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Hebrews 1:1-2
So for the Hebrew believers who were waffling between their Jewish religion and their Christian faith, God points their attention immediately to His Son. I saw in my Recovery Version of the New Testament that there was a cross reference on this verse to Matthew 17:5, so I looked it up.
This is the verse where God interrupted Peter on the Mount of Transfiguration when he was ready to build booths for Moses and Elijah and He said, …This is My Son, the beloved, in whom I have found My delight, hear Him! Even in the Gospels God Himself had to come in and speak in order to redirect Peter from the Old Testament law and prophets to His Son who He shows us here is the fulfillment of both.
In the opening chapters of the Life-Study of Hebrews I learned that the book of Hebrews was written in A.D. 67, and that was many years after those events took place in Matthew 17:5. Obviously this book shows us how hard it must have been for some of these Jewish believers to leave everything of their religion.
In chapter 2 of the Life-Study of Hebrews, I really liked Witness Lee's sharing that God is still speaking! Without God's speaking, He would be mysterious to us. When God speaks, we know that He is real, living, and working. I liked this excerpt on pages 19-20 because God's speaking is also very personal:
In chapter 2 of the Life-Study of Hebrews, I really liked Witness Lee's sharing that God is still speaking! Without God's speaking, He would be mysterious to us. When God speaks, we know that He is real, living, and working. I liked this excerpt on pages 19-20 because God's speaking is also very personal:
God has spoken and He is still speaking today. He is speaking to your heart and your spirit. How do we know that our God is living? Because He speaks to us. How do we know that He is movingand working? Because He speaks. Consider your experience in the past 48 hours. Can you say that during that time God has not spoken to you?….He is speaking day by day (Lee, Witness. Life-Study of Hebrews. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1975, Print).
This puts a prayer in my heart, Lord, speak to us every day!
You can also listen to live excerpts from these messages on Hebrews on The Life-Study of the Bible with Witness Lee. You will enjoy listening to both the excerpts from these spoken messages and the helpful and enlightening commentary of the radio hosts.
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