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00:00Very good,
00:29So, let's continue with our study. We're going to look now at some of the important themes of the letter. One of the fundamental themes of the letter is obviously the superiority of Christ. We've already talked a little about this, haven't we? In this letter, Jesus presents himself to us as a superior revelation. Jesus is superior to the prophets; he is the best communicator who has connected us with the Father.
00:56His revelation is unparalleled, unique throughout the ages. Furthermore, Jesus is superior to the angels. And indeed, the author, with the help of the psalms, demonstrates in its entirety that Jesus surpasses all the angels in his greatness, his power, his justice, and his eternal kingship.
01:18He is the King of Kings. Jesus is superior to Moses, superior to Joshua, superior to all the priests. Christ's sacrifice is superior to all other covenants; it has no precedent.
01:34And He is the mediator of all the promises. It is through this covenant that all our sins are forgiven. Jesus is superior to all people of faith. He is superior to all those who have trusted in God. Jesus is even superior to the law itself.
01:52The author wrote all this to show that Christ is absolutely superior to everyone. He is superior to the angels. It was written to make the Jews realize they would not turn back and to show them that Christ's sacrifice is truly liberating.
02:10And He is the true one, He is the only one. He wrote to them to strengthen them in persecution and to show them that Christ suffered for our sins, out of love and to bring them freedom, being the holy and spotless one, superior to us all.
02:28He also wrote to them to show the Jews that Jesus was greater and superior to any man they could ever admire in the Old Testament.
02:38In other words, he writes to them to show them that the new covenant was superior to the old one and that through Jesus everything comes to pass.
02:47In short, we could tell them that he wrote about this superiority of Christ to teach them that they should have confidence because it exists in Jesus.
02:59It is through Jesus that we can approach God.
03:02He wrote to them to show them that through Christ's death, He has sanctified us.
03:11And as through Him and thanks to His sacrifice, we can all reach the most holy place, superior to all others, and precisely for that reason He allows us to enter completely into the presence of God.
03:26Another important theme within the Letter to the Hebrews is precisely the theme of faith.
03:34It is one of the hesitant topics of the Charter.
03:38Let us begin then by saying that this writing shows us that faith is man's total trust in Christ.
03:47It is necessary to believe in the things promised by God, not based on physical experiences.
03:53It is living according to what God said.
03:57Just to give us an idea of the importance of the topic, we can say that the words faith, faithful, and believe are repeated in the Old Testament approximately 75 times.
04:12Whereas in the New Testament they are mentioned more than 600 times.
04:17Faith in the Letter to the Hebrews is an indispensable element, because without faith it is impossible to please God, and for this reason it is mentioned 33 times.
04:31That is, out of the 600 times it appears, it appears 33 times in the Letter to the Hebrews.
04:39Another relevant topic for Jews, and one that this writing highlights, is the covenant or pact that God has made with his people.
04:50This expresses God's covenant and special relationship with his people.
04:55The Hebrew word, Berit, occurs 285 times in the Old Testament.
05:01Whereas the Greek word, diateque, occurs 33 times in the New Testament and both are translated as covenant.
05:10This gives us an idea of how important it is, especially in the Letter where it appears 20 times.
05:17Of the 33 times it appears, 20 times it appears in the Letter to the Hebrews.
05:23In other words, it is practically the New Testament writing where it is cited very frequently.
05:31In general, it appears as the New Alliance.
05:36There are many chapters, verses, we will find, as we were saying earlier, that it is an important word, it is a very important topic within the Hebrew concept
05:45and therefore it is cited many times in this Letter.
05:49Another theme that Hebrews develops is the priesthood of Jesus Christ.
05:54The priesthood of Christ is equated with that of Melchizedek, which is superior to that of Leviticus, and is therefore living and eternal.
06:05It is therefore better than Aaron's.
06:08Christ's priesthood is superior in every way, for he is the true priest of the New Covenant.
06:15Now, we see that these topics are truly fundamental, they are important, and they are contained in this book.
06:26Therefore, we must pay attention as we read and we will find all these elements cited continuously within our Charter.
06:35Let's talk a little bit about theological topics.
06:39If I wanted to summarize in some way what we have been saying about these topics, these theological topics, these doctrinal topics, which were key for the Hebrews,
06:50We need to relate all of this under the theme of the New Covenant.
06:55And therefore, now under this new vision, the Christian, the Jew, can approach directly and confidently to the throne of God.
07:08This is the hope provided by the messianism of Christ, who presents himself as savior.
07:15but at the same time as an intermediary to enter into the presence of God.
07:20Chapter 10, verses 19 and 20, present this reality to us.
07:26The primary teaching then has to do with the topic of how believers will be able to approach the tabernacle.
07:35If we recall, in the Old Testament, all of this was under the covenant of the law,
07:43And so the common people, right?, did not have access to the presence of God,
07:51but they were excluded from the most holy place.
07:55The book of Hebrews can be briefly summarized in this way.
08:01Believers in Jesus Christ, through the perfect sacrifice that God makes through Jesus,
08:10His high priest, the perfect priest, gives him access, right?
08:16through the ministry of Christ, He gives access.
08:20Now, to the Holy of Holies, he gives direct access to God, under the covenant of the law.
08:27In other words, it doesn't exclude the law, but this same law now becomes the path that will provide the means.
08:36through and only through Jesus Christ, how can one approach the throne of grace?
08:45However, this letter is more than a doctrinal treatise.
08:48It is intensely practical in its application to daily life, as we can see in chapter 13.
08:57In this chapter 13, the writer himself still refers to his letter as a word of exhortation.
09:05Throughout the text, there are exhortations designed to encourage readers to take action.
09:12These exhortations are given in the form of small warnings.
09:20Warnings against deviating from the things we have heard.
09:25Warning against not believing the voice of God.
09:30A warning against underestimating the knowledge of the truth.
09:35Warning against devaluing God's grace.
09:38Warning against distancing yourself from the one who speaks.
09:42In short, there are a number of warnings that, if you review them personally,
09:47You'll realize it's something for you, today, here, now.
09:51Because these are all things that we often experience and suffer as well.
09:57And that is why the first community, when choosing the sacred books,
10:03of those who will serve to instruct people of all generations,
10:08We already know, instructed and guided by the grace of God,
10:13They discovered that this letter was not only for the Hebrews of that time,
10:18but for Christians of all times.
10:21So, we see a very practical aspect within this letter,
10:26If we take into account all these aspects that we have been seeing
10:30on the theological notes that we have managed to recover.
10:36Let's pause our study again at this letter,
10:40As you can see, it's long, it's complicated,
10:43It has many elements,
10:45Because, well, it is a doctrinal letter with warnings,
10:49with criteria, in short.
10:51So, well, we'll continue in a moment in our next section.
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