He is the reflection of God's glory, and the representation of his being, and bears up the universe by his mighty word. He has effected man's purification from sin, and has taken his seat on high at the right hand of God's Majesty,

But to what angel did he ever say, 'Sit at my right hand, Until I make your enemies a footstool for you"?

but Christ's faithfulness was that of a son set over the house of God. And we are that house, if we keep up our courage and our triumphant hope to the very end.

That was why I was angry with that generation, And I said, 'Their minds are always wandering, And they have never found my paths.'

For we who have believed are admitted to that Rest, of which he said, "As I made oath in my anger, They shall never be admitted to my Rest!" And yet God's work was finished at the creation of the world,

No being created can escape God's sight, but everything is bare and helpless before the eyes of him with whom we have to reckon.

So even Christ did not claim for himself the dignity of the high priesthood, but he was appointed to it by him who said to him, "You are my Son! I have today become your Father!"

and said, "I will certainly bless you richly, and greatly increase your numbers."

For he of whom all this was said was related to a tribe no member of which ever officiated at the altar.

For it is perfectly clear that our Lord sprang from the tribe of Judah, with reference to which Moses said nothing at all about priests.

for God took no oath in appointing the old priests, but he made oath to his appointment, when he said to him, "The Lord has sworn it and he will not change; You are a priest forever!"

Now the main point in what I am saying is this: We have such a high priest as this, and he has taken his seat in heaven at the right hand of God's Majesty,

to officiate as priest in the sanctuary and in that true tent of worship which not man but the Lord himself set up.

That is why the Christ, when he was coming into the world, said, "You have not wished sacrifice or offering, but you have provided a body for me.

So I said, 'See, I have come! as the Book of the Law says of me, O God, to do your will!' "

But Christ has offered for all time one sacrifice for sin, and has taken his seat at God's right hand,

and since in him we have a great priest set over the house of God,

For we know who it is that has said, "Vengeance belongs to me! I will pay back!" and in another place, "The Lord will be the judge of his people!"

Faith made Abel's sacrifice greater in the sight of God than Cain's; through faith he gained God's approval as an upright man, for God himself approved his offering, and through faith even when he was dead he still spoke.

All these people lived all their lives in faith, and died without receiving what had been promised; they only saw it far ahead and welcomed the sight of it, recognizing that they themselves were only foreigners and strangers here on earth.

fixing our eyes upon Jesus, our leader and example in faith, who in place of the happiness that belonged to him, submitted to a cross, caring nothing for its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

and so awful was the sight that Moses said, "I am aghast and appalled!"

You must not be avaricious; you must be content with what you have, for God himself has said, "I will never let go of you or desert you!"