Hebrews

Author:

• unknown: possibly Luke, Barnabas, Apollos, Paul

Audience:

• Jewish Christians

Key Themes:

• Jesus is fully God and fully man.
• Jesus as Son of God reveals God the Father, is the agent of creation, and sustains all creation.
• Jesus serves as the eternal high priest, who as a man sympathsizes with human weaknesses, and yet who offered himself as the perfect sacrifice for sin. 
• Jesus is sperior to angels, to Moses and the Mosiac covenant, and to the earthly tabernacle and in priesthood.
• All humanity faces eternal judgment for sin.
• Faith is necessart to please God and to participate in his eternal salvation promises.  Faith requires conviction about the unseen realities of God and his promises. Such faith produces perseverance.
• God's promises are trustworthy, including his promise of eternal salvation.
• With the advent of Jesus Christ, the last days have begun, though they await consummation fo his return.

**taken from Crossway Books  ESV Study Bible