Atonement

The Hebrew writer is involved in an extended discussion about the superiority of Jesus to the angels that begins in 1:4 and continues through 2:18. In 1:5-14, he quotes seven Old Testament texts to make his case. He then pauses in 2:1-4 to exhort his readers to “pay the most careful attention” to the messageContinue reading “Atonement”

Pulling Back the Curtain

We’ve seen some amazing things in Daniel: These incidents provide us with windows through which we get glimpses of the world beyond ours. After all, these things don’t “naturally” occur in our world—so they point us to the reality of a world beyond ours. These glimpses (and the larger truths they embody) are made knownContinue reading “Pulling Back the Curtain”