Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Choice 5: Hebrews 1–2. Jesus Christ Is Greater than Angels

 1.    Refer to “Epistle to the Hebrews” in the Bible Dictionary (pp. 746–47). Read the first paragraph and the “Analysis of Hebrews,” number 1–5. Make a list of what Jesus Christ is superior to.
·         Greater than the angels
·         Greater than Moses
·         Greater than Melchizedek
·         Greater than the order or Aaron
2.    Read Hebrews 1. Make a list of three truths Paul taught about the Savior Jesus Christ.
1.      Jesus Christ was made in the express image of God.
2.      Jesus Christ has purged our sins.
3.      Jesus Christ’s word will not pass away.
3.    Read Hebrews 2:7–18; 4:13–16; Alma 7:11–15; Doctrine and Covenants 122:8. In writing describe how these scriptures explain reasons the Son of God came to earth to experience mortality.
·         Hebrews 2:7-18
o   He was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death…that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.  He came to earth to rescue us and to pay the price of our death.  Physical and Spiritual.  He took on him the seed of Abraham
·         Hebrews 4: 13-16
o   He is all powerful and has see’s all creatures and their infirmities.  He has experienced everything that we have and ever will.  He is without sin and he has paid the price of all the sin and hurt we will ever fill. 
·         Alma 7: 11-15
o   He suffered pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind so that he could take upon himself the pains and sicknesses of his people.
o   He took upon himself death so that he may loose the bands of death from his people and he will take upon himself their infirmities.  He has come to succor his people according to their infirmities.    
o   He does this so that he may blot out our transgressions
·         Doctrine and Covenants 122:8
o   He has descended below all things.  In Matthew there is a chapter that talks about how he ate with the publicans and sinners.  By doing this he became ritualistically unclean.  So he fell from a position of upper middle class in Jewish society and fell to the bottom.  He came to their level to be able. 


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