:06) understanding what his entire point is, (00:03:09) we're literally just going to read into (00:03:10) that what we already believe. What do we (00:03:12) already believe? Our modern-day (00:03:14) Christian framework believes that God's (00:03:18) law is done away with. It believes that (00:03:20) there's no purpose to the Torah. The law (00:03:22) was for the old covenant. We're under (00:03:24) the new covenant. We don't have to keep (00:03:26) the law of the old covenant. This is the (00:03:28) prevailing theological construct of the (00:03:31) modern-day Christian church. And when (00:03:33) you put on those glasses, you're going (00:03:35) to read verses out of Hebrews 8:9. And (00:03:39) you are going to read right into them (00:03:41) what you already believe rather than (00:03:44) extracting, meaning executing the (00:03:46) scriptures properly and knowing what the (00:03:48) author actually intended. And so that's (00:03:51) what we're going to be doing. The book (00:03:53) of Hebrews as a whole is not about the (00:03:55) law being abolished or the old covenant (00:03:57) being discarded so the new covenant (00:03:59) could replace it. May it never be as (00:04:02) Paul would say. The author is educating (00:04:05) Jewish believers. Now this is important (00:04:07) particularly those in Rome whose entire (00:04:09) religious life revolve around the temple (00:04:11) and the Torah. Their entire being was (00:04:15) connected to this concept of the temple (00:04:17) that existed for so long. There had (00:04:19) never been a change in administration. (00:04:22) It had always been the Levites and (00:04:25) everything was business as usual every (00:04:27) day with the sacrifices and on Yamapour (00:04:29) once a year the high priest would go (00:04:31) into the holy of holies sacrifice for (00:04:33) his sins and then for the all the sins (00:04:35) of Israel. This was a staple (00:04:38) understanding in first century Judaism (00:04:40) and in Messianic uh Judaism as many Jews (00:04:43) were getting saved early on. But there (00:04:46) was a new authority that was coming into (00:04:48) place. This Yeshua, Jesus, the Messiah (00:04:51) was was this they were un trying to (00:04:53) understand where he fits into the Jewish (00:04:56) life or into the pages of scripture even (00:04:59) in the prophets. What does it look like (00:05:01) now that Christ rose from the dead? What (00:05:03) what how does that affect modern-day (00:05:06) temple worship? Uh in Jewish culture, (00:05:09) this was what was going on. But now (00:05:12) there is a high priest from heaven in (00:05:15) the order of MelkiseDC, one with no (00:05:17) beginning, no end, who permanently (00:05:19) administrates and ministers the law (00:05:22) through grace. This was a totally (00:05:24) unheard of uh theology in the first (00:05:27) century. And this is why the book of (00:05:29) Hebrews was written. If you don't (00:05:30) remember anything else, this is the (00:05:33) entire point of the book of Hebrews is (00:05:35) to talk to these Jewish believers who (00:05:37) are completely non-understanding of any (00:05:40) other possible priesthood outside of (00:05:42) what Moses was given on the mountain of (00:05:44) the Levitical priesthood and teach them (00:05:46) the power of the Mkisedc priesthood and (00:05:49) how it is the actual priesthood from (00:05:51) heaven. So that's what we're going to do (00:05:53) and we're going to go chapter by (00:05:54) chapter. Here we go. All right, let's go (00:05:56) to chapter one here in verse two and (00:05:59) three. We're going to spend a little bit (00:06:00) of time on this. He says, "He has in (00:06:02) these last days spoken to us by his son, (00:06:05) whom he appointed heir of all things, (00:06:07) through whom also he made the world, who (00:06:10) being the brightness of his glory in the (00:06:11) express image of his person, and (00:06:13) upholding all things by the word of his (00:06:15) power, when he had by himself purged our (00:06:18) sins, sat down at the right hand of the (00:06:20) majesty on high." This is an amazing (00:06:23) chapter because the author starts off (00:06:25) the entire chapter letting them know (00:06:29) this is not a man. This is not just an (00:06:31) angel. This is God himself in the flesh. (00:06:35) He's letting them know that this was (00:06:37) before all time. That the brightness of (00:06:39) the glory of God, which God says he (00:06:41) shares with no one, but yet he shares it (00:06:43) with his son, is that look, if you're a (00:06:45) son of man, you're human. If you are a (00:06:48) son of God, you're you are deity. And so (00:06:50) I want to go over to uh Philippians (00:06:52) chapter 2 10-11 and then also Isaiah (00:06:55) 45:23. And I want to show you something. (00:06:58) We're not going to spend a whole lot of (00:06:59) time on this because I go through it (00:07:00) extensively uh in the verse by verse (00:07:02) breakdown. But take a look at this. When (00:07:04) we get to Philippians 2, it says that at (00:07:06) the name of Yeshua, Jesus, every knee (00:07:09) will bow of those in heaven and those on (00:07:11) earth and of those under the earth that (00:07:13) every tongue should confess that Jesus (00:07:15) Christ is Lord to the glory of God the (00:07:16) Father. Now, that's an extraordinary (00:07:18) verse that every Christian knows that (00:07:19) when the Messiah comes, everyone is (00:07:21) going to fall on their face. Whether (00:07:22) they like it or not, they're going to (00:07:23) come claim that Yeshua is Lord. There's (00:07:26) only one problem with that. If you don't (00:07:28) believe that Yeshua is deity, then we (00:07:31) have a massive contradiction on our (00:07:33) hands and a larger problem in that (00:07:36) because Isaiah 45:23 is the source (00:07:38) material for that quote from (00:07:40) Philippians. It says this, "I have sworn (00:07:43) by myself." Now God is talking. The word (00:07:45) has gone out of my mouth in (00:07:47) righteousness and shall not return that (00:07:50) to me every knee shall bow and every (00:07:53) tongue will take an oath will confess. (00:07:56) So that's a problem because either every (00:07:58) knee is going to be bowing to God or (00:07:59) every knee is going to be bowing to (00:08:01) Yeshua his son. What's fascinating is (00:08:03) the answer is right there in Isaiah. It (00:08:05) says the word has gone out of his mouth. (00:08:07) And what is Yeshua? He is the word made (00:08:10) flesh. They're combined. We don't have (00:08:13) to understand it, but they're definitely (00:08:15) connected. And the author of Hebrews, (00:08:16) now this is not a treaties in and of (00:08:18) itself to prove that Yeshua is God. Uh I (00:08:21) do that very extensively in a teaching (00:08:23) called a trinity on trial. You can check (00:08:25) that out on our website or on our (00:08:27) YouTube channel. But it's important to (00:08:29) know that the author of Hebrews starts (00:08:31) off by saying this is significant. Uh (00:08:35) this high priest is not human. He's not (00:08:37) angelic. This is special. He's before (00:08:41) the beginning of time. John 1:13 says (00:08:43) this, I've quoted a couple times. In the (00:08:45) beginning was the word. The word was (00:08:46) with God. The word was God. The word was (00:08:48) with God. In the beginning, through him (00:08:50) all things were made. Without him (00:08:51) nothing was made that has been made. (00:08:53) Nothing. The entire universe was made by (00:08:56) the word which eventually becomes (00:08:59) Yeshua. This clearly distinguishes the (00:09:01) word Yeshua from created things. If (00:09:03) nothing was made without him, he cannot (00:09:05) be a created being. That simple. And (00:09:07) John 17:5 says, "And now, Father, (00:09:09) glorify me in your presence with the (00:09:10) glory that I had with you before the (00:09:12) world existed." Again, it's a problem (00:09:15) because you can't have God saying, "I (00:09:17) don't share my glory." And then saying (00:09:19) Yeshua saying, "Share your glory with me (00:09:22) of the glory that I had before I was (00:09:23) even here." Uh Hebrews 1, 2, and 3 (00:09:27) again, uh it says, "Through whom he (00:09:29) created the world, sustaining all things (00:09:32) by his powerful word." That's Yeshua. (00:09:35) You Lord laid the foundation of the (00:09:36) earth in the beginning and the heavens (00:09:38) are the work of your hands. This is (00:09:40) right out of Micah chapter 5:2. It says, (00:09:42) "But you Bethlehem Ephrada from you (00:09:44) shall come forth for me one who is to be (00:09:47) ruler in Israel whose goings forth are (00:09:49) from old from everlasting." In other (00:09:51) words, the roots of Yeshua before he (00:09:54) came to earth were from eternity. That's (00:09:58) what the prophet Micah is saying. And (00:10:00) this is the slide that I showed you guys (00:10:04) uh on the actual chapter 1 I believe in (00:10:08) Hebrews. But this kind of gives you an (00:10:09) idea. If you look at the human brain, (00:10:11) there's really three components to it. (00:10:13) And I equate it. The left side is (00:10:14) analytical. The right side is is the (00:10:17) mercy, it's the compassion, it's the (00:10:19) empathy side. And then you have the (00:10:20) brain stem that connects the two. And (00:10:22) that's the Holy Spirit. So you have the (00:10:23) father who's the creator lawgiver. He's (00:10:26) sovereign. You have Yeshua, the (00:10:27) redeemer, the revealer. He's the (00:10:29) relationship builder, the gracegiver, (00:10:32) and then you have the Holy Spirit, which (00:10:33) is the connector between the two. All (00:10:36) three of those make up the brain. You (00:10:37) cannot take one and say, "Oh, this is (00:10:40) the brain, but this isn't the brain." (00:10:42) No, we are all three of these are (00:10:44) represented perfectly in scripture. And (00:10:46) again, you can watch Trinity on Trial if (00:10:48) you'd like more information on that. All (00:10:50) right, so let's move on to chapter two. (00:10:51) Chapter 2 is all about warning the (00:10:53) assembly to hold true to their faith in (00:10:55) Christ and remember the foundation of (00:10:57) where their salvation comes from. Let's (00:10:59) take a look at a couple verses here uh (00:11:01) that will prove that to be true. All (00:11:02) right. So, Hebrews 2:12 says, "I will (00:11:05) declare your name to my brethren in the (00:11:07) midst of the assembly. I will sing (00:11:08) praise to you." Now, one of the false (00:11:11) narratives that traditional Christian um (00:11:14) understanding of Hebrews is is that (00:11:15) there's a difference between the church, (00:11:17) the Christian church and uh the Jewish (00:11:20) people or Israel. But the Bible does not (00:11:24) separate the two at all. As a matter of (00:11:26) fact, if we go over to Ephesians 2 12 (00:11:29) and 13, it makes it very clear that at (00:11:31) that time, talking to the Gentiles, you (00:11:33) who were without Christ, you were aliens (00:11:36) from the commonwealth of Israel and (00:11:38) strangers from the covenants of promise, (00:11:40) having no hope and without God in the (00:11:42) world. But now in Christ Jesus, he's (00:11:44) about to contrast now being uh aliens (00:11:47) from the commonwealth. Uh but now in (00:11:50) Christ Jesus, you who are once far off (00:11:52) from being part of the commonwealth of (00:11:55) Israel are brought near to the (00:11:57) commonwealth of Israel by the blood of (00:11:59) Christ. Now therefore, you are no longer (00:12:01) strangers and foreigners, but fellow (00:12:03) citizens of the commonwealth of Israel (00:12:06) with the saints and members of the (00:12:07) household of God. Now, this is really, (00:12:09) really important because this is founded (00:12:11) all upon the new covenant scripture out (00:12:13) of Jeremiah 31:31 when it talks about (00:12:15) bringing a new covenant to the house of (00:12:17) Israel and the house of Judah. And I (00:12:19) hate to tell you, there is no house of (00:12:20) gentile. It just doesn't exist. So, it (00:12:24) the house of Israel and the house of (00:12:26) Judah are the only ones that can be part (00:12:29) of the new covenant. And this is a (00:12:31) bomb-dropper for most of Christian (00:12:33) theologians who have never even saw the (00:12:35) elephant that's standing right in front (00:12:37) of them in the living room is you cannot (00:12:39) be a gentile and be part of the covenant (00:12:43) of God. You can't uh a there is no Jew. (00:12:46) There's no Gentile. It's just those that (00:12:49) are part of Israel. You have to be a (00:12:52) covenant commonwealth of Israel uh (00:12:54) believer. That's it. Uh that's what (00:12:56) Jeremiah 31:31 says. And the whole (00:12:58) fundamental foundation of Jeremiah 31 is (00:13:01) that he's going to take this new (00:13:02) covenant. And the definition of it is or (00:13:04) the purpose of it is he's going to write (00:13:06) the Torah, the very Torah that most of (00:13:08) Christianity says doesn't exist. He's (00:13:10) going to write that on your heart. You (00:13:12) can't write something on your heart (00:13:13) that's done away with. That wouldn't (00:13:15) make any sense. So, we've really really (00:13:17) misunderstood uh this whole topic and (00:13:20) it's mainly because we've misunderstood (00:13:21) Hebrews. And that's what we're going to (00:13:23) try to do. So, the church is simply just (00:13:25) the assembly. There was no word called (00:13:28) church. It was eklesia, the assembly. (00:13:30) And the assembly of God in the Old (00:13:32) Testament is the same as the assembly of (00:13:34) God in the New Testament. It has always (00:13:36) been by faith through grace. The Torah (00:13:39) is just the way to live life. That's it. (00:13:42) It's blessings and curses. It's just (00:13:44) God's way of saying, "Hey, this is how (00:13:46) you please me. This is how you have (00:13:47) great relationships." The administrators (00:13:49) are just simply going to change from the (00:13:50) Levites to the MelkiseDC. And we'll talk (00:13:52) about that coming up here soon. All (00:13:54) right. Now moving to chapter 3. It's not (00:13:57) Moses versus Christ. Let's take a look (00:13:58) at it. Hebrews 3-6 says, "For this one (00:14:01) has been counted worthy of more glory (00:14:02) than Moses, in as much he who's built (00:14:04) the house has more honor than the house. (00:14:06) For every house is built by someone, but (00:14:08) he who built all things as God. And (00:14:10) Moses indeed was faithful in all his (00:14:13) house as a servant, for a testimony of (00:14:15) those things which would be spoken (00:14:16) afterwards. But Christ as a son over his (00:14:19) own house whose house we are if we hold (00:14:22) fast the confidence and the rejoicing of (00:14:24) the hope from the end. Now this has been (00:14:27) radically misunderstood to say that uh (00:14:29) this proves the law of Moses is done (00:14:31) away with and now the law of Christ is (00:14:32) supreme. But the context compares the (00:14:35) roles of Moses and Yeshua not to abolish (00:14:38) what Moses taught but to highlight the (00:14:41) authority of the Messiah as the final (00:14:43) high priest and son over the household (00:14:45) of God. Moses is over the household of (00:14:48) God. And Yeshua is because he is (00:14:50) literally heir to the throne. He is the (00:14:52) son of God. He's the faithful son, heir (00:14:55) over the whole house. It's not replacing (00:14:58) the house. It's not replacing the rules (00:15:00) of the house. It's replacing the one (00:15:01) who's ruler over it. Both are faithful. (00:15:04) One is a servant in the house. The other (00:15:07) is a son over it. Both are integral to (00:15:10) the same house. Galatians 3:24 and 25 is (00:15:12) similar to this talking about the tutor, (00:15:14) right? that as long as the the the the (00:15:16) the parents are gone, the father's gone, (00:15:18) the tutor is in charge. But when the (00:15:20) father comes home, the tutor is no (00:15:21) longer needed. Right? Very true. The (00:15:24) tutor cannot discipline the children (00:15:26) when the father comes home. But it (00:15:27) doesn't mean that everything that the (00:15:28) tutor taught them or the rules of the (00:15:31) house are gone. There's no new rules (00:15:33) when the father comes home. It's just he (00:15:35) is the one that offers and can (00:15:37) administrate discipline. This is where (00:15:39) grace and mercy come in. The Torah (00:15:41) cannot operate under grace and mercy. it (00:15:43) it's just like uh the codified law in (00:15:45) the United States or any country. The (00:15:47) laws are the laws. It just doesn't (00:15:48) matter. You can't go up to a stop sign (00:15:50) and change it. You can't go up to a (00:15:52) speed limit sign and change the number (00:15:54) on the sign. It is what it is. Uh the (00:15:57) law doesn't change. But Christ can (00:16:00) absolutely give grace when one breaks (00:16:02) it. And that's the point of the book of (00:16:04) Hebrews. All right, let's move to (00:16:06) chapter 4 where it is he establishes the (00:16:09) Shabbat, the Sabbath. You can read uh (00:16:12) chapter 4 verse 1-9 and you'll see over (00:16:14) and over again he's using the Sabbath to (00:16:17) talk about that there is a Sabbath rest (00:16:19) that remains for the people of God. Now (00:16:21) why is he even talking about the Sabbath (00:16:23) if the Sabbath is done away with? Now (00:16:26) this is likely close to 30 years after (00:16:28) the death of Christ. So if the Shabbat (00:16:30) was done away with and it had all been (00:16:32) switched to Sunday, which the Catholic (00:16:34) Church hasn't been in existence yet at (00:16:36) this time, so that couldn't have (00:16:37) happened because the Sabbath was changed (00:16:40) from Saturday, the 7th day, to the first (00:16:42) day of the week in 321 AD by a Roman (00:16:44) edict. But that's for another day. But (00:16:47) for now, this is about 30 years after (00:16:49) Christ's resurrection. And there is no (00:16:51) signs that the Sabbath is done away (00:16:53) with. As a matter of fact, it's so (00:16:55) integrated into first century uh (00:16:58) Christianity that he uses it as an (00:17:00) example because everybody's familiar (00:17:02) with it. And that's why he uses uh this (00:17:05) word uh the Sabbath. Now, there's two (00:17:07) Greek words that are used in this (00:17:09) chapter, which is fascinating. It's (00:17:11) cataposis, which is the general rest. (00:17:13) Okay? So, when he talks about Sabbath, (00:17:16) Sabbath, Sabbath all the way to verse 9, (00:17:19) it's all cataposis. general rest that (00:17:22) you can do in any time of week. But when (00:17:25) you get to verse 9, he changes (00:17:27) everything. He uses sabatismos, which is (00:17:30) the actual Greek word for Sabbath rest, (00:17:34) the seventh day Sabbath. And that's why (00:17:36) he says that therefore there remains a (00:17:39) Sabbath rest for the people of God. He's (00:17:42) making the connection that there is a (00:17:44) Sabbath in Yeshua, but the weekly (00:17:47) Sabbath is the microcosm of that. When (00:17:50) we celebrate Shabbat from Friday night (00:17:52) to Saturday night, which is a worldwide (00:17:55) uh revival right now that's happening (00:17:57) within Christianity, Christians (00:17:59) everywhere, even in the wake of Charlie (00:18:01) Kirk wrote a whole book on on stop in (00:18:04) the name of God, on how the Sabbath (00:18:05) changed and revolutionized his entire (00:18:07) family's life, and he encourages (00:18:08) everybody to do it. Why? It's such a (00:18:10) great idea. Because God said so. That's (00:18:13) why before man even sinned, uh we were (00:18:15) commanded to keep the Sabbath on the (00:18:17) seventh day. Not out of legalism. It's a (00:18:20) way for us to connect with God and (00:18:21) remember that when the when the seventh (00:18:23) millennium comes, that is going to be (00:18:25) the eternal rest of God's people on that (00:18:27) seventh day, prophetic day, if you will. (00:18:30) And the weekly Sabbath is the weekly (00:18:32) reset. It's the reminder and (00:18:34) recalibration of that. And that's why he (00:18:36) says it still remains. The Sabbath isn't (00:18:39) abolished. Sabbath without Messiah is (00:18:42) simply ritual. Messiah without Sabbath (00:18:45) is incomplete rest. I love how Joshua (00:18:48) Caleb uh looks at it. Their faith (00:18:51) entered the rest. Disbelief empowers (00:18:55) giants. Did you know that faith allows (00:18:58) you to enter into rest? Disbelief (00:19:02) empowers giants. Never forget that. All (00:19:05) right, let's move along to chapter five. (00:19:07) It is all about the eternality of (00:19:10) Yeshua, the new high priest. Even the (00:19:12) Kuman community knew that MelkiseDC was (00:19:15) God in the flesh. Now, this is a crazy (00:19:17) thought. I know there's people (00:19:18) listening, there's broadcasts that don't (00:19:19) believe that Yeshua uh is part of a (00:19:23) deity, and I'm not going to pretend that (00:19:24) I understand all of it at all. How can I (00:19:27) understand something that's eternal with (00:19:28) my 2% of my brain that I use uh and (00:19:31) sometimes less than that at times, but (00:19:34) the Essenes in Kuman, from which we get (00:19:36) the the Dead Sea Scrolls, they had a (00:19:39) concept that Mkisedc was God in the (00:19:41) flesh. And that's where the author is (00:19:43) going to get it from. It says this in uh (00:19:45) 11Q Malchisedc. Okay, in column 2 inside (00:19:49) the the Dead Sea Scrolls, it says in its (00:19:51) interpretation, Elohim here is (00:19:53) Malchisedc who will avenge the vengeance (00:19:56) of the judgments of God and he will drag (00:19:59) them from the hand of Balile, Satan, and (00:20:01) from the hand of all the spirits of his (00:20:03) lot. And all the gods of justice will (00:20:05) come to his aid to attend to the (00:20:07) destruction of Balile. And the height is (00:20:10) all the sons of light. This is the day (00:20:12) of peace. Shalom. Concerning which he (00:20:14) said through the prophet Isaiah who (00:20:16) said, "How beautiful upon the mountains (00:20:18) are the feet of the me messenger who (00:20:20) proclaims peace, who brings good news, (00:20:22) who proclaims salvation, who says to (00:20:24) Zion, your God reigns." Ladies and (00:20:26) gentlemen, go back and you can look in (00:20:28) chapter 5 when I do that whole uh (00:20:29) program on chapter 5 and you can see the (00:20:32) rest of these quotes. But this is (00:20:33) significant because this is telling us (00:20:35) that a Jewish sect in the first century (00:20:38) took this scripture out of Isaiah 52 (00:20:40) which is clearly a messianic uh uh (00:20:42) prophecy attaches it to Mkisedc and then (00:20:45) calls Melkisedc Elohim which is one of (00:20:48) the names of God (00:20:50) and then the author of Hebrews says that (00:20:52) Mkisedc is the one who's going to be the (00:20:54) high priest. That's pretty incredible (00:20:57) and a powerful example of how MelkiseDC (00:21:01) supersedes all priesthood. All right, (00:21:04) moving to chapter six. Now, we're almost (00:21:05) halfway done. Let's take a look at verse (00:21:08) 1 through3. There's something to take a (00:21:10) look at here and uh and uncover. So, (00:21:13) let's go. Verse one. Therefore, leaving (00:21:15) the discussion of the elementary (00:21:16) principles of Christ, let us go on to (00:21:18) perfection, not laying again the (00:21:20) foundations of repentance from dead (00:21:21) works, and of faith toward God, and of (00:21:24) doctrine, of baptisms, baptisms, plural, (00:21:27) that's interesting, of laying on of (00:21:29) hands, of resurrection of the dead, and (00:21:30) of eternal judgment. And this we will do (00:21:32) if God permits. This is fascinating (00:21:35) because uh when you look at the doctrine (00:21:36) of baptisms in first century (00:21:38) Christianity, it wasn't anything like it (00:21:40) is today where there's just a baptism (00:21:42) for getting saved. They had what was (00:21:44) called a mikvah or a ritual immersion (00:21:46) bath and all the Christians used it. It (00:21:48) was it was fully uh understood all the (00:21:51) different types of clean and unclean and (00:21:54) the spiritual uncleanness that happens (00:21:56) in our lives. This entire chapter six is (00:21:59) about enduring till the end and not (00:22:02) allowing culture to pull you out of (00:22:04) covenant from following Messiah which (00:22:06) causes us to be unclean. Let's move on (00:22:08) to chapter 7 here and uh see what we've (00:22:11) got. Now, when you get to chapter 7, (00:22:14) there's a little bit of a switch. (00:22:15) Chapter 7 establishes (00:22:18) uh with the Torah that Melkisedc is (00:22:20) higher than Abraham. So, again, we're (00:22:22) beginning the process of separating Levi (00:22:26) from Mkisedc and continually showing the (00:22:31) superiority of the Misedc priesthood. (00:22:34) The author is trying to remind his (00:22:35) audience that look, the entire Torah, (00:22:38) all of the temple, the entire priesthood (00:22:40) of Levi is patterned after a temple in (00:22:43) heaven. Don't forget the temple in (00:22:45) heaven just because you can't see it. (00:22:47) There is a whole another priesthood and (00:22:49) it comes from MelkiseDC who is the son (00:22:51) of God that is leading that whole charge (00:22:54) up there and is going to now bring that (00:22:57) uh that whole entire umbrella and fuse (00:23:00) it over the top of Levi on earth. Okay, (00:23:03) the heaven and the earth realms are (00:23:06) going to merge. All right, so it (00:23:08) explains in chapter 7 how Abraham paid (00:23:11) tithe to MelkiseDC out of Genesis. Uh-c (00:23:14) and because Levi was not born yet and (00:23:16) still in the loins of Abraham, that (00:23:18) means by default Levi was paying tithe (00:23:20) to Melkisedc and that proves that (00:23:22) Mkisedc priesthood was greater. So (00:23:25) chapter 7 is all about that. And when (00:23:28) you get to verse 11, um I want to point (00:23:30) out something that's interesting that's (00:23:33) misunderstood and totally mistransated (00:23:35) in the English language. And that's (00:23:37) verse 11. It says, "Therefore, if (00:23:38) perfection were through the Levitical (00:23:40) priesthood, for under it the people (00:23:42) received the law, what further need was (00:23:45) there that another priest should be uh (00:23:47) should arise according to the order of (00:23:48) MelkiseDC and not be called according to (00:23:51) the order of Aaron?" Now, this is (00:23:54) fascinating because the word law here (00:23:56) doesn't exist. That is not the word in (00:23:58) the Greek. The word is nomatoeo which (00:24:01) means to instruct or teach. It does not (00:24:04) mean law. It is talking about the (00:24:06) administration of it. It's a perfect (00:24:08) passive verb. Right now in English it's (00:24:12) an it's a noun. It's not in the Greek. (00:24:15) It's a passive verb that literally means (00:24:17) to legislate or institute regulations. (00:24:21) It's talking about the people. And (00:24:22) according to Greek scholars, the word (00:24:23) law is not the subject intended. But the (00:24:26) administration of it, it should actually (00:24:29) read, "For on the basis of it, the (00:24:31) people were given their legal (00:24:32) administration, the Levites." The (00:24:35) purpose or the subject here of that (00:24:38) thought is the people, the Levites, not (00:24:41) the law itself. And why is that so (00:24:43) important? Because many uh a pastor or (00:24:46) scholar or Bible student will take their (00:24:48) preconceived ideas that there is the (00:24:50) we're no longer under the law and they (00:24:52) read that into this text. What he's (00:24:54) saying here is perfection were through (00:24:56) the Levitical priesthood. (00:24:58) You see that it doesn't say through the (00:25:00) law. It says priesthood for under it the (00:25:05) priesthood the people received the (00:25:07) administration. (00:25:09) You see how that that dramatically (00:25:10) changes the entire uh context of the (00:25:13) verse when we look at it through the (00:25:15) right eyes. And he goes on it says for (00:25:16) the priesthood being changed. The next (00:25:19) verse gives it away. the priesthood (00:25:21) being changed of necessary there also (00:25:23) has to be a change in the law not the (00:25:24) entire law the law of the priesthood (00:25:27) having to come only from Levi so it's (00:25:30) not the entire law but it's a specific (00:25:32) law that says the priesthood can only be (00:25:34) from Levi and he quotes the provision to (00:25:37) make this change from Psalm 1104 (00:25:41) and that's why this is not about (00:25:43) changing the entire law of God this is (00:25:45) about doing and making a change that the (00:25:48) law itself allows us to make prophesied (00:25:51) that was going to happen. It's the (00:25:52) change of the priesthood. And when you (00:25:54) get down to verse 18 and 19, it says, (00:25:56) "For on one end, there is an enoling of (00:25:57) the former commandment, Levi, because of (00:26:00) its weakness and improfit because there (00:26:03) were fallible men. For the law made (00:26:05) nothing perfect. On the other hand, (00:26:06) there is there is the bringing in of a (00:26:08) better hope through which we draw near (00:26:10) to God." Again, the subject is people. (00:26:13) What's the better hope? Yeshua, Jesus, (00:26:15) the high priest that gave his life once (00:26:17) and for all. Not daily, but once and for (00:26:20) all. The entire focus is priesthood, (00:26:22) priesthood, not content, content. Okay? (00:26:25) He's not saying that the Torah is bad. (00:26:27) He's simply saying that the law itself (00:26:29) from which the people have become (00:26:30) dependent on could not make anyone (00:26:33) perfect or bring full restoration to the (00:26:35) covenant that was broken in the Garden (00:26:37) of Eden. It had no power to forgive, (00:26:39) only to bring blessing if you kept it, (00:26:41) and a curse if you didn't. But through (00:26:43) Christ and his priesthood, there was a (00:26:45) better hope because his blood was shed (00:26:48) once and for all. That's the brilliance (00:26:50) of of Romans chapter 7. And comparing (00:26:53) and showing the Mkisedc, it's to let us (00:26:56) know there is a change necessary. He (00:26:59) wants the Jewish readers and the Hebrew (00:27:02) Christians to migrate from the mindset (00:27:05) of the high priest uh in the temple that (00:27:08) they can see to the high priest in the (00:27:11) temple that they can't see. He wants (00:27:13) their faith to go from trusting in the (00:27:15) high priest on Yam Kapour to trusting in (00:27:18) Yeshua every day. This is the whole (00:27:21) point of everything that the writer of (00:27:24) Hebrews is trying to convey. All right, (00:27:27) moving on to chapter 8. It says this in (00:27:28) verse 7 and 8. For if the first (00:27:30) covenant, now this is a difficult one (00:27:32) until you learn what it all means. If (00:27:35) the first covenant had been faultless, (00:27:36) then no place would have been sought for (00:27:38) a second because finding fault with the (00:27:42) Torah. Nope, doesn't say that. It says (00:27:44) finding fault with them. And he's about (00:27:45) to quote Jeremiah 31 uh 31 and (00:27:49) following. Uh he's not finding a fault (00:27:51) with his own word. And the word is (00:27:53) flesh. The word is Yeshua himself. The (00:27:55) word is God. There cannot be any fault (00:27:58) in God's word. God's word is perfect. (00:28:02) The fault is with us. So a new covenant (00:28:05) had to be made because we and our (00:28:08) ancestors failed. Now let's discover and (00:28:11) this was a powerful chapter. Ladies and (00:28:13) gentlemen, I encourage you to go back (00:28:15) and watch the whole thing because what (00:28:17) I'm about to share with you, if you (00:28:18) haven't watched Hebrews 8 broadcast, (00:28:21) this is theologically a bombshell on (00:28:24) traditional interpretation of Hebrews is (00:28:26) understanding the difference between (00:28:28) covenant and law. People assume that the (00:28:31) old covenant is the law of God, but (00:28:34) that's not true. This is a problem (00:28:36) because if the covenant is obsolete, (00:28:39) law is now obsolete which makes sin (00:28:42) obsolete because 1 John 3:4 says sin is (00:28:45) the transgression of the law. The very (00:28:47) definition of sin depends on there being (00:28:49) a law. So if the old covenant is the law (00:28:52) of God and the law of God is done away (00:28:53) with, we've done away with the (00:28:54) definition of sin and therefore there's (00:28:56) no point for Christ to come because (00:28:58) Christ came to redeem us from sin. But (00:29:00) if there is no transgression of the law (00:29:02) because there's no law then there's no (00:29:04) sin which means we don't need Christ big (00:29:06) problem. (00:29:08) But covenant and law are different. (00:29:11) Covenant is a relationship structure. (00:29:14) It's simply the umbrella. The law is the (00:29:17) terms of that relationship structure. So (00:29:20) when you get to verse 13, which is one (00:29:22) of the most difficult and most (00:29:24) misunderstood verses in the book of (00:29:25) Hebrews, it says and that he says a new (00:29:28) covenant. He has made the first (00:29:29) obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete (00:29:31) and growing old is ready to vanish away. (00:29:33) Now most of Christianity has interpreted (00:29:36) this as the new covenant is superseding (00:29:39) the old covenant and the old law is done (00:29:41) away with. But that's not what it means. (00:29:44) And you see how easy it is to understand (00:29:46) when you know the difference between (00:29:47) covenant and law. He is telling the (00:29:50) truth. We're just misunderstanding it. (00:29:52) So let's read it again. And he's saying (00:29:55) a new administration. He has made the (00:29:57) first administration of Levi obsolete. (00:30:00) Now the Levitical priesthood is becoming (00:30:03) obsolete and growing old and is ready to (00:30:05) vanish away because they're right on the (00:30:08) precipice of 70 AD where the temple is (00:30:10) going to be destroyed. The Levitical (00:30:12) priesthood is no longer going to be in (00:30:13) operation and MelkiseDC will be in full (00:30:16) bloom. The examples that I give are (00:30:18) marriage and the Constitution of the (00:30:20) United States. So inside of marriage, (00:30:22) you have the marriage covenant itself. (00:30:23) People go down the aisle, they make (00:30:25) their vows. That is the marriage uh (00:30:28) vows. That is the marriage covenant. If (00:30:31) you get divorced, it doesn't change the (00:30:34) covenant laws. (00:30:36) When you get remarried, it's simply a (00:30:38) new covenant. It's a new administration. (00:30:41) The husband is a new administrator of (00:30:43) that covenant. The wife is a new (00:30:44) administrator of that covenant. But the (00:30:46) covenant is the same. It's the (00:30:47) administration of it that changes. And (00:30:51) the best example is in the United States (00:30:53) you have the Constitution of the United (00:30:55) States that is a living breathing (00:30:57) document but it does not change. Just (00:31:00) because a new administration comes it (00:31:02) doesn't mean that the constitution (00:31:04) changes. The Constitution is the same. (00:31:06) The laws are the same but there's a new (00:31:08) president, a new cabinet, a new (00:31:10) administration. That's called a new (00:31:12) covenant. It doesn't change the laws or (00:31:16) the constitution underneath the (00:31:17) covenant. Do you see the drastic change (00:31:20) in mindset here? When you understand new (00:31:23) covenant does not mean old laws are done (00:31:26) away with. New covenant means new (00:31:28) administration, new sheriff in town, new (00:31:31) president, there's a brand new way to (00:31:33) interpret the law. That is the power of (00:31:37) the book of Hebrews. And when he says (00:31:40) that there is a new covenant, this is (00:31:43) what he's talking about. Not a new law, (00:31:45) new covenant. That's why in verse 9 it (00:31:47) says it was symbolic for the present (00:31:49) time in which both gifts and sacrifices (00:31:51) are offered which cannot make him who (00:31:53) performed the service perfect in regard (00:31:55) to the conscious concerning only with (00:31:57) foods and drinks and various washings (00:31:59) and fleshly ordinances imposed until the (00:32:01) time of reformation. What's he talking (00:32:03) about there? He says that the entire (00:32:04) Levitical system was symbolic (00:32:08) until now where all of these ordinances, (00:32:11) the fleshly ordinances, meaning uh the (00:32:13) human ordinances, they're dealing with (00:32:16) human beings. But once you change to a (00:32:19) new covenant with a new administrator (00:32:21) who's not of this world, it's no longer (00:32:22) fleshly ordinances. We're not dealing (00:32:24) with human uh high priesthood anymore. (00:32:26) We're dealing with the supernatural, and (00:32:28) that's better than the natural. That's (00:32:30) all he's saying. And that's why when you (00:32:32) get to verse 13 and 14, which has also (00:32:35) been taken out of context, it says, "For (00:32:37) if the blood of bulls and goats and the (00:32:39) ashes of a red heer sprinkling the (00:32:41) unclean sanctifies for the purifying of (00:32:43) the flesh, how much more shall the blood (00:32:46) of Christ who through the eternal spirit (00:32:49) offered himself without spot to God (00:32:51) cleanse your conscience from dead works (00:32:53) to serve the living God." Now, this dead (00:32:56) works doesn't mean the Torah, doesn't (00:32:57) mean the the law of God. It means sin. (00:33:00) It's defined in Hebrews 6:1 as simply (00:33:03) sin. Repentance from dead works. You (00:33:05) don't repent from following what God (00:33:06) told you to do. You repent from things (00:33:08) that are wrong, things that bring no (00:33:11) life. So the whole point of chapter nine (00:33:14) is once the first covenant had been (00:33:15) broken, there had never been a final (00:33:17) penalty that the covenant law required (00:33:20) in order to bring that covenant to a (00:33:22) close and create an opportunity for a (00:33:24) new covenant relationship. Once the (00:33:26) death certificate had been signed by God (00:33:29) that when Christ died and his son chose (00:33:31) to pay the covenant price, the law of (00:33:34) the first covenant was satisfied. (00:33:36) Finally, it was satisfied and it allowed (00:33:39) for a new covenant to begin. Same law, (00:33:42) new leadership. You can't have a new (00:33:45) covenant without the old covenant being (00:33:48) satisfied. The old administration. You (00:33:51) see, you can't change presidents until (00:33:54) the election. The entire four years must (00:33:57) be complete. Then there can be an (00:34:00) exchange to a new administration. That's (00:34:03) the whole point of chapter nine. Ain't (00:34:05) that beautiful? All right. Now, let's (00:34:07) move to chapter 10. We're moving closer (00:34:09) to the end here. Verse 8 through 10. (00:34:11) Let's talk about some of the most (00:34:12) difficult verses here as well. Says, (00:34:14) "Previously saying, sacrifice, offering, (00:34:16) burnt offerings, offerings for sin you (00:34:18) did not desire, nor had any pleasure in (00:34:21) them, which are offered according to the (00:34:23) law." Talking about Moses. There are (00:34:25) some that misunderstand God when he (00:34:27) says, "I I don't care about the (00:34:28) sacrifices. I I never wanted that." (00:34:30) That's not his point. And he says this (00:34:33) multiple times in the Old Testament is (00:34:35) that he is so fed up with sacrifices and (00:34:39) religious check boxes being checked, but (00:34:42) without the heart behind it, without (00:34:44) pure hands, clean hands, and a pure (00:34:46) heart. He doesn't care. Obedience is (00:34:49) better than sacrifice. He says in 1st (00:34:51) Samuel 15:22, it says, "Has the Lord as (00:34:54) much delight in burnt offerings and (00:34:56) sacrifices as in obeying the voice of (00:34:58) the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than (00:35:00) sacrifice, and to heed is better than (00:35:03) the fat of rams." Look what happened to (00:35:04) Saul. The sacrifice was mandatory. And (00:35:08) this is that moment, right, where Samuel (00:35:10) tells Saul, "Look, you have to (00:35:12) sacrifice. We have to do a sacrifice, (00:35:14) but you got to be obedient first or the (00:35:16) sacrifice means nothing." God hates (00:35:19) sacrifices that are not connected to (00:35:21) obedience. He's not saying he doesn't (00:35:24) want them to follow his word that (00:35:26) included the sacrifices. Then he said, (00:35:27) "Behold, I have come to do your will, oh (00:35:29) God." He takes away the first that he (00:35:31) may establish the second. By that will (00:35:34) we have been sanctified through the (00:35:36) offering of the body of Jesus Christ (00:35:37) once and for all. The question is this, (00:35:39) takes away what? Because we've (00:35:42) interpreted this through traditional (00:35:43) Christianity. He took away the first (00:35:45) covenant. And that's exactly right. But (00:35:48) he didn't take away the law. That is (00:35:50) what's been infused isogetically into (00:35:54) our interpretation which is wrong (00:35:56) because we don't understand the (00:35:57) difference between covenant and law. (00:35:59) They're not the same. He takes away the (00:36:02) administration. And the very next verse (00:36:04) proves this in verse 11 when it says, (00:36:06) "And every priest stands ministering (00:36:08) daily and offering repeatedly the same (00:36:10) sacrifices which can never take away (00:36:13) sins. But this man Yeshua after he (00:36:15) offered one sacrifice for sins forever (00:36:18) sat down at the right hand of God. You (00:36:20) see how the whole thing is about people. (00:36:22) It's about the administration. It's (00:36:24) about how the Levitical priesthood could (00:36:27) not take away sins. But Yeshua can. He's (00:36:30) not talking anything about the law of (00:36:32) God. This entire book is focusing on the (00:36:35) changing of the priesthood. And you as a (00:36:39) believer in Christ get to be elevated (00:36:41) into the form and the role of priest. (00:36:44) This is what makes us a royal (00:36:45) priesthood. Amen. All right. He says, "I (00:36:49) will put my laws in their mind and write (00:36:52) it on their heart." (00:36:54) He's not changing the laws, ladies and (00:36:57) gentlemen. He's changing the location of (00:36:59) where they're they're they're stored (00:37:02) from tablets of stone and vellum to the (00:37:06) writing on the doorpost of your heart. (00:37:08) This is the power when you change (00:37:11) administrations. He can change the (00:37:13) location because it's no longer static (00:37:15) on earth. It's no longer human. It is no (00:37:18) longer of this earth. It is in our (00:37:20) hearts written on our temple in the Holy (00:37:23) of Holies. All right. Hebrews 10 ends (00:37:25) with a warning. My righteous one shall (00:37:27) live by faith. And if he shrinks back, (00:37:29) my soul has no pleasure in him. That (00:37:32) final line is the hinge, ladies and (00:37:34) gentlemen. The final line of Hebrews 10 (00:37:36) forces the author to now explain what (00:37:39) does it actually mean to live by faith. (00:37:42) And this brings us to Hebrews 11, which (00:37:44) ended up being the most popular (00:37:45) broadcast of the entire year. Hundreds (00:37:48) of thousands of people, almost a half a (00:37:50) million people have watched this already (00:37:53) and it's made a huge impact even in my (00:37:56) own life. As a matter of fact, I almost (00:37:58) had an emotional breakdown on that (00:38:00) broadcast. It was so powerful to see the (00:38:03) definition of faith from the original (00:38:04) Hebraic perspective. Living by biblical (00:38:07) faith is legal evidence according to (00:38:10) scriptures. It's the courtroom proof (00:38:12) that God's people have always operated (00:38:15) under covenant faithfulness and that (00:38:17) living by faith is not new at all. It's (00:38:19) ancient. It's the original pattern. So, (00:38:22) let's find out what it is. Let's read (00:38:24) verse one out of chapter 11. The most (00:38:26) famous definition of faith in the Bible (00:38:28) says this. Now, faith is the substance (00:38:30) of things hoped for, the evidence of (00:38:32) things not seen. For by it the elders (00:38:35) obtained a good testimony. Faith is a (00:38:38) substance of things hoped for, the (00:38:39) evidence of things not seen. What in the (00:38:41) world does that mean? Well, this word (00:38:43) here in the Hebrew is amun, which means (00:38:46) to support, to hold up, to make firm. (00:38:48) It's where we actually get the word amen (00:38:50) from in English, believe it or not. (00:38:52) Amuna is its very first nature, the (00:38:56) final say. It's the final evidence. If (00:38:59) you have faith, you have amen, the final (00:39:02) firm, reliable, trustworthy, and (00:39:04) established truth. We see this word in (00:39:06) Exodus. I love this. It says in verse uh (00:39:09) 12 of chapter 17, "And his hands were (00:39:11) amuna until the going down of the sun." (00:39:13) So you have Aaron and her holding up the (00:39:16) hands of Moses. And it's called his (00:39:18) hands were amuna. They were steady. They (00:39:20) were supported. They were held up. But (00:39:23) the Hebrew word is explicitly amuna. (00:39:27) Firmness, steady, reliable, faithful. (00:39:30) This is the foundational Hebrew concept (00:39:31) behind faith. It's not intellectual (00:39:34) belief. You can believe that there's a (00:39:36) God. The book of James says that's (00:39:37) great. The demons believe there there's (00:39:39) a God and they shudder, scared out of (00:39:40) their mind. No, it's steadfast covenant (00:39:44) loyalty that holds firm under pressure. (00:39:47) And you know, it's behavioral. It's not (00:39:49) merely cognitive. It's a faithfulness (00:39:52) expressed through obedience inside (00:39:54) covenant relationship. So when Hebrews (00:39:55) 11 opens up with faith is the substance (00:39:58) hypoasis in the Greek of things hoped (00:40:01) for, it's not describing a mystical (00:40:03) feeling. It's describing a covenant (00:40:05) loyalty so concrete that it creates (00:40:07) evidential substance that proves it. It (00:40:11) understands that everything that happens (00:40:12) to me is to be for the glory of God. God (00:40:15) is good all the time. We say that, (00:40:17) right? God is good all the time. All the (00:40:18) time God is good. But we don't live that (00:40:20) way because when the pressure happens, (00:40:22) we fold. We don't have the faith that we (00:40:25) need that holds up under pressure (00:40:27) because faith is absolutely the (00:40:30) evidence. (00:40:32) It's our faithfulness. It's steadiness (00:40:35) under pressure. If your faith has no (00:40:37) obedience, it's not Hebraic or biblical (00:40:40) faith. Listen, if it has no action, it's (00:40:43) not biblical faith. If it has no (00:40:45) endurance, it's not priestly faith. And (00:40:48) if it has no evidence behind it, it's (00:40:50) not substantive. And finally, Yeshua is (00:40:54) the faithful one. Muna incarnate. (00:40:59) Your life is meant to reflect his. Our (00:41:03) life is meant to be amuna. (00:41:06) I trust you God. And that is the (00:41:09) evidence that you are in covenant. And (00:41:12) the rest of chapter 11 is all the people (00:41:15) of the Bible, all the patriarchs, all (00:41:17) the amazing believers who actually (00:41:20) demonstrated their faithfulness. not (00:41:22) their intellectual cognitive faith and (00:41:25) belief in God, but their actual covenant (00:41:28) loyalty. (00:41:29) And that brings us to chapter 12 is (00:41:31) running a race to win. And when he says (00:41:34) in verse one and two, to lay aside every (00:41:36) weight as Jews, they would have heard it (00:41:38) as tame, unclean. To have spiritual (00:41:41) weight is to be spiritually unclean. (00:41:43) Which means you're carrying something (00:41:45) that you shouldn't be carrying. And a (00:41:47) spiritual weight entangles you and must (00:41:49) be removed. And so what I want to do is (00:41:51) I want to share with you what a (00:41:53) spiritual weight is. But before I do, I (00:41:55) want you to see the beautiful tapestry (00:41:57) that the author is creating. He starts (00:41:59) off by talking about the power of Yeshua (00:42:02) and goes into MKISEDC and how he comes (00:42:04) from another realm that's eternal. He's (00:42:07) taking over the priesthood that our (00:42:08) faith needs to be in him one and forever (00:42:11) and only. And then he takes us to the (00:42:14) process of what real faithfulness to the (00:42:16) covenant looks like. And then he says, (00:42:18) "By the way, when you're trying to do (00:42:19) this, you're probably going to have some (00:42:21) things attached to you that's not God, (00:42:23) not of God. It's unclean. And what does (00:42:25) that look like? What is that spiritual (00:42:27) weight? How do we get rid of it?" Well, (00:42:28) something that is heavy is oppressive. (00:42:31) And I'm telling you right now, these are (00:42:34) the things that we're carrying that we (00:42:36) don't need to have in our lives that we (00:42:38) can never run to our full potential with (00:42:40) it. Rejection, bitterness, resentment, (00:42:43) anger, rage, unforgiveness, accusations, (00:42:48) condemnation, guilt, shame, fear, (00:42:52) anxiety, worry, envy, jealousy, (00:42:55) addictions, separation, isolation. I (00:42:58) could go on forever. All of these are (00:43:00) not supposed to be on you and are (00:43:02) delivered by the demonic realm. They (00:43:04) weigh you down and prevent you from the (00:43:06) joy of running the race to win. (00:43:08) consistently. Sometimes I see comments (00:43:11) under these videos. Uh one person (00:43:13) recently said, "You need to get it (00:43:15) right. You need to know your truth." (00:43:17) Well, they happen to be wrong on their (00:43:19) everything that they were saying uh both (00:43:21) uh both biblically and spiritually. An (00:43:25) attitude like that is only arrogance. It (00:43:28) is pride. And it comes from the demonic (00:43:30) realm because God didn't give you that. (00:43:34) That person has some sort of hurt that (00:43:36) is attached to a trauma that is attached (00:43:38) an unclean spirit of superiority that (00:43:40) loves pointing out everyone else's (00:43:42) faults and doesn't see the log in his (00:43:45) own eye. I do it. You do it. We all do (00:43:48) it. And unfortunately, I've seen so many (00:43:50) people that that when they carry this (00:43:52) stuff long enough, it actually changes (00:43:54) their DNA and they can get sickness and (00:43:56) disease from it. Not every sickness or (00:43:58) disease is from an unclean spirit, but (00:43:59) many are. I literally seen people healed (00:44:02) of physical ailments when they (00:44:04) recognized that they they needed to to (00:44:06) forgive this person and unbelievably the (00:44:09) moment they forgive them within a few (00:44:11) days their illness is gone. You can't do (00:44:15) anything but make that connection. When (00:44:17) we remove the weights we become (00:44:18) spiritually toor clean and we can come (00:44:21) close. And so I have this 10 steps to (00:44:24) freedom. I'm not going to go over it (00:44:26) here but I want you to go back to (00:44:28) chapter 12. Watch that broadcast. I go (00:44:30) 10 steps on how to absolutely separate (00:44:34) yourself. Give yourself a spiritual car (00:44:36) wash, if you will. Set yourself free. If (00:44:38) you're sick, if you have a disease, if (00:44:41) there's anything in your life that you (00:44:43) don't like that you want to change and (00:44:44) be more in the image of Christ, I (00:44:46) encourage you to go through that 10-step (00:44:48) uh program. It's just the very (00:44:49) beginning. (00:44:51) All right. Finally, we've run to chapter (00:44:53) 13. It's the key closing verses that I (00:44:56) want to talk about. Verse 1 and two (00:44:58) says, "Let brotherly love continue. Do (00:45:00) not forget to entertain strangers, for (00:45:02) by so doing some have unwittingly (00:45:04) entertained angels unaware." And I talk (00:45:06) about all the angels in the in the in (00:45:09) the Old Testament and how they came in (00:45:11) the form of human flesh or some sort of (00:45:15) angelic being and many of them were (00:45:17) actually God himself. Fascinating. Go (00:45:19) back and watch uh chapter 13. I think (00:45:21) you'll enjoy that. Verse six says, "So (00:45:24) we may boldly say the Lord is my helper. (00:45:26) I will not fear." But what can man do to (00:45:27) me? Guys, he's saying when you're (00:45:29) running the race, don't fear man. What (00:45:32) can they do to you? They can kill the (00:45:33) body, but they cannot kill the soul. In (00:45:36) verse 13, it says, "Therefore, let us go (00:45:38) forth to him outside the camp, bearing (00:45:41) his reproach." Talking about Jesus, "For (00:45:43) here we have no continuing city, but we (00:45:46) seek the one to come." In other words, (00:45:48) we're being kicked out of Jerusalem. (00:45:50) Everybody is against us. But we go out (00:45:52) like he did and have the same reproach (00:45:54) and we will obtain the same ministry in (00:45:58) the kingdom to come, the city to come. (00:46:02) Therefore, by him, let us continually (00:46:04) offer the sacrifices of praise. You see (00:46:06) how he transfers it from the sacrifice (00:46:08) of animals to the sacrifice of praise. (00:46:10) And they did it twice a day, morning and (00:46:12) evening sacrifices. This is why the (00:46:15) author is trying to transition their (00:46:17) mind from temple service to temple (00:46:19) service with the offering of praise. (00:46:23) Fastest way to get out of meer high (00:46:25) praise. (00:46:27) Praise God in song. It will heal you in (00:46:31) every way. Do not forget to do good and (00:46:33) to share for with such sacrifices God is (00:46:36) well pleased. You see my my friends, (00:46:39) he's not talking about uh anything but (00:46:41) the administration (00:46:43) of the covenant of the law. The (00:46:46) administration has changed. So what have (00:46:49) we learned so far in Hebrews? The (00:46:51) priesthood's changed. The covenantal (00:46:53) administration has shifted from (00:46:54) Levitical to Melkisedc. Access to God (00:46:57) has moved locations from earthly (00:46:59) tabernacle to heavenly. The sacrifices (00:47:02) have been elevated from shadow to (00:47:04) substance. The worshipper must now draw (00:47:07) near through a better and living way. (00:47:11) That's Christ. And those who are (00:47:12) justified must live by faith by (00:47:15) faithfulness. (00:47:17) The law remains the same, but the one (00:47:19) who administered it is changed. (00:47:22) The whole book of Hebrews emphasizes (00:47:24) covenant faithfulness. The significance (00:47:26) of Yeshua and him being the (00:47:28) manifestation of God on earth who died (00:47:30) for his bride was highly emphasized. And (00:47:33) the power of the MelkiseDC priesthood (00:47:34) that's inside every believer supersedes (00:47:37) the Levitical priesthood and is what (00:47:39) makes us royal. A royal priesthood that (00:47:42) can boldly come before the throne of (00:47:45) grace. The entire book of Hebrews is a (00:47:49) beautiful letter reminding them, (00:47:52) reminding us there's no way but Yeshua. (00:47:58) The eastern gate has been made clear. (00:48:01) The shadow was there once, but the (00:48:04) substance is here now. It was like a (00:48:08) substitute government for a specific (00:48:11) period of time until the real government (00:48:14) showed up. Law is the same. (00:48:17) Administration's different. And I'm so (00:48:20) grateful for the administration of (00:48:22) grace. My friends, you don't need grace (00:48:26) if there's no law. And I'm so grateful (00:48:29) that there's both. (00:48:31) Wow. Well, we have just went through 13 (00:48:33) chapters in one of the most difficult (00:48:35) books of the Bible. I pray and blessed (00:48:37) you. If at any point you want to learn (00:48:38) more about this, go back to the original (00:48:41) episodes and broadcast where I go (00:48:42) chapter by chapter, verse by verse. 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