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When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,

So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.

(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

But God found fault with the people and said: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds, and 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 unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

saying, "This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep."

For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

Then I said, 'Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.'"

But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.

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

How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

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

You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.

By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: "He could not be found, because God had taken him away." For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.