Study Desk

The Son shows the glory of God. He is a perfect copy of God's nature, and he holds everything together by his powerful command. The Son made people clean from their sins. Then he sat down at the right side of God, the Great One in heaven.

God never said this to any of the angels: "You are my Son. Today I have become your Father." God also never said about an angel, "I will be his Father, and he will be my son."

And then, when God presents his firstborn Son to the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him."

This is what God said about the angels: "He changes his angels into winds and his servants into flaming fire."

But this is what he said about his Son: "God, your kingdom will last forever and ever. You use your authority for justice.

The teaching that God spoke through angels was shown to be true. And every time his people did something against that teaching, they were punished for what they did. They were punished when they did not obey that teaching.

You put everything under his control." If God put everything under his control, then there was nothing left that he did not rule. But we don't yet see him ruling over everything.

God—the one who made all things and for whose glory all things exist—wanted many people to be his children and share his glory. So he did what he needed to do. He made perfect the one who leads those people to salvation. He made Jesus a perfect Savior through his suffering.

Jesus, the one who makes people holy, and those who are made holy are from the same family. So he is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.

For this reason, Jesus had to be made like us, his brothers and sisters, in every way. He became like people so that he could be their merciful and faithful high priest in service to God. Then he could bring forgiveness for the people's sins.

So, my brothers and sisters, those chosen by God to be his holy people, think about Jesus. He is the one we believe God sent to save us and to be our high priest.

And which people was God talking to when he promised that they would never enter his place of rest? He was talking to those who did not obey him.

And we still have the promise that God gave those people. That promise is that we can enter his place of rest. So we should be very careful that none of you fails to get that promise.

Yes, somewhere in the Scriptures he talked about the seventh day of the week. He said, "So on the seventh day God rested from all his work."

God rested after he finished his work. So everyone who enters God's place of rest will also have rest from their own work just as God did.

The high priest has his own weaknesses. So he is able to be gentle with those who do wrong out of ignorance.

He offers sacrifices for their sins, but he must also offer sacrifices for his own sins.

While Jesus lived on earth he prayed to God, asking for help from the one who could save him from death. He prayed to God with loud cries and tears. And his prayers were answered because of his great respect for God.

Jesus was the Son of God, but he still suffered, and through his sufferings he learned to obey whatever God says.

After people have left the way of Christ, can you make them change their lives again? I am talking about people who once learned the truth, received God's gift, and shared in the Holy Spirit. They were blessed to hear God's good message and see the great power of his new world. But then they left it all behind, and it is not possible to make them change again. That's because those who leave Christ are nailing him to the cross again, shaming him before everyone.