{"id":671,"date":"2019-02-12T22:21:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T22:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=671"},"modified":"2019-09-11T10:51:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T15:51:20","slug":"letter-to-the-hebrews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the Hebrews"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h1>Letter to the Hebrews<\/h1>\nby Jeffrey W. Hamilton<br \/>\nDecember 2018\n<div id=\"attachment_9414\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/8616389727_416725bd3d_o-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Title Page to the Book of Hebrews<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/background\/\">Background<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/overview\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>A Better Leader<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/christ-is-better-than-the-prophets\/\">Christ is Better than the Prophets<\/a>\u00a0(Hebrews 1:1-3)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/christ-is-better-than-angels-because-of-his-deity\/\">Christ is Better than Angels Because of His Deity<\/a>\u00a0(Hebrews 1:4-2:4)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/christ-is-better-than-the-angels-because-of-his-humanity\/\">Christ is Better than Angels Because of His Humanity<\/a>\u00a0(Hebrews 2:5-18)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/christ-is-better-than-moses\/\">Christ is Better than Moses<\/a>\u00a0(Hebrews 3:1-4:13)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/christ-is-our-high-priest\/\">Christ is Our High Priest<\/a> (Hebrews 4:14-6:20)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/christ-is-greater-than-aaron\/\">Christ is Better than Aaron<\/a> (Hebrews 7:1-8:5)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>A Better Covenant<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/a-better-covenant-based-on-better-promises\/\">A Better Covenant Based on Better Promises<\/a> (Hebrews 8:6-13)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/a-better-covenant-based-on-a-better-sanctuary\/\">A Better Covenant Based on a Better Sanctuary<\/a> (Hebrews 9:1-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/a-better-covenant-based-on-a-better-sacrifice\/\">A Better Covenant Based on a Better Sacrifice<\/a> (Hebrews 9:12-10:18)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>A Better Life<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/the-full-assurance-of-faith\/\">The Full Assurance of Faith<\/a> (Hebrews 10:19-11:3)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/examples-of-faith\/\">Examples of Faith<\/a> (Hebrews 11:4-40)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/the-endurance-of-faith\/\">The Endurance of Faith<\/a> (Hebrews 12:1-29)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/loving-others\/\">Loving Others<\/a> (Hebrews 13:1-7)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/loving-god\/\">Loving God<\/a> (Hebrews 13:8-17)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Final Words<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/final-words-of-encouragement\/\">Final Words of Encouragement<\/a> (Hebrews 13:18-25)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBible Studies\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Letter to the Hebrews by Jeffrey W. Hamilton December 2018 Background Overview A Better Leader Christ is Better than the Prophets\u00a0(Hebrews 1:1-3) Christ is Better than Angels Because of His Deity\u00a0(Hebrews 1:4-2:4) Christ is Better than Angels Because of His Humanity\u00a0(Hebrews 2:5-18) Christ is Better than Moses\u00a0(Hebrews 3:1-4:13) Christ is Our High Priest (Hebrews 4:14-6:20)&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":459,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-671","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":677,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/overview\/","url_meta":{"origin":671,"position":0},"title":"Overview","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Overview Assignment Select ten recurring keywords or phrases from Hebrews. What are they? Pick a distinctive color for each keyword and as you read Hebrews for the third time, mark the keywords or phrases. Theme The author appears to have three major themes that are interwoven through the text: Christianity\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":22780,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/survey-of-the-bible\/survey-of-the-bible-hebrews\/","url_meta":{"origin":671,"position":1},"title":"Survey of the Bible &#8211; Hebrews","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 22, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Survey of the Bible - Hebrews Text: Hebrews 1 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0While Christianity started among the Jews, as time went on, many Jewish Christians were abandoning the faith to return to Judaism. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The letter, originally titled \u201cTo Hebrews\u201d lists the reasons why Christianity is superior to Judaism \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It was written in\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":674,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/background\/","url_meta":{"origin":671,"position":2},"title":"Background","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Background Christianity started among the Jews, but as time passed many Jewish Christians were abandoning the faith to return to Judaism. 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