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God’s Final Word: His Son
In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
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but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.
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The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
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The Son Superior to Angels
For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father”? Or again, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son”?
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And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship him.”
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In speaking of the angels he says, “He makes his angels spirits, and his servants flames of fire.”
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God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
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Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—
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But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.
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Warning Against Unbelief
So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice,
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As has just been said: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.”
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And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed?
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A Sabbath-Rest for the People of God
Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.
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Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, “So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’” And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world.
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For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.”
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God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This he did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.”
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for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his.
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This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.
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During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.
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God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.
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The Certainty of God’s Promise
When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself,
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Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath.
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This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
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because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.
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one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life.
