Page 49 - Apostasy

foundation, first of all. The book of Hebrews

deals with apostasy. The book of Hebrews

gives warning to its readers. The book of

Hebrews uses Israel of old, the Exodus

generation. Now, before I read, I want you to

keep in mind that the book of Hebrews in

chapter 3 and chapter 4 and other places uses

the Exodus generation as an example to bring

warning to those in the first century who would

be reading the book of Hebrews, and especially

those that came out of Judaism and accepted

Christ as their Savior under the New Covenant.

Now, he's going to use some words here like

"tasted" and "have been enlightened" and

"partakers" and so forth, and it's just like in

Israel of the Old Testament. Now, think about

this. The Exodus generation came out, came

through the Red Sea; they tasted of the

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