Study Desk

Therefore, let us confidently approach the throne from which God gives grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace in our time of need.

So neither did the Messiah glorify himself to become cohen gadol; rather, it was the One who said to him, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father."

and then have fallen away — it is impossible to renew them so that they turn from their sin, as long as for themselves they keep executing the Son of God on the stake all over again and keep holding him up to public contempt.

For God is not so unfair as to forget your work and the love you showed for him in your past service to his people — and in your present service too.

so that you will not become sluggish, but will be imitators of those who by their trust and patience are receiving what has been promised.

and so, after waiting patiently, Avraham saw the promise fulfilled.

so that through two unchangeable things, in neither of which God could lie, we, who have fled to take a firm hold on the hope set before us, would be strongly encouraged.

For every cohen gadol is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so this cohen gadol too has to have something he can offer.

"‘It will not be like the covenant which I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by their hand and led them forth out of the land of Egypt; because they, for their part, did not remain faithful to my covenant; so I, for my part, stopped concerning myself with them,' says Adonai.

With things so arranged, the cohanim go into the outer tent all the time to discharge their duties;

By this arrangement, the Ruach HaKodesh showed that so long as the first Tent had standing, the way into the Holiest Place was still closed.

then how much more the blood of the Messiah, who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself to God as a sacrifice without blemish, will purify our conscience from works that lead to death, so that we can serve the living God!

so also the Messiah, having been offered once to bear the sins of many , will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to deliver those who are eagerly waiting for him.

So, brothers, we have confidence to use the way into the Holiest Place opened by the blood of Yeshua.

So don't throw away that courage of yours, which carries with it such a great reward.

For you need to hold out; so that, by having done what God wills, you may receive what he has promised.

For "There is so, so little time! The One coming will indeed come, he will not delay.

By trusting , we understand that the universe was created through a spoken word of God, so that what is seen did not come into being out of existing phenomena.

For he had concluded that God could even raise people from the dead! And, figuratively speaking, he did so receive him.

By trusting, he obeyed the requirements for the Pesach, including the smearing of the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Isra'el.