Hebrews : Interpretation

Hebrews : Interpretation (9)

Is Jesus God? 1:8
The JWs deny the divinity of Christ so they just changed the words in the New World Translation to read: "But with reference to the Son: 'God is your throne forever and ever.'" 1:8
Did Jesus die "by the grace of God" or "apart from God"? "There are good reasons for thinking that the latter ... was the original reading of the Epistle to the Hebrews." [Bart Ehrman, Misquoting Jesus, (2005), p.145] 2:9
Who was the greatest prophet? 3:1-3
Jehovah's Witnesses use these verses to justify their treatment of apostates (exJWs). 6:4-6
"A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away." The author seems to be saying that the Hebrew Scriptures (the "Old Testament" or old covenant) have been replaced with the new covenant or "New Testament." 8:13
Does God approve of slavery? 13:3
Does the bible condemn gambling? 13:5
"Our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you."
The author of Hebrews never claims to be (and wasn't) Paul, but he wants people to think that he was. And it worked. That's why Hebrews is in the Bible. 13:23