Publisher's Synopsis
Why study the book of Hebrews? Why now? What makes it so key and vital to your walk in today's day and age? What can a book written to Jewish believers thousands of years ago teach you today? Glad you asked. We live in a chaotic culture, one full of all types of belief systems. Agnostic. Atheism. Darwinism. Buddhism. Humanism. Wall Streetism. A lot of isms swimming around our society. Being a Christian doesn't make you immune to their ways of looking at and understanding life. If you watch television, read books, listen to music, you are getting a good dose of how these different systems of belief think you should live and who you should worship in this life. Look around you--we live in a very spiritual, religious society. The book of Hebrews was written to help the Jewish believers of their day navigate a culture that was drenched in spiritually as well. They had their rituals and customs and beliefs, all rooted in the Mosaic way of worship. But what had started out as pure religion, originating from God, became tainted, filled with man-made rules and regulations. The temple and the priests and the sin offerings could not perfect the people of God. Only the One true sacrifice could do that. The book of Hebrews was written to show them that the Bible, all the stories and laws and poetry, all point to one person: Jesus Christ. It shows us that the Bible is the story of redemption, not through what people do to be good, but through what Christ did on the cross and on the third day. The goal of this study is to help you grow in a deeper relationship with Christ. Pure and simple. Our walk with him is the most important part of our lives. I hope this writing helps you on that journey. The author of Hebrews has woven together a book that points to the profoundly simple and important truth that Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life. He must be the center of our spiritual lives because He is truly superior to all other ways of living and worshipping.
