Ezekiel 29:1-30:26, Hebrews 11:32-12:13, Psalm 112:1-10, Proverbs 27:17
Today is the 14th day of November, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian, we’re probably far enough in the year for you to know that I’m Brian. It’s good to be here with you today, and I’m excited to take the next step forward. We’ll move into Ezekiel and then into Hebrews where we will talk about faith. But first, Ezekiel chapter 29 verse 1, to 30 verse 26. We’re reading from the Common English Bible this week.
Commentary:
Alright so, in Hebrews, as I’ve been saying most every day, Hebrews was written to Hebrews. Which is not me saying because it was written to Hebrews it has no meaning for us. It’s to say that’s the context and context is important in the Bible. These are early Jewish believers in Jesus, and they are declaring that God is doing a new thing among the Hebrew people. That Jesus is a part of the Hebrew story, and that God is doing a new thing among the Hebrew people. The old covenant is accomplished, and a new covenant is instituted. But this is not widely accepted at the time or now, among the Hebrew people. So, this letter is to restate what is believed about Jesus in a Hebrew context among the early believers in Jesus. Because they are on the margins. At best, these early Hebrew believers in Jesus, were thought to be just a part of another Jewish sect, sort of like a weird new denomination of Judaism who were following a rabbi name Jesus, who happen to be executed by the Romans.