The Book of Hebrews

1. Outline：
.1. God’s revelation through the Son（1:1~4）

.2. The superiority of the Son to angels（1:5~2:18）

.2.1. Christ is superior in His nature（1:5~14）
.2.2. An exhortation against drifting（2:1~4）
.2.3. The humiliation and glory of Jesus（2:5~9）
.2.4. The work of Jesus with flesh and blood（2:10~18）

.3. The superiority of the Son to Moses（3:1~19）

.3.1. Moses is the servant and Jesus the Son（3:1~6）
.3.2. The failure of Israelites who followed Moses to come out from
Egypt（3:7~19）

.4. The superiority of another Sabbath-rest to Joshua’s rest（4:1~13）

.4.1. The greater rest which Joshua could not guarantee to provide（4:1~10）
.4.2. The urgency to enter that rest（4:11~13）

.5. A superior high priest（4:14~9:14）

.5.1. Our high priest（4:14~16）
.5.2. Comparison with Aaron（5:1~10）
.5.3. To be a mature person who takes solid food（5:11~6:20）
.5.4. The order of Melchizedek（7:1~28）
.5.5. The minister of the superior covenant（8:1~13）
.5.6. Worship in the Earthly Tabernacle（9:1~10）

.6. The mediator of the new covenant（9:11~10:18）

.6.1. The atonement in the more perfect tabernacle（9:11~14）
.6.2. The significance of Jesus’ death（9:15~22）
.6.3. Jesus entered into a heavenly sanctuary and offered himself（9:23~10:18）

.7. The believer’s present situation（10:19~39）

.7.1. A new and living way（10:19~25）
.7.2. No more warning for sacrifice for sins（10:26~31）
.7.3. The value of past experience（10:32~39）

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 .8. The Examples of faith（11:1~40）
.8.1. The nature of faith（11:1~3）
.8.2. The Examples of history（11:4~40）

.9. Discipline and its benefits（12:1~29）

.9.1. The need for discipline（12:1~13）
.9.2. Coming to the heavenly Jerusalem（12:14~29）

.10. Concluding Exhortations（13:1~25）

.10.1. Exhortations affecting social life（13:1~3）
.10.2. Exhortations affecting personal life（13:4~6）
.10.3. Exhortations affecting religious life（13:7~9）
.10.4. About the Christians’ new altar（13:10~16）
.10.5. Greeting（13:17~25）

2. The three level of Christology：

2.1. The pre-existence of the Son, through him all things were made, sustaining all
things by his powerful word.
2.2. The humanity of the Son, the Incarnation, Jesus’ name was mentioned nine
times. He has been through temptation, the prayers and supplications with
crying and tears in the garden of Gethsemane. He learned obedience from what
he suffered and was made perfect.
2.3. The exaltation of Jesus, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven,
he has been appointed heir of all things, as the forerunner, to enter into the
heavenly sanctuary.

3. Christ’s Superiority
3.1. Superior to the ministering spirits-angels（1:14）
3.2. Superior to Moses the servant（3:5）
3.3. Superior to Joshua who is not able to give out rest（4:8）
3.4. Superior to Aaron who is physically weak（7:27）

4. Become the high priest according to the order of Melchizedek

4.1. Abraham gave Melchizedek a tenth part of all.（7:2）
4.2. Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of
days nor end of life, Melchizedek is like the Son of God. （7:3）
4.3. The lesser person is blessed by the greater（7:7）

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 4.4. God appointed the high priest with an oath（Psa 110:4）
4.5. Appointed as the high priest according to the power of an endless life（7:16）
4.6. He appointed the Son as the high priest, who sacrificed once for all when he
offered himself without sin.（7:23~28）
4.7. The high priest who seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in
heavens.（8:1）

5. Christ offered the once and eternal sin offering

5.1. Without shedding of blood there is no remission（9:22）
5.2. To establish the Old Testament with the blood of animals.（9:18~21）
5.3. To establish the New Testament with the blood of Christ.（9:12）
5.4. Christ offered his body as a sin offering（9:10）

6. The model witnesses of faith

6.1. The Definition of faith.（11:1）
6.2. Without faith it is impossible to please God.（11:6）
6.3. They died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar
off were assured of them.（11:13）
6.4. They desire for a better heavenly country.（11:16）
6.5. Only together with us would they be made perfect.（11:40）

7. The heavenly Jerusalem

7.1. Pilgrimage（12:1, 13）
7.2. Without holiness no one will see the Lord.（12:14）
7.3. You have come upon thousands and thousands of angels, the general assembly
and church of the first born, whose names are written in heaven, to the spirits of
righteous men made perfect. (12:22~23)
7.4. A kingdom which cannot be shaken.（12:28）
7.5. Let Brotherly love continue.（13:1）
7.6. Marriage is honorable among all.（13:4）
7.7. Do not covet money.（13:5）