NBST 621 Quiz 2: Faithful Son/Promised Rest & Melchizedekian Priesthood
- Cockerill argues that the “rest” mentioned in Hebrews 4:1-11 refers to:
- Cockerill sees the reference to Jesus’ as an “Apostle” as referring to:
- Which of the following are requirements for a person to be a high priest?
- According to Cockerill, the proper Old Testament background/event for understanding Hebrews 3 and 4 is:
- In what chapter does the author argue that the high priesthood of Jesus is better than Aaronic high priesthood?
- Cockerill understands that the “unbelief” of the generation at Kadesh-Barnea entailed:
- Cockerill understands Hebrews 3 and 4 as the author’s desire to encourage faithful perseverance that will impact the continuity of God’s people.
- In Hebrews 3:3, we can see that both Moses and Jesus were faithful in the execution of their stewardship, thus indicating they are on an equal level with each other.
- According to Cockerill, in Hebrews 3 the author addresses the readers collectively as believers, but realizes that some in the group may manifest a different reality as time goes on.
- According to Cockerill, Jesus’ priesthood is founded on his sonship and not on his ties to Aaron or Aaron’s descendants.
- Hebrews 4:2-3 argues that one must believe divine promises before one can benefit from them.
- The difference between the high priest of the OT and Jesus’ as high priest is that the OT high priest never had to offer a sacrifice for his own sin.
- Cockerill understands Hebrews 3:4 to refer to Jesus’ divinity by showing Jesus as the creator of Moses.
- Cockerill claims that Hebrews 3:14 indicates that a person’s conversion to Christ, which occurred in the past, can be proven to have been genuine by his continuing in the faith until Christ’s return.
- In Hebrews 5:1-4, the two prerequisites mentioned as qualifications for the priesthood are a sympathetic human nature and a strong ambition to serve God.
- Hebrews is unique in refering to Jesus as an “Apostle and High Priest.”
- About Hebrews 3:1, Cockerill says that Jesus as “Apostle” reveals him as the source of salvation.
- Cockerill understands the phrase “if we hold fast” in Hebrews 3:6 to be a true conditional sentence that indicates that the perseverance of a true believer may not be guaranteed.
- Cockerill defines “rest” as primarily an experience of the believer in this present life.
- According to Allen, the reference in Hebrews 5:7 to the experience of anguish and tears, etc. probably refer to events pertaining to Jesus’ experience in Gethsemane.
- Allen thinks it is best to see Hebrews 4:1-11 as embracing both a present and eschatological rest in terms of an already/not yet tension reflective of the wider New Testament.
- Cockerill thinks that Jesus “being perfected” in Hebrews 5:9 refers to the need of the human Jesus to overcome sin in his own life.
- According to Cockerill, Hebrews 3:6 teaches that if one is a Christian he will persevere.
- Cockerill states that Jesus became the “Source of eternal salvation” only through his incarnate obedience (Hebrews 5:9).
- Cockerill sees 4:14-16 as a reintroduction of the theme of Jesus as High Priest and as a precursor to further developments in subsequent chapters.
- In Hebrews 4:5-6, the author indicates that Jesus is superior to Moses by illustrating Moses in a negative light.
- Allen understands the “falling away from the living God” in 3:12 to mean “not a passive but deliberate disobedience.”
- In 4:15, the word “tempted,” in “one who in every respect has been tempted as we are,” indicates that Jesus experienced the same kind of temptations to sin that all humans experience according to Cockerill.
- According to Cockerill, the phrase “to fall away from the living God” in Hebrews 3:12 has to do primarily with severe backsliding in the Christian life.
- Allen argues that the reference to “God’s word” as “sharper than a two-edged sword” in Hebrews 4:12 must have specific reference to the text of Scripture extensively cited in 3:7-4:11, especially Psalm 95:7-11.