For he did not put the coming world we are talking about under the control of angels.

and put everything under his feet."

Now when God put everything under him, he left nothing outside his control. However, at the present time we do not yet see everything put under him. But we do see someone who was made a little lower than the angels. He is Jesus, who is crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might experience death for everyone.

So in my anger I swore a solemn oath that they would never enter my rest."

And to whom did he swear that they would never enter his rest? It was to those who disobeyed him, was it not?

So we see that they were unable to enter because of their unbelief.

We who have believed are entering that rest, just as he has said, "So in my anger I swore a solemn oath that they would never enter my rest,"

and again in this passage, "They will never enter my rest."

Therefore, since it is still true that some will enter it, and since those who once heard the good news failed to enter it because of their disobedience,

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fail by following their example of disobedience.

This is why the Messiah is the mediator of a new covenant; so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance promised them, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the offenses committed under the first covenant.

In fact, under the Law almost everything is cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of the blood there is no forgiveness.

Therefore, my brothers, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,