A Glorious High Throne, Hebrews simply explained
By Edgar Andrews,
Evangelical Press, 542 pages, £12.26
In November 2008, at our conference weekend, Rev. David McCullough gave a series of talks entitled Certain Truths for Uncertain Times:
Key Challenges from Hebrews
. David explained that what he had to say was just a small part of what could be learned from a thorough study of Hebrews and encouraged us to read through Hebrews and to study it for ourselves in more detail.
The epistle to the Hebrews may be one of the more theological books in the New Testament. It begins by unveiling the glory of Christ - the eternal Son of God who shares the everlasting throne of the Majesty on high
. It shows how he descended from that throne to become a man so that he might rescue his people from death judgement and the power of sin. The epistle shows that he did this by inaugurating a new covenant. It is a covenant with better promises; a better priesthood, a better sacrifice and a better hope than had pertained under the Law of Moses.
Professor Andrews writes that his aim for this book was to provide a full verse-by-verse commentary that could, at the same time, be read through consecutively. In this aim he has succeeded admirably. The book divides the epistle into five sections - Christ is all
, Unbelief and the throne of grace
, The new covenant in Christ
, Faith and its fruits
and The law fulfilled by love
- and then devotes several chapters to a detailed examination of a number of verses each.
Each of the 58 chapters is short enough to be read in conjunction with the corresponding passage from the epistle to the Hebrews for daily Bible study. If it is your aim to obtain one commentary for each book of the Bible this would be a good addition to your library.
Jim Calderwood