Key Words, Name and Phrases: Last Days, New Covenant, Melchizedek, Better, High Priest, Heavenly Jerusalem, Shadow, Figure, Vanishing Away, Drawing Back, Evil Heart of Unbelief, Perdition, Everlasting Covenant, New Testament, Blood of the Covenant, End of the World.
Hebrews was written to Jewish believers before the destruction of Jerusalem to encourage them to remain faithful in spite of persecution for their faith in Christ. The epistle highlights the superiority of the New Covenant to the Old Covenant that was vanishing away and becoming obsolete. Some Hebrew believers were departing the church and returning to the Old Covenant system that was about to be judged and destroyed. The Hebrews were encouraged to be remain faithful and steadfast unto the coming of the Lord which was at hand.
The physical land of Canaan was a type of the heavenly.
Hebrew explains the New Testament as the testament of Jesus Christ. (Hebrews 9:15)
The word covenant is mentioned 12 times in the book of Hebrews (KJV), and the last time the word is mentioned is in the book of Hebrews.
The word better is mentioned 2 times in the book of Hebrews. (KJV).
Key Versus: 1:1-4; 3:12; 6:1-6; 8:5-8, 13; 9:9, 15-17, 24, 26, 28; 10:1, 29, 37-39; 12:22; 13:14, 20
Blessings,
Apostle John