The word "telos" is an important concept in the Bible, it's important to Hebrews 11, and then we have a surprise by how it connects to our reading in Job.
Like other "epistles," Hebrews begins with doctrinal issues and ends with application. "How, now, shall we live?" is a good question, one the author begins answering today.
The theme of Job is often (usually?) thought to be how to deal with suffering. But as Dr. John Sailhamer argues (in today's Focus Question), that falls short of the point.
The uniqueness of Christianity -- and its claim that Jesus is the only way to the Father and Heaven -- necessarily includes Him being fully human. The writer of Hebrews tells us why.
Hebrews 9 continues the writer's argument that Jesus is the final and highest and permanent priest, drawing on the parallels of temple worship in Leviticus.
