Hebrews Study Questions from 5/28
HEBREWS STUDY QUESTIONS
My Sunday School Life Group is studying Hebrews. Every Monday, I post questions that were discussed the day before in Sunday School. I encourage you to ponder/think about them and jot down your thoughts.
On Wednesdays, I post some of the ideas that came up in the Life Group's discussion for you to consider.
Until we finish that study, my Expression of Faith posts—except for a couple in Advent and Lent—will be from Hebrews.
Make yourself comfortable, this is most likely going to be a year-long experience.
These questions were discussed in my Life Group yesterday. Take time to reflect on them. I'll post thoughts from the class discussion on Wednesday of this week.
Hebrews 1
Vv 5-14 (red text is our discussion from last week)
There are seven Old Testament quotes in these verses. Find them in this text—some run over more than one verse. Look each up in context.
1. Verse 5 / Psalm 2:7
2. Verse 5 / 2 Samuel 7:14 /
3. Verse 6 / There was significant discussion on where this is found in the OT. Various translations gave these references Deuteronomy 32:41, Psalm 89:27; Psalm 97:7
4. Verse 7 / Psalm 104:4
We spent at lot of time in discussion of the last three of these this week.
We spent at lot of time in discussion of the last three of these this week.
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How does each quote indicate that Christ is superior to angels?
Which quote is most convincing to you? Why?
Which quote is the most surprising to you? Why?
Answers to questions above
1. Implies Jesus is God’s Son. He’s higher than the angels because God made angels and Jesus is part of the Trinity.
2. Father/Son relationship. Jews had received no direct messages from God in over 400 years. Before Pentecost, the Holy Spirit was provided to individuals for specific tasks.
3. An old version of the Deuteronomy reference the New American Standard Bible is the best fit. No other translation the class accessed was similar. However, Psalm 97:7 did have a cross reference to Psalm 103:36 where angels are clearly identified. The Septuagint (early Greek Translation) translates Deut 32:43 as, Rejoice, ye heavens, with him, and let all the angels of God worship him. We spent a lot of time here, trying to figure out why Deuteronomy was referenced with unsatisfactory results.
4. Angels are often referred to as wind or spirits—as in Psalm 104:4. Angels were made to do things by GOD.
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If you'd like a PDF of the pages of questions in table form with room for you to write answers, email me at chuckdowning4@gmail.com/ The first set goes through Hebrews 3. You can request the remaining sets when I give them to my class. That will be in the post of questions for that week.
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