07-16-2006, 03:15 PM
Quote:Bismillah:
Just try to tell me what is the point you are trying to make... I already told you that am student of comparative religion and I’ve read the whole Bible. BIBLES I mean.
Salam
Wael.
Then you could agree that the theme of the Book of Hebrews could be summarized with the following:
Quote:The writer of Hebrews continually makes mention of the superiority of Christ in both His personage and in His ministering work. In the writings of the Old Testament, we understand the rituals and ceremonies of Judaism symbolically pointed to the coming of Messiah--in other words, the rites of Judaism were but shadows of things to come. Hebrews tells us that Christ Jesus is better than anything mere religion has to offer. All the pomp and circumstance of religion pales in comparison to the person, work, and ministry of Christ Jesus. It is the superiority of our Lord Jesus, then, that remains the theme of this eloquently written letter.
I think my explanation is very clear given the context of the letter.
Hebrews 1 says the follwing:
<b>1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself[a] purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.</b>
You can see that my explanation makes plain sense given the introduction to the letter of Hebrews provided by the auther above.
That is all.