Study Desk

The same promise of going into God's rest is still for us. But we should be afraid that some of us may not be able to go in.

God has again set a certain day for people to go into His rest. He says through David many years later as He had said before, "If you hear His voice today, do not let your hearts become hard."

And so God's people have a complete rest waiting for them.

No one can hide from God. His eyes see everything we do. We must give an answer to God for what we have done.

We have a great Religious Leader Who has made the way for man to go to God. He is Jesus, the Son of God, Who has gone to heaven to be with God. Let us keep our trust in Jesus Christ.

Every Jewish religious leader is chosen from among men. He is a helper standing between God and men. He gives gifts on the altar in worship to God from the people. He gives blood from animals for the sins of the people.

Because he is weak himself, he must give gifts to God for his own sins as well as for the sins of the people.

A Jewish religious leader does not choose this honor for himself. God chooses a man for this work. Aaron was chosen this way.

It is the same way with Christ. He did not choose the honor of being a Religious Leader Who has made the way for man to go to God. Instead, God said to Christ, "You are My Son. Today I have become Your Father."

And having been made perfect, He planned and made it possible for all those who obey Him to be saved from the punishment of sin.

In God's plan He was to be a Religious Leader Who made the way for man to go to God. He was like Melchizedek.

Solid food is for full-grown men. They have learned to use their minds to tell the difference between good and bad.

So let us leave the first things you need to know about Christ. Let us go on to the teaching that full-grown Christians should understand. We do not need to teach these first truths again. You already know that you must be sorry for your sins and turn from them. You know that you must have faith in God.

But if they turn away, they cannot be sorry for their sins and turn from them again. It is because they are nailing the Son of God on a cross again. They are holding Him up in shame in front of all people.

It is the same with a piece of ground that has had many rains fall on it. God makes it possible for that ground to give good fruits and vegetables.

Dear friends, even as we tell you this, we are sure of better things for you. These things go along with being saved from the punishment of sin.

God always does what is right. He will not forget the work you did to help the Christians and the work you are still doing to help them. This shows your love for Christ.

We want each one of you to keep on working to the end. Then what you hope for, will happen.

He said, "I will make you happy in so many ways. For sure, I will give you many children."

This hope is a safe anchor for our souls. It will never move. This hope goes into the Holiest Place of All behind the curtain of heaven.