Epistle to the Hebrews Study #3

Our home Bible study group here at "Villa Scriptura" picks back up in Hebrews 1:14, as we begin to grapple with the scriptural concept of our inheritance as a future event. As the seven citations from Chp. 1 demonstrate to us, the "So-Great Salvation" is a coming event that will be inaugurated when the "firstborn" is brought back into the inhabitable world (1:6). It will be at that time when the angels--the "ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to INHERIT SALVATION"--will be commanded to worship the Son as He rules from the throne He has inherited from His Father/His God (i.e., the Davidic throne). During this study, we are introduced to the author's first warning, as he implores us that we MUST PAY CLOSER ATTENTION to what we've heard, lest we "DRIFT AWAY FROM IT" (the "IT," we learn, is the "great salvation" outlined in 1:5-13). We conclude by exploring how this salvation was delivered by our Lord, attested to "us" by those who heard (i.e.,the apostles), and borne witness to by signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to the direct will of God. Chapter 2 then concludes by showing how the "author" or "pioneer" of our salvation is bringing many sons to glory as "a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God," making "propitiation for the sins of the people," having suffered in the flesh then crowned with glory and honor. Our next study in planned for Tuesday, July 13th.  The audio podcast recording can be accessed here: Epistle to the Hebrews Study #3
Notes for this study are here: Notes for Hebrews Lesson #3