Jesus' death and heavenly offering in Hebrews
Examines Hebrews' exposition of Jesus' death, his self-offering in heaven at his ascension, and the link between them
| Summary: | Examines Hebrews' exposition of Jesus' death, his self-offering in heaven at his ascension, and the link between them Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Style and Sources -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The Self-Offering of Jesus in Hebrews: When and Where, and What -- 1.2 When and Where Did Jesus Offer Himself? A Taxonomy of Five Views -- View 1: Jesus' Self-Offering Precedes His Entrance to Heaven -- View 2: Jesus' Earthly Self-Offering Is Described as His Heavenly Entrance -- View 3: Jesus' Self-Offering Consists in His Death and Subsequent Spiritual Entrance -- View 4: Jesus' Self-Offering Consists in His Death and Subsequent Embodied Entrance -- View 5: Jesus Offers Himself in Heaven, after His Resurrection -- 1.3 Two Material Questions That Follow -- 1.4 Methodology -- 1.5 Preview -- Part I The Formal Question -- 2 Locating Christ's Self-Offering in Heaven -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Appointed High Priest at His Entrance to Heaven -- 2.3 Where and When Did Jesus Offer Himself? In Heaven, after His Resurrection -- Yom Kippur in Hebrews -- Yom Kippur in Leviticus 16 in Light of Hebrews -- Where Did Jesus Offer Himself? The Tabernacle in Heaven -- He Entered Heaven in Order to Offer Himself There (Heb 9:24-25) -- Heavenly High Priest, Tabernacle, Offering (Heb 8:1-5) -- He Entered Once for All (Heb 9:11-14) -- Self-Offering on Earth in Hebrews 9:26 and 9:28? -- Summary Contra View 1 -- When Did Christ Offer Himself? Upon His Bodily Ascent to Heaven -- 2.4 Conclusion -- 3 Confirming Christ's Self-Offering in Heaven -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The ''When'' and ''Where'' of Christ's Self-Offering in Hebrews 10:5-14 -- The Challenge of Hebrews 10:5-14 and Two Recent Responses -- Christ's Self-Offering in Heaven in Hebrews 10:5-14 -- Christ's Heavenly Self-Offering as the Goal of His Incarnation -- Concluding Synopsis 3.3 Locating Hebrews' Other Cultic Configurations of the Christ-Event -- 3.4 What about the Veil and Christ's Flesh in Hebrews 10:20? -- 3.5 Concluding the Broad Conversation -- Part II The Material Question -- 4 What Christ's Death Achieved -- 4.1 Questioning a Conclusion -- 4.2 Hebrews 2:9: Jesus Tasted Death for All -- Plight: Fallen Present, Future Death and Judgment -- Solution: Activated by His Exaltation, Jesus' Death Averts Death -- 4.3 Hebrews 2:14-15: He Destroyed the Devil, Defeating Death -- Plight: Slavery under the Devil's Dominion through Fear of Death -- Solution: Jesus' Death Disarms and Delivers -- Hebrews 2:5-18 as Theological Backdrop to Christ's Self-Offering -- 4.4 Hebrews 9:15-17: Jesus' Death Bears the Old Covenant Curse and Inaugurates New Covenant Blessing -- Plight: The Consequences of a Broken Covenant -- Solution: Redemption from Transgressions, for an Eternal Inheritance -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5 Death and Blood in Christ's Heavenly Offering -- 5.1 Coming Full Circle -- 5.2 Death and Blood -- Blood as Ritually Enacted Death in Hebrews 9:18 -- Blood as Medium of Life-for-Life Exchange in Hebrews 9:22b -- The Meaning of ἄφεσις in Hebrews 9:22b -- Blood as Medium of Life-for-Life Exchange in Leviticus 17:11 -- The Meaning of αἱματεκχυσία in Hebrews 9:22b -- Hebrews 9:22b, Life-for-Life Exchange, and the Timing of Atonement -- Death, Blood, and New Covenant Inauguration in Hebrews 13:20 -- Conclusions and Clarifications -- 5.3 Blood and Offering -- Blood as Means of Access to the Holy of Holies -- Blood as Material Offered -- 5.4 Death and Offering -- The Inference: Jesus' Life-Given-in-Death Is What He Offers to God in Heaven -- The Analogy of Hebrews 2:9: Two-way Traffic between Death and Exaltation -- Jesus' Death as Sacrificial Victim and Sin-Bearing Servant (Heb 9:28) Identical Saving Effects Ascribed to Jesus' Death and Offering -- 5.5 Conclusion -- 6 Conclusion -- 6.1 Summing Up -- 6.2 Concluding Both Conversations -- 6.3 The Question of Coherence -- 6.4 Place and Roots -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Scripture Index -- Index of Other Ancient Sources -- Author Index |
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| ISBN: | 1108676685 |