Post 41 of Study: Hebrews 6:19-7:19

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It may seem I am moving faster here; I'm sure I'll loop back.  

 

“Hope that is sure and steadfast.” Hope has to be one of the most comforting, consoling, and beautiful concepts in the Bible.  It takes faith to the next level. It is the anchor of the soul, sure and steadfast. Hope is not an emotion in Scripture, but a certain expectation of the future. This hope enters the presence of God, the Holy of Holies, behind the veil, because Jesus is the perfect non-Levite priest.

 

The chapter 7 marker is out of place, maybe placed there because we move into the Melchizedek section.  Here is gets complicated, delving into Judaic culture and legal issues, but it ends in 7:19: “The law made nothing perfect (his readers knew that; they were struggling to follow the law).” On the other hand, “there is the bringing in of the better hope, by which we draw near to God.” Psalm 110:4 is the key here. To the Son and the Messiah, God say, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

 

And all of this is about hope. President Obama spoke of the audacity of hope. Yes, hope is audacious, but not in the way he meant it. We have a better hope than laws from God; the actions and words and being of the Son are our hope. This brings us to an interesting contrast between written, establish words and lived life of the Son. 


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