Fairy Tale Spotlight: Hebrews [Book Review]

Don't you just love books that speak plainly?

"Hebrews" is the fifty-eighth book of the "Holy Bible," and although a lot of people don't know who really wrote this one, there is a small chance it was written by Paul. The authorship of this one had me really skeptical, and it's a subject of discussion unto itself.

The thing of it is, Paul was extremely consistent in the manner of which he wrote his stuff. There were things he always said and did in a particular way. In "Hebrews" the author has an almost entirely different writing style, but there are a few parts, mostly towards the end, where it does actually sound like Paul.

One thought as to why the book may be so different is because he is not talking to the Gentiles (not Jewish) this time around. He is talking to the people who were God's chosen all throughout the Old Testament. And the difference between the Old and New Testament is the very crux of his argument in this book.

If you had been following my reviews of books in the "Old Testament," God required a sacrifice from people on a regular basis to make up for their innate shortcomings, and even this would never quite be enough. It was certainly not enough to forgive their sins. Nobody was allowed into the holiest of holies within the temple except for one high priest who managed all these things. Also, he could only go in there once a year and then swiftly booted out.

"Hebrews" explicitly and plainly points out that Jesus has risen to rank of "highest" priest, and his temple is one that was not built by human hands. Remember that, when Jesus died, the curtain in the human-made temple ripped in half. That is God's funny way of saying that this temple is now obsoleted. There's a new temple now, and it lies in a place that we can eventually get to, but only through the new high priest, that being Jesus.

Naturally, it may be very difficult to see how all this is true, but the book is so plainly written that I think this blog is not going to do as good of a job as that book would. But the book makes a really powerful explanation of faith. It goes through all the times faith was used to trust that God would help them, and in all those times, amazing things happened. What is interesting about faith is that, it isn't the belief in unproven things, but merely things unseen. You can still have reason to believe in the unseen thing.

Once again, I am not going to do it justice. I cannot understate how well-written this book is. It's an eye-opener. It may not have as much of an impact on people who didn't read the Old Testament, but there is still a lot here that's worth looking at. "Hebrews" answers a lot of questions people would probably have concerning Jesus and where he fits in with Christianity. For this reason, I cannot recommend "Hebrews" enough. Whether it was written by Paul or not, it's a solid book that seats itself as one of the most important pieces of literature in the Christian faith.

This blog was written on March 5, 2022.

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