How can we explain the distorted quotation of Psalms 40? PROBLEM: Psalms 40:6 cites the Messiah as saying “My ears You have opened,” but the writer of Hebrews quotes it as “a body You have prepared for Me” (10:5). There is no similarity whatsoever in these quotations. The NT seems to totally distor... [ Continue Reading ]
Did OT sacrifices make atonement for sins? PROBLEM: Leviticus 17:11 affirmed that God gave blood sacrifices “to make atonement” for our souls. But Hebrews seems to contradict that, insisting that the Aaronic priest “stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can nev... [ Continue Reading ]
Does this passage teach that it is possible for Christians to lose their salvation? PROBLEM: Hebrews 6:4-6 seems to be written for Christians because it contains certain characteristics that would be true only of them, such as “partakers of the Holy Spirit” (v. 4). But it declares that if they fall... [ Continue Reading ]