
A Look At A Method of Logic Used In The New Testament
| Passage | Source One | Source Two | Source Three | Source Four | Conclusion | Comments |
| Hebrews1:7-14 | Psalm 104:4 | Psalm 14:6,7 | Psalm 102:25-27 | Psalm 110:1 | OT taught Angels are only servants but the Messiah will be Lord | |
| Hebrews 1:5 | Psalm 2:7 | 2 Samuel 7:14 | OT taught Messiah would be greater than Angels | |||
| Hebrews 1:6 | Deuteronomy 32:43 | OT taught Messiah would be greater than Angels | Source One is Missing in Massoretic Text | |||
| Hebrews 2:2-3 | All examples of fulfillment of promises and prophecies made through angels | All examples of punishments for violations of the word spoken through angels | The violation of the Messiah's words will result in certain punishment | Writer does not specify examples but references all such examples. | ||
| Hebrews 2:5 | Psalm 8:4-6 | OT taught that there would be nothing which was not under the Messiah's jurisdiction. | ||||
| Hebrews 2:11-14 | Psalm 22:22 | Isaiah 8:18 | Isaiah 8:17 (?) | OT taught Messiah will be a partaker with the faithful | Uncertain source of "I will put my trust in Him." | |
| Hebrews 4:6-10 | Psalm 95:11 | Psalm 95:7,8 | Since this Psalm was written centuries after Joshua, there would be another future rest. | |||
| Hebrews 5:5,6 | Psalm 2:7 | Psalm 110:4 | OT taught that a man could not make himself be the Messiah, must be appointed by God. | |||
| Hebrews 7:2-3 | Genesis 14:18-20 | Psalm 110:4 | OT taught the Messiah's priesthood would not be predicated on a fleshly lineage of priestly ancestors nor descendants | Conclusion is implied in verse 3 but not stated. | ||
| Hebrews 7:2-10 | Genesis 14:18-20 | Psalm 110:4 | OT taught that Messiah's priesthood would be greater than levitical priesthood | Conclusion is implied in verses 6-10 but not stated. | ||
| Hebrews 7:11 | Psalm 110:4 | OT taught that levitical priesthood was not all sufficient. | ||||
| Hebrews 7:11-12 | Psalm 110:4 | OT taught that God's priesthood will be changed | ||||
| Hebrews 7:12-14 | Psalm 110:4 | Predicated upon conclusion that OT taught a change in Priesthood | Predicated on coclusion that Messiah was unauthorized to be Priest under Moses | OT taught that The Law will be changed | Because this conclusion is cited in verse 12, I have listed it above the next conclusion. | |
| Hebrews 7:12-14 | Psalm 110:4 | The Messiah was to be descended from David of the tribe of Judah | Law of Moses only authorizes the sons of Aaron to be priests. | Law of Moses is silent concerning children of Judah being priests | OT taught that The Messiah will be unauthorized to be priest under Law of Moses. | Because this conclusion is implied in verses 13 and 14 it is listed after previous conclusion. |
| Hebrews 7:16,17 | Psalm 110:4 | OT taught that the Messiah would live forever. | ||||
| Hebrews 7:20-22 | Psalm 110:4 | Levitical Priests became priests according to a command based on physical descent and not by a divine oath | OT taught that the priesthood of the Messiah would be a surety of a better covenant. | A divine oath produces Surety taught in Heb. 6:13-18 | ||
| Hebrews 7:23-25 | Psalm 110:4 | Levitical priests ceased to make intercession when they died. | Predicated on conclusion that the Messiah would live forever. | Messiah's unceasing intercession is more effective than a levitical intercession. | ||
| Hebrews 8:7-12 | Jeremiah 31:31-34 | A covenant requires the fidelity of all parties | Jeremiah's prophecy finds Israel lacking in fidelity | Jeremiah's prophecy speaks of a new covenant which will be unlike the old. | The covenant relationship of the old covenant was faulty due to infidelity. | The covenant is not the law. The covenant is the relationship which is based on promises and law. |
| Hebrews 10:1-4 | Leviticus 16 | The annual ceremony based on Leviticus 16 | The sacrifices made under Moses did not permanently remove sins. | |||
| Hebrews 8:7-12 | Jeremiah 31:31-34 | Jeremiah's prophecy speaks of a new covenant. | Jeremiah's prophecy made the covenant relationship based on Law of Moses obsolete. | The covenant is not the law. The covenant is the relationship which is based on promises and law. | ||
| Hebrews 10:5-9 | Psalm 40:6-8 | OT taught that the Messiah would replace the Law with a New Law | ||||
| Hebrews 10:14-18 | Jeremiah 31:33,34 | Predicated on previous teachings concerning priesthood of Messiah | OT taught that the Messiah would only make one all sufficient atonement offering | |||
| Hebrews 12:26,27 | Haggai 2:6 | OT prophecied the removal of those things which are able to be shaken. |