For God's Message is full of life and power, and is keener than the sharpest two-edged sword. It pierces even to the severance of soul from spirit, and penetrates between the joints and the marrow, and it can discern the secret thoughts and purposes of the heart.

That hope we have as an anchor of the soul--an anchor that can neither break nor drag. It passes in behind the veil,

For, since the Law exhibits only an outline of the blessings to come and not a perfect representation of the things themselves, the priests can never, by repeating the same sacrifices which they continually offer year after year, give complete freedom from sin to those who draw near.

And while every priest stands ministering, day after day, and constantly offering the same sacrifices--though such can never rid us of our sins--

not neglecting--as some habitually do--to meet together, but encouraging one another, and doing this all the more since you can see the day of Christ approaching.

Here the words "Yet again, once for all" denote the removal of the things which can be shaken--created things--in order that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.

So that we fearlessly say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid: what can man do to me?"