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Exaltation through Abasement
For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking.
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and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come,
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For he finds fault with them when he says: “The days will come, says the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
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But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation)
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And just as it is appointed for men to die once, and after that comes judgment,
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Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All
For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices which are continually offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near.
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Then I said, ‘Lo, I have come to do thy will, O God,’ as it is written of me in the roll of the book.”
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then he added, “Lo, I have come to do thy will.” He abolishes the first in order to establish the second.
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“For yet a little while, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry;
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By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, took heed and constructed an ark for the saving of his household; by this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which comes by faith.
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For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest,
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But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,
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For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city which is to come.
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You should understand that our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I shall see you if he comes soon.
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Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who come from Italy send you greetings.
