This document discusses Jesus as the high priest in the New Covenant. It explains that Jesus is fully divine and fully human, making him uniquely qualified as high priest. As both God and man, Jesus understands human experiences and offers the perfect sacrifice to God on our behalf. The document outlines how Jesus fulfilled the roles of high priest by being tempted in every way as a human yet without sin, and how he now intercedes for humanity at the right hand of God as our sympathetic high priest.

1. Hebrews:
The Voice of a NT Prophet
# 3

2. Jesus is fully divine
Jesus is fully human
Therefore
He is uniquely qualified as High Priest
In a New Covenant
In a heavenly temple
Offering a perfect sacrifice
Applied by the Holy Spirit
Therefore

3. Chapter 2
Jesus is fully man

4. 2:5-18
2:11,14,17 Human nature
2:11-13 Brotherhood with sinners
2:18 Tempted, like all men
2:18 The suffering of sinners
2:14 The death of sinners
2:14-15 The eternal torment of sinners
Above/below argument

5. Therefore …
2:17-18 connects with 4:14-16
• God in Christ has identified with us by taking our full humanity, and taken
our place in his sacrificial death
• He is still ‘one of us,’at the Fathers right hand. He understands my full
human experience as high priest
• He is ‘one of us,’(humanity) ‘instead of us’(sacrifice) and ‘for
us’(exalted)

6. 5:1 The Pivotal Verse
2:1-18;5:2-3, 7-8
5:4-6; 7:1-22
5:9; 7:23-28
Q 1: Chosen from among men
Q 2: Ordained by God
Q 3: To represent men to God
9-10Q 4: The basis of a worthy sacrifice

7. 5:2-3, 7-8: Jesus, One of Us
• We approach someone who has ‘been there’
• The OT High Priests were very human:
Aaron and the golden calf
Eli and his sons
Joshua in filthy clothing
• Jesus, tested in every way, in full humanity
• Gethsemane – what Jesus went through
Consider the Jesus story in the gospels

8. Hebrews 7-10
Jesus: A whole new way of relating to God

9. The System: A total package (7:12)
King – Vassal relationship
Terms of covenant
For law breaking
To offer sacrifices
Covenant
Laws
Sacrifice
Priests
Where priests performTemple
The new system: a total replacement!

10. System Replacement
Priesthood: Divine & human
Covenant
Tabernacle/temple
Sacrifice
Salvation
Response

11. The invitation
3:1 Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on
Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
4:14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens,
Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a
high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who
has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin. 16 Let us then
approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find
grace to help us in our time of need.

12. Jesus: High Priest
One of us,’(humanity)
‘instead of us’(sacrifice) and
‘for us’(exalted).