The Family of God
No one is quite sure who wrote this letter, though it is clearly addressed to the Palestinian Jews following Jesus; not the gentiles nor Jews of the Diaspora. It has even been suggested that it may have been written by a woman Priscilla, whose authorship was hidden as male dominance was reinforced. It was probably written, in Greek about 40 years after the death of Christ.
This short passage puts the divinity of
Christ in historical context, going back to Moses as a prophet, faithful to God
and his community, as would have been known to the Jews. But it places Jesus as
head of the line founded by God, and states that, we if without fear and with
good hope can be part of this household, the family of God.
Nick
Fern
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