Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come, and not the actual form of those realities, it can never perfect the worshipers by the same sacrifices they continually offer year after year.

Every priest stands day after day ministering and offering the same sacrifices time after time, which can never take away sins.

And what more can I say? Time is too short for me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

For they disciplined us for a short time based on what seemed good to them, but He does it for our benefit, so that we can share His holiness.

This expression, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what is not shaken might remain.

Therefore, we may boldly say:

The Lord is my helper;
I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.