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Welcome to our podcast, Manna from the Mountain.

As we begin a new year, Curtis disusses the text, Isaiah 43:18-21, where the Lord declares that he is doing a new thing. This year we will be studying the book of Hebrews, beginning next week. The theme of the study is Jesus, He who never changes.

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Text Hebrews 1:1-4.

We begin our study of the book of Hebrews with some introductory material on the book itself. This book is a rich study that shows how the Old Testament scriptures points to the New Law of the Spirit that opened with the life, death, and resurrection of the Son of God, Jesus Christ.

These first four verses of the text beautifully describe God's view of the timeline of His communication with humankind in this physical world. First, God spoke His will to the patriarchs (heads of families) and prophets so they could relay orally the word of God. Then God through Moses gave us a written law. And finally, God sent a Son to bring a law of the Spirit. Hebrews opens with God's perspective of Jesus as the final revelation of His will and word.

Jesus is unchanging and His name is supreme.

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Text Hebrews 1:5-24.

A look at the role of faithful angels, those that did not follow Satan in that rebellion against God's sovereignty but remained faithful to God. God has charged these faithful angels with, among other tasks, ministering to humankind, especially the faithful Christians.

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Text Hebrews 2:1-4.
God's last will and testament describes His biggest blessing, the graceful offer of salvation for all sinners who decide to follow Him. This is the only path, the single effective way, His has given to provide a home in heaven for every person who has sinned. What happens to the one who rejects this offered mercy?

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Text Hebrews 2:10-18.

Jesus came to earth and was physically born to a virgin, Mary, fulfilling all of God's prophecies and promises to send us a Messiah. He came as the Son of God, the only being to leave the throne of heaven to become a little lower than then angels: fully human and yet divine. Because of this miracle of "God among us," Jesus is our brother. This is an enormous achievement, an incredible gift. He was born of a woman, and at the end of his earthly life, he experienced physical death. Then God brought Him back to physical life by resurrecting him from the grave, a second birth.

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Text Hebrews 3:1-6.

Today we are asked to consider and choose from many options. Every advertisement asks us to consider a certain brand or lifestyle decision. The most important thing we will ever consider is Jesus.

This section of the book of Hebrews calls Jesus our Apostle, meaning that He came to earth on a mission for His Father. Jesus is our high priest (2:7). He appeases God's wrath against sin. We can see in Jesus God's sympathy with our weaknesses, having known what it is like to walk on earth as a human being.

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Text Hebrews 3:7-19.

Many “testings” in the Bible occurred in the wilderness. Sometimes it is God’s people testing God. And sometimes it is God’s people being tested in the wilderness.

Why did such momentous occasions occur in the wilderness? In this lesson we learn that the “fathers” of Israel tested God in the wilderness for 40 years. All during those years, they saw God’s works and abundant provisions. However, they griped, grumbled, hardened their hearts, and became rebellious. Today, let us remember that we who share in Christ can recognize the "wilderness" of trial and choose to lean on the Lord and on each other.

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Text Hebrews 4:1-11. The purpose of this lesson is to motivate us make every effort to enter into the rest God has provided.

The lesson examines six specific ways that we can think about the promise of entering the rest God has offered us. God rested from his labors in the creation. The Law of Moses established the Sabbath day of rest for the Jewish faithful. Today, in the Christian Age, the promise stands sure that our rest is waiting for us in the next life.