The week begins with the apostle Paul's last epistle extant, 2 Timothy, covers Psalms 107 to 119 inclusive, and the first 10 chapters of Hebrews. What a wonderful week's reading it is, and how filled with precious instruction! These psalms are among the very best there are—so full are they of real, vital religion and religious experience. Psalm 119 seems to have been written by Daniel. At least, of all the Old Testament characters, it would seem as if it echoed his experience more than that of any other.
Hebrews is thought to have been written by the apostle Paul, but it does not bear any of the characteristics of Paul's epistles, in beginning or closing. Other epistles of the apostle declare that he received not his Gospel from men, nor was he taught it by men; but the writer of Hebrews seems to indicate that the truth which he first received came through the apostles themselves. See chapter 2:3: "How shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard." Some scholars take the ground that it was written by Apollos; others argue for Barnabas, and still others for Priscilla. Whoever it may be that wrote it, it bears the genuine marks of inspiration, and gives us a wonderful amount of instruction concerning our Lord Jesus Christ, His glory and unity with the Father, His great sacrifice, and His priesthood.
