TIME
The author of Hebrews sweeps across a remarkable span of time in the fourth chapter. We will start our class this week reviewing the chronology that serves as a backdrop for the exhortation (urgent pleading) in the passage. Along the way, we will step back to consider the subjects of time and history from a distinctly Christian point of view. Of course, every good session needs some personal application. Prepare for a bit of surprise when I apply this subject to you.
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Sometimes popular culture can help us appreciate Biblical truth all the more. Are any of us surprised to learn that a prominent "role-model" athlete has been accused of multiple adulteries? I won't name names. The vultures are circling. Apparently, in the minds of some, the apparent hypocrisy is the real sin, while the adultery is simply an accepted fact of life and manhood. What evolving man would pass up the Darwinian opportunity to spread his genetic material a bit more widely, thereby increasing his reproductive fitness?
When I see this sort of thing (whatever the real truth might turn out to be), my mind reverts to an underlying Biblical reality that we need to hear over and over again, and that is sorely neglected today. Do not envy those who are rich! Very few of the wealthy in this world will inherit eternal life (Luke 18:24)! Thank God that you are not rich, and be certain that you do not want to be so! Possession of riches, with all the attendant temptations, may be an indication that God has marked out a person for damnation.
"The Rich Young Ruler"
Artist: Heinrich Hoffman
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