And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God’s people, let us go right into the presence of God, with true hearts fully trusting him. For our evil consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. Without wavering, let us [...]

The main distinction between the Old and New Testaments of the Bible are the two covenants. During the Old Testament, God established laws, gave promises, and explained expectations to the Jews developing a relationship which seems much different than the one we read about with the apostles in the New Testament and which continues on [...]

Most of us have a pretty twisted understanding of “the rules”, of law. It is something we tell others they should obey, all the while looking for ways to avoid it ourselves. We use it to find the good in our own actions, and use it to find the bad in others. It is twisted [...]

God took an oath that Christ would always be a priest, but he never did this for any other priest. Only to Jesus did he say, “The Lord has taken an oath and will not break his vow: You are a priest forever.” Because of God’s oath, it is Jesus who guarantees the effectiveness of [...]

For example, there was God’s promise to Abraham.  Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in his own name, saying:  “I will certainly bless you richly, and I will multiply your descendants into countless millions.”  Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God had promised.  When people take an [...]