Final Word

By David Maas
{THE WORD REVEALED}

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{MESSIAH}
  1. The Word of Life - {PDF Copy} - (God has spoken clearly and decisively in His Son, the same Word by which God created life and the ages)
  2. His Name is Jesus! - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus means ‘Yahweh saves.’ In this Man of Nazareth, the Salvation promised by the God of Abraham and Israel has arrived for all men)
  3. The Living Word - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is the Word made flesh through whom the glory of God is revealed, the same Word by which God created all things)
  4. The Divine Glory - {PDF Copy} - (Since the Word became flesh, the Divine Glory has been manifested in Jesus of Nazareth and all who follow him behold it – John 1:14)
  5. The Word Became Flesh - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is the Word made flesh, the Greater Tabernacle where the glory of God is manifested and resides forevermore – John 1:14)
  6. Jesus is the Key - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is the key that unlocks the Hebrew Scriptures and reveals the nature and redemptive purposes of the God of Israel)
  7. The Superior Word of the Son - {PDF Copy} - (God has spoken His definitive word in His Son. All previous words given by the prophets were preparatory, promissory, and partial)
  8. Upon These Last Days - {PDF Copy} - (The era of the Levitical priesthood terminated with the arrival of the word in God’s Son, Jesus Christ, our High Priest forevermore)
  9. His Surpassing Greatness - {PDF Copy} - (Through a series of comparisons, Hebrews presents the supremacy of the Son over all his predecessors)
  10. Knowing God - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is the interpretive key that unlocks the Hebrew scriptures, understanding the end-times, and the nature and mysteries of God)
  11. God's Mysteries Revealed - (The previously hidden mysteries of God are revealed in Jesus, and especially so in his Death and Resurrection, History’s turning point) - {PDF Copy}
  12. Yea and Amen in Jesus - {PDF Copy} - (The promises of the Hebrew Bible are fulfilled in the Son of God and Messiah of Israel, Jesus of Nazareth, period)
  13. Law and Prophets - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus came to fulfill all the things that were promised and foreshadowed in the Hebrew Scriptures, the Law and the Prophets)
  14. Seeing the Unseen God - {PDF Copy} - (The fullness, grace, and truth of God are found in the Word made Flesh, Jesus of Nazareth, who alone has seen the unseen God – John 1:14-18)
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  15. Full of Grace and Truth - {PDF Copy} - (The fullness, grace, and truth of God are found only in the Word that became flesh, namely, Jesus of Nazareth – John 1:14-18)
  16. The Son Surpasses Moses - {PDF Copy} - (The word of the Son is superior even to the word of Moses, the servant and Great Lawgiver in the house of Yahweh)
  17. The Supreme Lawgiver - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is the Greater Moses who interprets the Law and the Prophets and brings the covenant promises to completion)
  18. Power and Wisdom - {PDF Copy} - (The power and wisdom of God are revealed in the proclamation of the Messiah who was crucified by the Roman Empire)
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  19. The Suffering Servant -(Paul summoned believers to adopt the same mind that Jesus had when he poured out his life “unto death” for others – Philippians 2:5-11) - {PDF Copy}
  20. Revealing God - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus, the Word become flesh, is the interpretive key that opens the Hebrew Scriptures and Bible prophecy)
  21. "My Words are Life!" - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus grants the Life-Giving Spirit to men without which there is no enduring life. His words are spirit, and they are life)

{TRUE TEMPLE AND PRIEST}
  1. The True and Greater Tabernacle - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is the High Priest of the true and greater Sanctuary “made without hands” foreshadowed by the Ancient Tabernacle)
  2. "Not made with hands" - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is the High Priest of the greater sanctuary “made without hands” foreshadowed by the Ancient Tabernacle)
  3. The Fullness of God - {PDF Copy} - (The fullness, grace, and truth of God are found only in the Word made Flesh, namely, Jesus Christ of Nazareth – John 1:14-18)
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  4. The True Tabernacle - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is the True and Greater Tabernacle in whom the presence and glory of God reside and manifest for all men to behold)
  5. The House of God - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is the true and only way of access to the Father, the Greater Bethel, and the house of God – John 1:47-50)
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  6. The Final Temple - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is the True and Final Sanctuary in which the glory of Yahweh dwells, the substance foreshadowed by the ancient Temple – John 2:13-22)
  7. True Worship - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus revealed that the presence and worship of God are no longer limited to geographic locations or man-made structures – John 4:20-24)
  8. The Purification of Sins - {PDF Copy} - (Having achieved the purification of sins, Jesus sat down at the right hand of God, where he now intercedes for us as our faithful High Priest)
  9. Once For All - {PDF Copy} - (The promise a New Covenant finds its fulfillment in the once-for-all sacrifice of Jesus and the permanent priesthood he now holds)
  10. His Priestly Qualifications - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus qualified to become our high priest by participating fully in human suffering, weakness, and death)
  11. Merciful and Faithful Priest - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is well-equipped to be our faithful and sympathetic high priest, having participated fully in humanity’s plight)
  12. Our Sympathetic High Priest - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus qualified as our high priest by participating fully in human sufferings, mortality, and especially by his death)
  13. His Endless Priesthood - {PDF Copy} - (The inability of the Levitical system to cleanse sins necessitated the new priesthood inaugurated by the death and resurrection of Jesus)
  14. Then He Sat Down - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is the Son whom God appointed as our merciful and faithful High Priest after his suffering, death, and resurrection)
  15. Change of Law - {PDF Copy} - (The new priesthood after the order of Melchizedek inaugurated in Jesus also means a change in the Law - Hebrews 7:12)

{FULFILLMENT IN JESUS}
  1. The Covenant Promises - {PDF Copy} - (The Gift of the Spirit is part of the New Covenant, the first fruits of the New Creation, and the gathering of the nations in fulfillment of the covenant)
  2. Heirs of the Covenant - {PDF Copy} - (With the outpouring of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, the blessings for all nations promised to Abraham commenced)
  3. Abraham's Seed - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is the Seed of Abraham, the heir of the covenant promises, and receipt of the inheritance is based on how we respond to him)
  4. Inheritance of Abraham - {PDF Copy} - (Believers are the heirs of Abraham, and the possession of their inheritance is secured by possession of the Gift of the Spirit)
  5. Shadows and Substance - {PDF Copy} - (The types and shadows of the old covenant find their substance in the Son of God, in his priesthood and New Covenant – Hebrews 8:1-5)
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  6. His Incomparable Covenant - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus inaugurated the superior New Covenant through his Death and Resurrection, rendering the old covenant obsolete – Hebrews 8:6-13)
  7. The Son of Man - {PDF Copy} - (The figure of the Son of Man in the Book of Daniel is the source of Christ’s self-designation, the Son of Man)
  8. Christus Rex! - {PDF Copy} - (The New Testament applies messianic promises from the Hebrew Bible to the present reign of Jesus. He is Christ the King!)
  9. Decoding Scripture and Mysteries - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is the interpretive key that unlocks the Hebrew Scriptures, Bible prophecy, and the Mysteries of God)

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