Background Information The High Priest Source Dr Constables Notes Background Date Before 70 AD Author does not mention the destruction of the Temple He speaks of the Temple in present tense ID: 307612
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Book of Hebrews
Background InformationThe High Priest
Source: Dr. Constable’s NotesSlide2
Background: Date
Before 70 AD
Author does not mention the destruction of the Temple
He speaks of the Temple in present tenseSlide3
Background: Author
Probably one of the following men:
Paul
Barnabus
With Paul on his first missionary journey
Apollos
Jewish Christian
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nowledgeable of scriptureSlide4
Background: Audience
Jewish converts who were familiar with the Old Testament
They were tempted to revert to Judaism (Galatians 2:14)Slide5
The High Priest (Old Testament)
The chief religious official of the Israelites
Belonged to the line of Aaron (brother of Moses), the first high priestSlide6
The Holy of Holies
The Holy of Holies contained the Ark of the Covenant.
The
Holy of Holies was hidden by
a veil,
and no one was permitted to enter except
the High Priest.
The High Priest could
only enter once a year on
the Day of Atonement, to offer the blood of sacrifice and incense before the mercy seat.Slide7
Hebrews 4:14-16
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Therefore, since we have a great
high priest
who has ascended into heaven,
Jesus the Son of God,
let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.
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For we do not have a
high priest
who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
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Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence
, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.Slide8
Hebrews 9:24-25
24 For
Christ
has not entered the
holy places
made with hands, which are
copies of the true,
but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
25
not that He should offer Himself often, as the
high priest
enters the
Most Holy Place
every year with
blood of another
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Hebrews 7:26-27
26 Such a
high priest [ Jesus ]
truly meets our need--one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.
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Unlike the
other high priests
, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins
once for all
when he offered himself.