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 12:1-3 Last week we started a two-part message out of Hebrews chapter 12, which I entitled Let us run to Jesus. Let us run to Jesus. And if you would turn in your Bibles back there to Hebrews chapter 12. And by way of introduction this morning, I just want to maybe take a snapshot from the book The Pilgrim’s Progress.…