Summary Of 'The Hebrews' By James W. Thompson

Upon reading the introduction of the Hebrews commentary by James W. Thompson, I have come to a new appreciation of the book of Hebrews and its relevance and meaning for Christians today. Previously, I have always been confused by the book of Hebrews and found the content hard to understand, let alone knowing how it applied to today. One insight from the reading that changed my perspective about Hebrews was Thompson’s explanation about the purpose of the book for its original audience. Thompson states that “At the beginning the community [original readers] learned the confession that the Son is at God’s right hand, but it now lives within the sphere of alienation and testing and does not see ‘everything in subjection’ to Christ” (Thompson,