We have the book of Hebrews tonight. So the last time that we studied, we looked at the book of Philemon. So what are some things in the book of Philemon? Right. Yeah, so Philemon was the slave of a man named Onesimus and he ran away and it seems had stolen some things from him. He ends up in Rome where Paul was in prison and comes under the preaching of the gospel there and he is saved. And so Paul later is sending him back to his owner Onesimus, I mean Philemon, with this letter. So yeah, that's what's going on there. Our summary of Philemon. Philemon was written to apply the gospel to difficult social and relational situations. So what were some of the ways that Philemon helps us today? It shows us we're all in an equal footing in the Lord. There may be hierarchies and different positions in the world, but as far as how the Lord views us, we're all Christians. Right. It also helps us to understand how we all need to be peacemakers. Right. Right. Okay, so let's go to the book of Hebrews. What are some things that are in the book of Hebrews? New Covenant. Right. The great chapter of faith, right? Yes, they should. Uh huh. Right. Right. Uh-huh. Right. Right. Right. Okay, so our summary up here on the board. Hebrews teaches Jesus Christ is a complete and superior Savior through the new covenant. All right, so let's go to our observations on Hebrews. Hebrews is the 19th book of the New Testament, 14th book of the New Testament epistles, and the second book of the general epistles. So who wrote Hebrews? Both correct answers. Yeah, we don't know, and the Holy Spirit, right. Yeah, we don't know. In fact, we don't know who wrote the book of Hebrews, and we don't know exactly who it was written to, which is pretty unusual in the New Testament epistles, but that is the case. Now that makes the date of the writing of this book difficult to determine, but there are some things within the text that I think gives us a pretty good clue of narrowing down when it was most likely written. So one of those being, Timothy had been released from prison. So this letter was written soon after Timothy had been released from prison. So that's chapter 13 and verse number 23. Also, during this time, persecution was increasing. And we read about that in chapters 10, 12, and 13. So Timothy had been in prison, had been released. Persecution had been increasing. The book also contains many references to the priesthood and to the sacrificial system. And it makes these references as if these were things currently happening at the writing of this letter. So it also seems then that the temple in Jerusalem had not been destroyed. So that would put this book before 70 AD. And really, all of these circumstances that we sort of pull out of here gives us the best idea sometime in the late 60s of the first century. It seems that it was written from Italy. That's chapter 13, verse 24, so possibly it was written from Rome. Various authors have been suggested for the book of Hebrews. Paul being probably one of the most common. Apollos, Barnabas, there's been some others, people not mentioned in the Bible, I've seen. There's some that think that Luke wrote the book of Hebrews. Well, again, the book doesn't contain the identity of the author, but we do draw some things from it. In chapter 2 and verse number 3, the writer claims to be in the second generation of believers who learned of Jesus through his apostles. That obviously was not Paul. Paul said exactly the opposite in his letter to the Galatians, I think Galatians chapter 1. Verse 12, I think it is. So obviously that would not be Paul. Also, the most likely date for this, which features an imprisonment of Timothy, makes it for the late 60s, meaning it was most likely after Paul was already dead at this point. He had already been executed, most likely. The style of the book is also very much not Paul. From various sources I have read that as far as the Greek and the construction is that it's a very polished and formal Greek writing. It's not like Paul's writing in that respect. Also all of the Old Testament quotations, of which there are many, come from the Septuagint. and not the Hebrew. So when they quote the Old Testament, they're quoting from the Greek translation of the Old Testament and not the Hebrew copies of the Old Testament. So that again suggests most likely it's not Paul. There are various arguments about this and usually what I like to come down to is that this is the Word of God and we don't know and it's not that it's not worth thinking about or looking into, but it would be a real shame, and probably I should even call it a tragedy, if we get caught up in something like that and we miss what the message of the book is. Because that's obviously what is most important, what this book has to say. Okay, so, do you have something? Yeah, it's just, it's not in there. We also know that it's before 70 A.D. because they're talking about Levitical sacrifices. The temple still has to be around. We know that the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 A.D. so it has to be before 70 A.D. Another interesting fact about the book of Hebrews is that tradition has not preserved an author either, which is unique among the New Testament books. I mean, but there really is, even throughout history, there has been no consistent, credible tradition concerning who it was that wrote it. All right, so Hebrews is a literary epistle, though it does not follow all the conventions and is unique among the New Testament letters. Some try to put it into some sort of a hybrid category, like it doesn't really belong in the letters, but it really does include a number of conventions of a letter, and the fact that it is written to specific people, and you have the ending of it, it certainly is a letter, but it is quite different in style from the others. So the standard conventions that it has, now it does not have the salutation. So the other letters have a salutation that identifies the writer and the recipient of the letter. There's no salutation in Hebrews, it just begins. So the body of Hebrews runs from Hebrews 1 and 1 all the way to chapter 13, verse 21. And then the conclusion of Hebrews is chapter 13, verses 22 to 25. Hebrews does include prayer, includes a request for prayer. Hebrews is heavy with theological instruction, but it also has practical warnings and exhortations. So what was the occasion for this letter? Jewish converts, and whoever the author was, was concerned that because they were new in their faith and persecution was increasing, that they may be tempted to go back to Judaism from where they came, which was safe and secure in the first century. See, in the first century, was not protected the way Judaism was protected under Roman law. That's the way I understood that. There were certain guarantees that the Jews had in the first century because Roman law protected them, but Roman law had nothing to say about Christianity. Well Christianity was viewed as sort of a subgroup within Judaism and that began changing as you get like where we are in the going toward the end of the book of Acts and as that persecution increased coming out of that first century and then the Jewish revolt and all of that. So yeah that that is true. Well, it is the reason. So it is the occasion. So it's not stated explicitly like some of Paul's letters we've read that he wrote for this purpose, he states it explicitly. It's not stated that way. Though we don't know who the recipients are, we do know some things about them from the letter itself. So for one, in chapter 10 verses 32 to 34, they had already endured great persecution by the time that this letter was written to them. So they had already suffered for the faith In chapter 6 and verse 10, they had been and were continuing to be a help to others. They were continuing to minister to others. But then we also see some signs of some problems. For instance, chapter 5 and verse 12 tells us that they had not progressed as much as they should have. Paul says they had had sufficient time that many of them should be teachers of others, but yet they were ones that had need to be taught again themselves, the most basic things. So these were Jewish Christians who had previously practiced in the sacrificial system. So they had been converted. Most likely this was actually to a predominantly Jewish church. And the reason why I say that is that in chapter 10 we have mention of the assembly and in chapter 13 we have specific mention of elders. Now some parts of the letter do seem to be addressed to unbelieving Jews and some parts obviously or the most part is addressed to those who have professed faith. Those unbelieving Jews were perhaps those who maybe assembled with the church to which it was being written. There are strong warnings against apostasy in Hebrews, particularly in chapter 6 and 10. Very strong warnings against apostasy. So this shows us that this was the occasion for this letter. The danger that some were in of turning back. So the writer addresses this danger with extensive reference to the Old Testament to establish who Jesus is and what He has done, and to show that Jesus is superior to the Old Covenant in every way, and that to turn back is to reject the Messiah and salvation. So essentially he's saying, you turn back to the law and you have forsaken Christ. You have turned from Christ. You've treated the blood of the covenant. You've despised it, whatever he says there in chapter number 10. And essentially you've turned to where there is no more sacrifice. There is no salvation. There is no salvation anywhere else. All right, so that's the occasion for the letter. So let's walk through this pretty quickly so we're not going to be able to get into much depth, but just to sort of touch on chapter by chapter what we have in the book of Hebrews. So chapter 1 shows the superiority of Jesus Christ to the angels as God's messengers. Chapter 2, shows the greater message of salvation with Jesus, the perfect savior. And it sort of plays on the fact of angels and the message of law and then the message of salvation through Christ and what have you. Chapter three shows Jesus superior to Moses, who provides a greater rest for God's people. Chapter 4 shows Jesus as the Great High Priest. Chapter 5 shows Jesus' priesthood as a greater priesthood after the order of Melchizedek. Chapter 6 primarily contains strong warning against apostasy. Chapter 7 explains the priestly order of Melchizedek and Jesus superior to the old covenant priesthood. Chapter 8, Jesus as the high priest of a better covenant. And again, that's referring to the new covenant. Chapter 9 shows Jesus as the better tabernacle and the better sacrifice. Chapter 10 continues on concerning the better sacrifice of Christ and exhorts to endurance in true faith. Chapter 11 shows the life of faith through the faithful saints of the past. Chapter 12, Exhortation to Endurance. Chapter 13 ends this letter with various exhortations to live the life of faith, and then it has the pronounced greetings and the pronounced blessing that we do typically find in letters. All right, so that's just a quick walkthrough of Hebrews chapter by chapter. So our outline broke it down into four parts. Chapters 1-4, The Person of Christ. Chapters 5-7, The Priesthood of Christ. Chapters 8-10, The New Covenant. Chapters 11-13, The Life of Faith. All right, ready to go to interpretation. What does Hebrews teach? Hebrews teaches, first of all, about Scripture. and particularly about progressive revelation. So it starts out, God who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds. So he begins with this statement about revelation from God, and that God in the past epoch of time, which is the past age of the time of the Old Testament, He spoke to the prophets, He spoke to the fathers by the prophets, He spoke in various ways and in different parts. So He's describing sort of a piecemeal revelation, and then in these last days is spoken unto us by His Son. And so, in other words, a couple things this tells us is that His revelation was progressing. His revelation was progressing, and it was progressing toward Jesus Christ. and what was in the past was a revelation that was given in part, and what is given in Jesus Christ is revelation that's given in full. So we have the full revelation now. In other words, the completed revelation now with what we might say the Old and New Testament Scriptures, and also giving us indication of how those work together. So, in the book of Hebrews, you have expositions of eight different Old Testament passages. So, you have chapter 2, verses 5 to 9, which expounds on Psalm 8, verses 4 to 6. You have in Hebrews chapter 3 verse 7 to chapter 4 verse 13 that expounds Psalm 95 verses 7 to 11. You have a long section, chapter 4 verse 14 all the way through chapter 7 verse 28 that expounds Psalm 110 verse 4. You have another long section, chapter 8 verse 1 through chapter 10 verse 18, that expounds Jeremiah chapter 31 verses 31 to 34. You have chapter 10 verses 1 to 10, which expounds Psalm 40 verses 6 to 8. You have chapter 10, verse 32, another long section through chapter 12, verse 3, expounding Habakkuk, chapter 2, verses 3 to 4. You have chapter 12, verses 4 to 13, that expounds Proverbs, chapter 3, verses 11 to 12. What's that about? Anybody remember? Hebrews chapter 12, Proverbs chapter 3. It's about receiving chastisement. We had earthly fathers that chastened us after their own pleasure and so on, being under God's chastening. And then the last one, chapter 12, verses 18 to 29, that expounds Exodus 19, verses 10 to 23. So, the writer of Hebrews is obviously interpreting these Old Testament passages, what we would say, Christologically. Now, that does not mean that he's changing the meaning of the original contextual meaning of these Old Testament passages. So, to give an example, in chapter 7, You have one of two mentions of Melchizedek in the book of Hebrews. Melchizedek is only mentioned two other times outside of the book of Hebrews. Where are those? Genesis? Any idea about the other one? Yeah, in the Psalms. And actually the connection between Genesis to Psalms to Hebrews is a very important one in what the writer of Hebrews has to say here. So in chapter 7 and verse 3, he speaks of Melchizedek. where he introduces in verse 1, Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, king of Salem, king of peace. In verse 3 he says, without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like unto the Son of God, abideth a priest continually. Okay, so what is he talking about here? He's talking about the fact that when Melchizedek is mentioned in the book of Genesis, He's not given any genealogy. Now what is one of the things Genesis is known for? Well, genealogies. What is one of the reasons why people don't like to read Genesis? It goes to genealogies. There's a lot of them in there. But yet there's no genealogy, there's no mention of anything where Melchizedek is from. Now a lot of people take that and come up with all sorts of wild theories about Melchizedek. The writer of Hebrews here is simply showing that the lack of a genealogy is explaining what the order of a Melchizedekan priesthood is. So that is mentioned in the Psalm that he's a priest after the order of Melchizedek. He's expounding on that here in Hebrews and what he's saying is that that points to the eternality of Christ's priesthood and not that Melchizedek was himself eternal or without parents. Anyway, which you would have to come to if you thought it meant that. But anyway, so that's just an example of how he is interpreting these Old Testament passages in a Christological manner. What it is that they are saying about Christ. And again, not changing the original contextual meaning of those passages, but showing what they say about Christ. So, also in the interpretation here, Hebrews has a cycle of theological instruction and exhortation. So theological instruction followed by exhortation. So we find as you move through the book of Hebrews, you're going to find five major instances of exhortations. And I think that's the phrase that's used at one point, like word of exhortations. You find five of these. and they come after theologically dense sections. Okay, so here they are. Chapter 2, verses 1 to 4. And here's an exhortation that basically is saying, do not ignore God's better revelation. Referring to in Christ. Chapter 3, verse 7 through chapter 4, verse 11. Now here's a word of exhortation. that basically is saying, do not miss His rest, His rest, the better rest that Jesus provides as many of those in Moses' generation did because of unbelief. And he's talking about there in the prior section, he's talking about there about those that died in the wilderness because of unbelief. They did not enter into the promised land. It was the second generation of those that came out of Egypt that went into the promised land. All right, third exhortation is chapter five, verse 11 through chapter six, verse three. And essentially, this is a word of exhortation that says, do not remain immature. Don't be like babies. You want to grow and mature and to press on. Chapter six, verses nine to 20. do not fall away. Exhortation telling us do not go back from Christ. And then the fifth one, chapter 10, verses 19 to 39, Do not turn aside from Christ where there is no salvation. So all these exhortations are built on the theological sections that come before them. So you can kind of use those as markers to work between the sections of what comes before, then exhortation, then what comes before, then exhortation. Also, Hebrews teaches obviously various aspects related to salvation. It's probably the most extensive and dense treatment that we have, fullest treatment that we have of salvation in any one place. Obviously, aspects of the New Covenant, redemption, reconciliation, faith, perseverance, all of these various aspects that we think of concerning salvation are brought out in the book of Hebrews. Okay, Hebrews also contributes to the expectation of the Messiah and His kingdom as the most Christocentric book in the New Testament. I mean, the whole book is just all about Jesus Christ and there's just no way to miss that. So Jesus has come and He is the Christ, He is the Messiah, and the book shows how that He's better than angels, He's better than Moses. He's better than Joshua. He's better than Aaron. He's better than the Old Covenant. He's better than the tabernacle. And He's better than animal sacrifices. Obviously, all of those things being very important, especially in the Old Testament and to the practice of Judaism and what have you. Well, in the book of Hebrews, He shows that Jesus is, in chapter 1, verses 1-5, Jesus is the Son of God. In chapter 7 verse 3 and verse 17 and 23 to 25, He's eternal. Chapter 4 verse 15, He's perfect and sinless. Chapter 7 verse 26 to 28, He has made one sacrifice, sacrifice of Himself. And chapter 10 verses 12 to 14, that His work is forever effectual. Now the Messianic Kingdom in the book of Hebrews is shown to be a future kingdom that we are to live in expectation of and live in looking to, much like those saints in chapter number 11. So if we think about what Hebrews is telling us about the kingdom, and it's just going to be a quick flyover, Jesus took on flesh, He died, He rose again, He ascended to heaven to sit at the Father's right hand. You've got that by verse 3 of chapter 1. So Hebrews begins there. All these things. So as the writer of Hebrews is writing, Jesus is sitting at the right hand of God. He goes on to show how that He will sit there Still all things are subjected to Him. So chapter 1, for instance, verse 13, But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool? And in chapter 10, Let's see, chapter 10 and verse number 12. But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God, from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. Obviously, Psalm 110 factors into Hebrews. So he will sit there Jesus is sitting at the right hand of God, even now, and He will sit there until all things are put in subjection under Him. Well, when is that going to happen? Then we go to chapter 2. Chapter 2 verse 5 says, For unto the angels hath He not put in subjection the world to come whereof we speak. That word world, age, same word as age, age to come. In other words, the subjection that's going to come is going to happen in the age to come. Not here and now, not in this time, but in the age to come. So Jesus is sitting at the right hand of God and He's going to sit there until all things are subjected to Him and that's not going to happen until the age to come. So, he's been granted rule over the works of God's hands. In other words, the creation and especially the earth. And this is a reference here in chapter 2 to Psalm number 8. But he waits until all things are put under his feet. So notice here in chapter 2, Luke verse 7, Thou madest him a little lower than the angels, Thou crown'st him with glory and honor, and did set him over the works of Thy hands. Now in the original passage in Psalm 8, this is a reference to the dominion that God gave man over the earth and that he has the responsibility to be ruling over the earth over a mediated kingdom over the earth. Of course, we know that man fell and so on, and the first Adam failed in that task, and it is the last Adam who will complete that task. Notice in verse 8, Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet, for in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. And here we have this again, but now we see not yet all things put under him." So that subjection of all things under Christ hasn't happened yet. It happens in the age to come. So what does that mean? Well, particularly when you read chapters 11 and 12 in Hebrews, the life of faith then is lived in believing God's promises and looking for this kingdom and it will come It involves the land that is promised to Abraham. And in chapter 11, verses 8 to 10, we read about that promised land to Abraham. And this kingdom will not come until judgment comes. It will come after judgment. This is a consistent witness throughout the Old and the New Testament. If you turn to chapter 12, Chapter 12, verse 25. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh, for if they escape not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven. Whose voice then... Now he's talking here about the giving of the law on Mount Sinai. Whose voice then shook the earth. But now He hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word yet once more signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain." So what is He talking about? What is He talking about, the shaking of heaven and earth? It sounds like some of the judgments that are coming. It does. And in fact, the shaking of heaven and earth also appears in the Old Testament in a number of places. And it's particularly associated with what's known as the day of the Lord. The shaking of heaven and earth. That's the day of the Lord. The day of the Lord culminates in the return of Christ to the earth. when this Revelation 19, when he comes to the earth, like in Zechariah as well, puts his feet on the Mount of Olives, all of that. So in other words, the writer of Hebrew here says this and then goes on to say in verse 28, Well, that's the kingdom that those who are faithful are receiving. In other words, believers are receiving that kingdom. When that kingdom comes following that judgment of the day of the Lord, that judgment of the day of the Lord is going to destroy His enemies. But those that believe in Him will receive that kingdom. Those who have died and gone on to enter into that and into resurrected bodies and others too. Those that are alive at that time would be the end of that tribulation time to enter into that kingdom promised them in their natural bodies, though the sin curse will be lifted from off the earth at that time. So yes, Hebrews does make a contribution to that expectation showing us that just like those in Hebrews 11, that they had to live their life looking forward to what was to come. Now for them, it's all to come. The coming of Christ, the coming of His kingdom, it's all to come. For us, Christ has came But He's coming back, so His return, we're still looking for His return. Hebrews also talks about for them to look for Him, He'll appear the second time without sin unto salvation. Okay, application. I limited myself here to five from the book of Hebrews. It seemed like you could go on all day writing applications from Hebrews. Understanding Hebrews helps us understand how to read the Old Testament. Ultimately, the Old Testament is leading us to Christ. So if we read the Old Testament and we can chart genealogies and maybe we can build a scale model of the tabernacle and we can do all of these kind of things, but we miss Jesus Christ, we've missed the whole thing. So Hebrews obviously helps us understand. It deals extensive references to the Old Testament. In some ways, the book of Hebrews is kind of like what this whole study has been about because we've been going from book to book to book and trying to show the major themes and connections of these as they're developed over the course of the Bible leading ultimately to that book of Revelation that is still in the future for us. Okay, number two. Understanding Hebrews helps us understand the need to endure and persevere in the faith. The warnings in Hebrews are real. And I know that a lot of times we don't hear them preached that way because it just sounds so hard and we want to try to tone it down a little bit. But the message of Hebrews comes out very clearly that if you don't keep on believing in Jesus Christ, following Him by faith, pursuing holiness, you will not be saved. That is the message. So we do have to endure. Now, it's not our endurance that saves us. We understand that, but we do have to endure. Those that do not endure, the Bible tells us that they were not of us. They went out from us because they were not of us. They've turned, just like He's warning them here. If you go back to these Old Testament sacrifices. You are leaving Christ for something that is empty that cannot save. So the warnings of Hebrews are real. And these are warnings that do need to be preached. Yes, we know, we understand we're saved by grace through faith and all those kind of things that God works in us, but that we really have to be exhorted that we must continue on in faith day by day. believing in Jesus Christ, looking for his coming. Number three, understanding Hebrews helps us understand the continuing and pressing need to preach Jesus Christ clearly. So the writer of Hebrews has in mind these particular Jewish Christians who they've got a pretty good testimony to that point in their life. However, they are on the brink, in some cases it seems, of turning back. to the old covenant and to the old ways and turning away from Jesus Christ. And so how or what's the need? What is the need for him to speak to them in that situation? Well, you know, if it would be the case of some preachers, they figure they need to raise their voice more and pound on the pulpit more and use a lot more exclamation points and all that kind of things. What the writer of Hebrews did was to go back and to establish firmly who Jesus Christ is and what He has done and on that basis exhort them to have faith in Him and to cling to Him in hope. Don't give up on Jesus and go back to the temple. There's no sacrifice for sin there. There's nothing there for you. So it helps us understand this need. We have a continuing and pressing need to preach Jesus Christ clearly. Number four, understanding Hebrews helps us understand the place of the old covenant law to show us our sin and inability to gain righteousness through the law. So the writer refers to a number of things about the law, showing how that, for one, the priests had to make offerings for themselves. They had to offer for their own sins before they could come and make an offering for you. Not only that, but those offerings and sacrifices had to be made repeatedly, just over and over and over and over again. Not only that, but priests would die. you know, and then, you know, then where's your, you know, where's your hope? In other words, he shows how that you cannot be purified, you can't be purified of heart through the keeping of the law, through the sacrifices, through the feasts, through all of those things. You can't. And therefore, you need a better covenant a better priest and a better sacrifice. And that's exactly what we have in Jesus Christ. Number five. Understanding Hebrews helps us understand the life of faith is lived by looking to future fulfilled promises. So Hebrews 11 is all about these all died in faith, not having received the promises. They died looking forward to that that was to come. And that's the exhortation that He's giving in this book. The life of faith means we're still looking for that that is to come. Now, we're not looking for the first coming of the Messiah. He has already came. He has made His one sacrifice forever. But we are looking for His return. And that's where our hope lies, not in anything that we're going to receive or accomplish in this life. So Hebrews 11 especially helps us understand that we must believe God's word and live like it. And Hebrews 12 helps us understand we have to receive discipline and correction along the way. Hebrews 10 helps us understand that we have to bear up under suffering and persecution, and we have to endure. And the book tells us, you know, we have to go on believing in Christ. Okay. Any questions on Hebrews? Mm-hmm. I would say that just because the whole focus of the book is to explain how that Christ is better through the new covenant than the old. Revelation is obviously pretty Christocentric. Though, you know, there's a good bit of there that deals with a lot of judgments and various things, but it's just, in Hebrews, it's just continually, you know, this about Christ and that about Christ and this about Christ. So it really kind of sets forth his whole work, whereas Revelation really primarily looks at that second coming, at that climax of his return and the work to be accomplished. I mean, all of the Bible is about Jesus, but I just meant by that, just that in the explicit teaching, that it's just consistently teaching one right after the other. This about Jesus, that about Jesus, this about Jesus. That's what I meant by that statement. Well, it's been a little dull here this evening. Go ahead and be argumentative. It's all right. Right. Yeah. Well, I mean, Revelation is the climax of the New Testament and of the whole Bible. And I mean, obviously, yes, there is the glory of Christ and things that we see there. Right. Also, I read an interesting commentary that said sometimes Hebrews is referred to as the fifth gospel, and that's because the first four gospels describe what Jesus did on earth. Right. Well, Hebrews does focus more on His priesthood, which is an ongoing priesthood. I mean, He's our priest forever. So it talks about Him being at the right hand, interceding for us and that sort of thing. And so, yeah, that is true. I just thought it was an interesting comparison. Right. Really, it's what he's doing through this age. Yeah. Alright, anything else?