Jesus is Better
Jesus is better than this being because Jesus was faithful in God's house as a Son, while this being was faithful in God's house as a servant.
Moses
The group of people who were likely Jewish converts to Christianity and were very familiar with the Old Testament
Audience
The most common title for Jesus in the first 6 chapters of Hebrews (used 8 times)
The Old Testament book that Hebrews quotes the most with quotes from chapters 2, 8, 22, 45, 95, 102, 104, and 110.
Psalms
The 1st person plural phrase that exhortations like warning passages often begin with in order to call the audience to action.
Let us
Jesus is better than this because He promises a better rest for God's people.
Promised Land
The anonymous person who spent time with the original disciples of Jesus before writing Hebrews.
Author
The action Jesus took after He made purifications for sins
Sat down
Sometimes Hebrews includes quotations of the Old Testament by referencing a verse word for word, but other times it includes this by mentioning only a word or phrase.
Allusion
The five warning passages follow this structure where the fifth mirrors the first, the fourth mirrors the second, and the third stands out for emphasis.
Chiasm
Jesus is better than this being because He is eternal, unchanging, and rules with authority, not a created being who is sent out to serve.
Angels
The two writing styles the author alternates between throughout the book of Hebrews.
Exposition & Exhortation
The word that distinguishes Jesus from all other high priests that came before Him
Great
Hebrews quotes Psalm 95 five times in chapters 3-4, which all describe Israel's rebellion in this place.
Wilderness
The third warning passage uses the analogy of milk and solid food to call the audience to grow in this area.
Maturity
Jesus is a better this because He is able to sympathize with us because He was tempted yet did not sin and He was appointed by God to hold this place forever.
Priest (or High Priest)
The number of warning passages in Hebrews that confront the audience about whether or not they were truly trusting Jesus for salvation and call them to remain faithful.
Five
The way that Jesus was made like His brothers (humans), which enabled Him to become a merciful and faithful high priest
Every respect
Hebrews 2 quotes Psalm 8 to build a case for Jesus' superiority and Psalm 8 alludes to this earlier Old Testament event.
Creation of man
The second warning passage highlights how the wilderness generation in the Old Testament received good news just like the Hebrews and they must be sure to respond with this.
Faith or Belief
Jesus is better than this because He declared salvation directly, unlike this which Deuteronomy tells us was given by God then declared by angels.
Torah (or Law)
The book of Hebrews is structured with four blocks of comparison to show Jesus is better in the first 10 chapters and a long section of this in the last 3 chapters.
Application
The two things Jesus is crowned with in chapter 2 because of the suffering of death so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
Glory and honor
Hebrews 1 quotes these three different sections of the Old Testament to build a case for Jesus as the Son of God who deserves worship.
Law, Prophets, and Writings
The first warning passage calls the audience to pay attention or do this so they do not neglect the great salvation Jesus offers.
Hear or Listen