Hebrews 13:22-25 — END OF HEBREWS

READ THIS: Hebrews 13:22-25

22 Brothers and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you quite briefly.
 
23 I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.
 
24 Greet all your leaders and all the Lord’s people. Those from Italy send you their greetings.  
 
25 Grace be with you all.

WHAT’S THIS MEAN, ANYWAY?

These are the last words of Hebrews, can you believe it?!
 
Lots of letters in the Bible end with a greeting, which seems silly to us since most of our greetings would be at the beginning of a letter. Something you may have noticed in our devos this summer is that we actually don't know a lot about the author of this letter! But these last verses teach us little bits and pieces about who this author is, even if we don't know their name. We know they genuinely cared about the people they were writing to, we know they were very close with Timothy (they call Timothy their brother), and we know that this person likely traveled around sharing the good news in a similar way to people like Timothy and Paul!
 
CONGRATS ON FINISHING HEBREWS WITH US! We hope that you were able get something out of at least one of these lessons this summer! Come back on Sunday, August 18th when we start up our next book!

THINK ABOUT IT:

1. Why do you think the author of this letter wanted to remain anonymous? What does that say about their faith in Jesus?
 
2. What book would YOU like us to do in the future?! Comment below!

TRY THIS:

All throughout this letter, we have learned how Jesus is greater than anyone and anything, examples of people who have chosen to put their faith in Him, and how we are called to put our own faith in Christ to action in our daily lives! Take a minute to write down at least one important lesson you have learned in Hebrews, and do your best to hold onto that lesson and live it out!

HEBREWS PLAYLIST:
 
Compiled into one Spotify playlist is the whole song collection, in order, of Hebrews! If you want a reminder of what all we learned, just listen through the playlist!

If you have a desire for a Youtube playlist, text Liz/Dan and we'll make it happen!





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  1. AnonymousJuly 28, 2024 at 5:59 AM

    Great job as always! Thank you for doing this each day. Enjoy the break!

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