To display to a Jewish audience of both genuine Christians and Jews interested in the gospel message the superiority of Jesus Christ over the old, Levitical system. The epistle contrasts the incomplete, temporal provisions of the old covenant with the perfect, once-for-all provisions of the new covenant established through the death, resurrection, and ascension of
Christ.
Hebrews 1:1-16 I have some things I want to say to you today, speaking as a pastor and as a shepherd, who is also, like you, one of the sheep. So, I’m a sheep speaking to fellow sheep. I want to focus our attention, as sheep, where it should be. We need to fix our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter…