Book of Hebrews Historical Background | Why was Hebrews written?

Discover the book of Hebrews in a new way with our animated Bible video! Gain a deeper understanding of the book through its historical background, and apply its message to your life today. Reading the epistle of Hebrews through the backdrop of persecution that the original readers faced, will strengthen its message to persevere in faith in Jesus through any difficulties that we may experience.

Join us on this journey to better understand the Bible, its history, and its impact on our lives, through understanding both the literary context and historical context. This is an essential part of interpretation in inductive Bible study, and will help you to think biblically and live biblically. Our videos are perfect for all ages and levels of Biblical literacy. Enhance your personal and small group Bible studies with our animated videos.

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro: Following Jesus can be hard
0:21 The First Church in Rome
1:59 Persecution & A Tempting Option
3:45 The Letter of Hebrews
5:03 Application: Our Focus in Difficulties

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Application Questions:

1) After you have sinned or feel you have let God down, do you “draw near” to him or “shrink back” from him? What does that look like? Why?

2) Can you take to heart that Jesus is a sympathetic High Priest (Heb 4:15), able to help those who are tempted (Heb 2:18), and who offers mercy and grace (Heb 4:16)? How would this effect your thoughts, feelings, and actions after messing up?

3) Think about the OT characters references in Hebrews 11. What stories about them do you remember? Were they all positive? What does the perspective of Hebrews on these men and women tell you about what real faith does and does not look like?

4) What can the author of Hebrews teach you about how to motivate people to stay faithful to Jesus?

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[rogerandmargearmbruster]

THANK YOU for capturing the historical context and the message of the Book of Hebrews so succinctly. It is timely, and a message much needed for today.

[vickiebrooks]

Excellent. Knowing the historical background helps immensely. Thank you.

[allisonfraser]

I love the way you give a general but basic overview of the book that most ppl could understand, great job

[yvonnealexander]

Excellent insight, wisdom and encouragement.

[StephanieKilgore]

I so enjoy listening to the backgrounds of the books, so thank you! I enjoyed the richness with the book Hebrews, really makes you think any guess my purpose and meaning while I am here!

[kathrynbarnes]

I am a Bible student and these have been so helpful to me! Thanks!

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[raulnsherah]

Super helpful. Perspective I don’t know

[richytube]

What would you say about the call to "enter into my rest" in Hebrews? I'm. Eryn curious about this. Is the "rest" the mentality we are supposed to have as Christians or is it more then that?

[breauxdose]

Where did the Star of David come from. It’s actually the seal of Solomon

[hiphophannah]

What year were the Jews expelled from Rome?

[ceceecmack]

Some Jews never acknowledge Christ and chose to stay under the Mosaic law not the new covenant through Christ. We are only adding by being baptized into Christ and Christ adds us to his body, his church.

[buukkreider]

The Rest for The People of God - Hebrews

In Deuteronomy 12:8-12 Moses Explained about The Rest

8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.

10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;

11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:

12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.


This rest was promised to The Children of Israel when they enter the Promised Land. Joshua brought them into the land of Canaan which was the Promised Land. It was to be a land of REST for the Hebrews, the Children of Israel.

In the time of Joshua and Judges, the Children of Israel failed in taking their promised land - no one said it would be easy - and they suffered accordingly. This rest was not achieved: not then nor currently.

David confirmed this when he wrote the 95th Psalm...


Psalm 95:7-11 David Confirmed the Rest was Not Achieved

7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.


This REST has not been attained. The Apostle mentions this in the Book he wrote to The Hebrews, especially in chapters 3 and 4 even though Christian Scholars say that Christians have a REST in CHRIST - whether true or not, the Apostle was not talking about that: he was talking to The Hebrews, the Children of Israel.

The Hebrew Christians would not have to worry about this because they already have believed in Yeshua as The Messiah - but once The Church is raptured, that's when those Hebrews will have to take note and understand.

The epistles are for The Church mainly, but not exclusively - a point hard to grasp by many Christian Theologians and Scholars - but the 3KEY really could help any hard-seeking individual about The Truth.

The Lord Jesus also mentioned that he was Lord of The Sabbath - and The Sabbath speaks of the Seventh Day, not one day in seven - the Sabbath never changed to Sunday... never!

From Adam to Messiah is about 4000 years or 4 Days; from the death and resurrection of The Messiah is now about 2000 years or two days. This Messianic Kingdom AKA Millennial will be The Seventh Day: and Jesus of Nazareth will be fulfilling Isaiah 9:6, 7 and the rest of Isaiah 61:1, 2 before entering the Messianic Kingdom. Much more, but I will stop here. Those that want to know more, please respond and ask me. I hope to answer more of those questions.


Hebrews 3:7-19 The Apostle warned The Hebrews Applying to Them

7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,

8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.


The Apostle is addressing the Hebrews which included the believers in The Messiah, but more important - those that will be left behind AFTER the Rapture of The Church.

Also Chapter 4:1-11 The Fear

1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.

6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:

7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.

9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.


This has NOTHING to do with GENTILES and THE CHURCH, but to the Hebrews. This is that New Covenant promised them by God. As I mentioned previously, The New Covenant is with Israel prophesied by Jeremiah and Ezekiel. This s nothing to do with GENTILES, except Jewish Proselytes at that future time.

During the Messianic Kingdom (Millennial) that will be the SEVENTH, the SABBATH. When The Lord Jesus mentioned to the Judaeans, they weren't happy...

John 5:15-18 The Working

15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.

16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

In Genesis 2 it says God rested on The Seventh Day. Yes, and yet Jesus of Nazareth said 'My Father has been and continues to work - and he also works. Of course, he was accused of blasphemy.

Well on the SEVENTH DAY, THE SABBATH - that is when Jesus of Nazareth will be addressed as: The Mighty God and The Everlasting Father - at that time, The Father will REST. There is much more - for those that want to know, please respond. Thank you.

[sandraneale]

It was Paul, the Apostle of the Lord who wrote or had written his words.

[memastarful]

I just began going to an all female Bible study and we are doing Hebrews

[fitfanatic]

Everyone in this animation is call jew jew jew but the book is call Hebrews because its for the Hebrews ... not just Juda.. Juda was just 1 of the 12 tribes chosen by God .. as in revelations... also Paul and many of the 12 disciples was NOT JEWS .. not they where Hebrews