Characters & Episodes in Hebrews
Swipe chapter-by-chapter across Hebrews (13 chapters total).
Hebrews 4
Jesus Christ
The eternal Son of God and promised Messiah — who calmed the Galilean storm, washed His disciples' feet, bore our judgment on the cross, rose as Firstfruits, and returns on a white horse as King of Kings.
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The High Priest of Israel
The consecrated Sanctuary mediator in Leviticus 23 who waved the single sheaf of Firstfruits barley on the morning after the Sabbath and, fifty days later at Pentecost, lifted the two leavened loaves before the LORD.
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Hebrews 9
The Ark of the Covenant
The gold-overlaid chest of God's throne presence — carried into the flood-stage Jordan to part the waters in Joshua 3, and placed inside Dagon's temple in 1 Samuel 5 where the idol fell headless before it.
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The High Priest of Israel
The consecrated Sanctuary mediator in Leviticus 23 who waved the single sheaf of Firstfruits barley on the morning after the Sabbath and, fifty days later at Pentecost, lifted the two leavened loaves before the LORD.
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Older brother of Moses and Israel's first consecrated High Priest, whose budded almond rod was placed inside the Ark of the Covenant and whose priestly line served at the Tabernacle altar.
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Abraham
Father of the covenant nation and head of the Messianic genealogy — who split the altar wood before dawn, climbed Mount Moriah for three days with his promised son Isaac, and named the mountain Jehovah Jireh.
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Barak
General of Israel from Kedesh-naphtali who recognized he needed Deborah's prophetic presence beside him, led 10,000 foot soldiers down Mount Tabor at her word, and routed Sisera's mud-locked chariot army.
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Isaac
The miracle son of Abraham and Sarah who carried the altar wood up Mount Moriah, asked 'Where is the lamb for a burnt offering?', and was spared when God provided the ram in the thicket.
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Rahab
The Canaanite woman of Jericho who hid Israel's spies under stalks of flax, hung the scarlet cord from her window in the city wall, and was grafted into the Messianic line as mother of Boaz.
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The Destroyer
The heavenly executor of the tenth plague at midnight in Egypt — legally forbidden by the LORD from entering any doorway marked with the blood of the Passover lamb.
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Wife of Abraham and matriarch of Israel who conceived the promised son Isaac at age ninety, turning decades of barrenness into covenant laughter.
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