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as also in another place God says, " You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek ."

and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek .

Therefore we must progress beyond the elementary instructions about Christ and move on to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,

And this is what we intend to do, if God permits.

tasted the good word of God and the miracles of the coming age,

and then have committed apostasy, to renew them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again and holding him up to contempt.

For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.

For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.

Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,

In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath,

so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.

Now this Melchizedek , king of Salem , priest of the most high God , met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him .

Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.

for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

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

The place where they serve is a sketch and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary, just as Moses was warned by God as he was about to complete the tabernacle. For he says, " See that you make everything according to the design shown to you on the mountain ."

But showing its fault, God says to them, " Look , the days are coming , says the Lord , when I will complete a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah .

" For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days , says the Lord . I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts . And 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, purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.

and said, " This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep ."