Study Desk

Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, since he always lives to intercede for them.

These serve as a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was warned when he was about to complete the tabernacle. For God said, Be careful that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.

For this is the covenantthat I will make with the house of Israelafter those days, says the Lord:I will put my laws into their mindsand write them on their hearts.I will be their God,and they will be my people.

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we can serve the living God?

saying, This is the blood of the covenant that God has ordained for you.

For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands (only a model of the true one) but into heaven itself, so that he might now appear in the presence of God for us.

Then I said, “See—it is written about mein the scroll—I have come to do your will, O God.”

But this man, after offering one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.

and since we have a great high priest over the house of God,

How much worse punishment do you think one will deserve who has trampled on the Son of God, who has regarded as profane the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?

It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith.

By faith Enoch was taken away, and so he did not experience death. He was not to be found because God took him away. For before he was taken away, he was approved as one who pleased God.

Now without faith it is impossible to please God, since the one who draws near to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

But they now desire a better place—a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

He considered God to be able even to raise someone from the dead; therefore, he received him back, figuratively speaking.

and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasure of sin.

since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.