From Brahmin to Believer

The version used is ESV

Titles for God

Son: 2 Jesus founder and perfector of our faith; 14: Lord; 24 Jesus Mediator of new covenant;
Father: 5/6 Yah (Pro3:11); 7,15,22,23,28,29 God; 9 Father of Spirits; 22 Living God; 23 Judge of All;

2: founder and perfector of our faith, endured the corss, seated at right hand of Yah
3: endured sinners hostility
4: (implicit) shed his blood
24: mediator of new covenant

1: command- lay aside the weight and sin and run with endurance
2: command- run looking to Jesus
3: we sinned and were hostile to Jesus
3: command- dont grow weary or faint hearted
4: warning- in our struggle against sin we havent yet resisted to the point of shedding blood
5: warning/command- dont forget the exhortations as sons and dont regard Yah's discipline lightly
6: warning- expect discipline as from Father
7: command- endure the discipline
8: warning- if we are left without discipline we are but illegitimate children
9: earthly fathers discipline children
9: command- be subject to Yah
12: command- lift our hands, strengthen our knees, walk straight
14: command- strive for peace and to holiness
15: command- dont become defined with bitterness
16: command- remember our citizenship which our (bornagain) birth right; not be like Esau
16: Esau ave up his birth right
17-21: Israel and Moses feared Yah
22: hope- we have come to heavenly Jerusalem, city of Living God
23: hope- we are enrolled in heaven
24: Abel was killed by Cain
25: command- dont refuse Yah and heed His warning from heaven
26: expect shaking of heavens and earth
27: hope- expect to be unshaken so we can remain
28: command- be grateful for receiving the kingdom that cant be shaken, offer to God acceptable worship with revenerance and awe

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Outside of God, Jesus,

Again most of the metaphors are also physical and spiritual in addition to the metaphysical.

cloud of witness, metaphor for great a number
weight simile
run the race
sons as spiritual sons
fruit of righteousness
root of bitterness
consuming fire - literal and spiritual; purification of silver/gold, burning of chaff

1: sin compared with weight
2: Jesus contrasted with us - He already suffered to shed blood, we havent
5-11: Yah compared and contrasted with earthly fathers, sons contrasted with illegitimate children, before and after disciple contrasted as part of training
12: lift/droop, strengthen/weak
13: lame/out of joint
14-15: strive for peace/holiness contrasted with root of bitterness/defiled;
16: we who dont strive are compared to Esau; we who commit sexual immorality compared to Esau
16-17: Esau before and after rejecting and then wanting it back
18-24: Wilderness/Sinai contratsted with Zion/Jerusalem, Moses contrasted wth Jesus, fear and punishment contrasted with festal gathering, blood of Jesus compared to Abel's, the children in wilderness contrasted with us of promise, they couldnt endure contrasted with us who have enrollment in heaven
25: warning from earth contrasted with warning from heaven
26: shaking of earth compared to shaking of earth and heaven
27: shaken removes contrasted with unshaken remains

1: since there are cloud of witnesses, we lay aside sin; this is done by means of fixing our eyes on Jesus
3: means of not loosing heart is toconsider Jesus who has endured hostility
6: if Yah disciplines, then He loves you; if Yah scourges then He has received you
8: if you are without discipline, then you are illegitimate children
11: means of yielding fruit of righteousness is by being trained by discipline
14: pursue peace with all men and be sanctify -> see the Lord
15: bitterness -> defiled
16-17: immoral, sell citizenship -> rejected; find place for repentance -> not be rejected
20: if a beast touches the Holy Mountain -> it will be stoned
25-27: accept the kingdom of heaven -> not be shaken; we were given kingdom of heaven -> show gratitude and offer reverance to Yah