For God appointed us not to reap His wrath but to gain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

to see how faithful He was to God who appointed Him, just as Moses was in all the house of God.

And they suddenly screamed, "What do you want of us, you Son of God? Have you come here before the appointed time to torture us?"

not by all the people but by witnesses whom God had beforehand appointed, namely, by us who ate and drank with Him after His resurrection from the dead.

He also ordered us to proclaim to the people and solemnly to testify that this is the One whom God has appointed to be the Judge of the living and the dead.

and he said, 'The God of our forefathers has appointed you to learn His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear Him speak,

For every high priest who is taken from men is appointed to officiate on behalf of men in matters relating to God, that is, to offer gifts and sin-offerings.

So Christ too did not take upon Himself the glory of being appointed High Priest, but it was God who said: "You are my Son; I have today become your Father,"

And by so much as He was not appointed without God's taking an oath --