Hebrews KJV

The Epistle to the Hebrews was written by a man whose name we simply do not know. People have pointed to Paul, Barnabas, Apollos and even Luke, and nobody has ever settled it. He does tell us he heard the gospel from the people who had heard the Lord. He got it secondhand, the same way you and I did. And with his name missing, there’s nothing in this letter to look at except the One he wrote about.

Hebrews gets treated as the hard book, the one about priests and sacrifices and a man named Melchisedec, best left to the scholars. But in chapter 5 the writer tells us why it was hard: his readers had grown slow to listen. The trouble wasn’t in the message. It was in the ears. These believers had started strong, and now they were wearing out. If you started strong and you’re tired now, this book was written for you.

Near the end, one short line holds the whole letter up: “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.”

Everything around those readers could change. Jesus would not. So as we make our way through this book, what is the one word to listen for?