Hebrews

The epistle to the Hebrews bears the name of no earthly writer. Rather, the Lord Himself is peculiarly the Author of this epistle: “God, … Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son” (Heb. 1:1, 2). Christ is seen as the Apostle: “Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus” (Heb. 3:1).
The book is written to the Hebrews—the ‘we’ used habitually throughout—a people whose hopes were earthly. They looked for an earthly kingdom and an earthly Messiah, but where was all that now? This epistle lifts their eyes heavenward. There we see the One of whom it is written: “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom” (Heb. 1:8, cited from Psa. 45:6). There we see Jesus “who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour” (Heb. 2:9).
For the Jew who had received Jesus as Messiah (Luke 24:21; Acts 19:1-4), this was undoubtedly perplexing. However, for all that the Jew valued, better things are to be found in Christ: a better hope, a better covenant, better promises, a better sacrifice, in heaven a better and abiding substance, and a better country. Hebrews opens to them things seen only by faith.
For us, in a day when Christianity has become an earthly religion, Hebrews likewise takes us out of this scene, through the rent veil, into heaven itself.
Alas, there were those that had partaken of the wonders and miracles of the Holy Ghost, but were in danger of rejecting this testimony, to turn back to the dead ritualism of Judaism. This is apostasy—having come so far, and then turning from the truth. Grace rejected leaves man without remedy.