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Christ our High Priest

The Consecrated Way

to Christian Perfection — A. T. Jones, 1905

A chapter-by-chapter study of Alonzo T. Jones’s classic on the book of Hebrews: Christ as God, Christ made flesh in our nature, His priesthood and sanctuary, and the perfection He works in His people. Each session quotes the book, and the full public-domain text is attached below to read.

Sessions
18
Questions
144
Quiz questions
144
How to use this course. Each session studies one chapter of The Consecrated Way to Christian Perfection — A. T. Jones's 1905 study of Christ our High Priest in the book of Hebrews and the sanctuary. Write your own answer before looking at the model answer — the answer you write yourself is the one you will remember. Follow the book's great line of thought: Christ took our nature, conquered sin in the flesh, and ministers as High Priest to make His people perfect in Him.
Read the bookThe Consecrated WayThe complete text — preface and all 25 chapters — from the author’s own website, readable chapter by chapter.→

The sessions

  1. 01Introduction: The Three OfficesChrist is Prophet, Priest, and King, in succession, to save and restore humanity.Hebrews 8 · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  2. 02Chapter 1: “Such an High Priest”Hebrews shows that Jesus is our High Priest, having humbled Himself to reach us.Belief 4 · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  3. 03Chapter 2: Christ as GodChrist's divine nature is the foundation of His ability to represent God to us.Belief 4 · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  4. 04Chapter 3: Christ as ManChrist's incarnation was a real, substantial identification with humanity.Belief 4 · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  5. 05Chapter 4: “He Took Part of the Same”Christ took our fallen human nature to deliver us from sin and death.Belief 4 · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  6. 06Chapter 5: “Made Under the Law”Christ was made under the law, in our nature, to redeem us from the curse of the law.Belief 4 · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  7. 07Chapter 6: “Made of a Woman”Christ took human nature exactly as it is under sin to reach the very source of transgressionHebrews 2:14-17 · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  8. 08Chapter 7: The Law of HeredityChrist subjected Himself to inherited human weakness to triumph over it for every soulRomans 8:3-4 · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  9. 09Chapter 8: “In All Things Like”The complete identification of Christ with humanity and the gift of His victory-faithPhilippians 2:5-8 · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  10. 10Chapter 9: Further Qualifications of Our High PriestThe faithfulness, empathy, and eternal appointment of Christ's Melchizedek priesthoodHebrews 5:1-10 · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  11. 11Chapter 10: “The Sum”The reality of the heavenly sanctuary and Christ's ministry as the substance of all figuresHebrews 8:1-6 · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  12. 12Chapter 11: “That I May Dwell Among Them”The sanctuary as the mechanism for God's indwelling presence in the individual soulExodus 25:8 · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  13. 13Chapter 12: PerfectionThe goal of Christ's priesthood is the perfection of the worshiper's conscience.Hebrews 9-10 · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  14. 14Chapter 13: The Transgression and Abomination of DesolationThe Papal substitution of an earthly priesthood for Christ's heavenly ministry.Daniel 7-8 · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  15. 15Chapter 14: The Time of Finishing the Mystery of GodThe 2300-day prophecy and the finishing of the gospel in the soul.Daniel 9 · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  16. 16Chapter 15: The Cleansing of the SanctuaryThe blotting out of sins and the final atonement.Leviticus 16 · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  17. 17Chapter 16: The Times of RefreshingThe Latter Rain and the preparation for the Loud Cry.Joel 2 · 8 questions · 8 quiz
  18. 18Chapter 17: ConclusionThe call to enter the consecrated way to perfection.Hebrews 10:19-25 · 8 questions · 8 quiz