On this Sunday before Christmas, we look at the body that God prepared for Jesus. The fancy word is Incarnation. Jesus is fully God and yet He became a human. This week before His birthday, have you experienced what He came to earth to accomplish?

God showed Moses how the Tabernacle should be built. It was an imitation of the real tabernacle in heaven. Jesus brings us in to the real dwelling of God, no imitation.

In this section of Hebrews, the author compares and contrasts the former arrangement God had with mankind with His new covenant which He established through the sacrifice of His own Son, Jesus.

In the words of Jesus I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. The same is seen here Hebrews 7-8.

There is significant danger to the churchgoer; temptation can easily lead to abandoning our Lord. Be warned, God does not take well to being maligned.

Jesus is the high priest of our faith who sympathizes with our weaknesses and help in our times of need.

Jesus is the only one who can put our restless souls to rest. No longer must we worry about our standing before God. No longer must we feel the need to earn His love and acceptance. In Jesus we have found rest for our souls.

We have got a real tendency to elevate people above what is appropriate or realistic. In other words, we like making idols for ourselves. The writer of Hebrews exposes his audience to their idol, Moses. Moses was a servant of God, but we have Jesus the Son of God. Hebrews 3

Jesus became a flesh-and-blood man like all of us so that He could walk in our shoes, go thru our struggles, and fight the good fight. He did all this to offer Himself as a sacrifice for our sin and to know how to help us when we are tempted.

There is a lot of fascination with angels.. both today and 2,000 years ago. Hebrews makes the case that no matter how interesting angels are to you, Jesus is so much more worth your affections and attention.