'Things' in the Bible

In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son. God has appointed Him heir of all things and made the universe through Him.

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact expression of His nature, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

For in bringing many sons to glory, it was entirely appropriate that God—all things exist for Him and through Him—should make the source of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

No creature is hidden from Him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.

Even though we are speaking this way, dear friends, in your case we are confident of the better things connected with salvation.

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

For the One these things are spoken about belonged to a different tribe. No one from it has served at the altar.

These serve as a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was warned when he was about to complete the tabernacle. For God said, Be careful that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.

The cherubim of glory were above it overshadowing the mercy seat. It is not possible to speak about these things in detail right now.

With these things set up this way, the priests enter the first room repeatedly, performing their ministry.

But the Messiah has appeared, high priest of the good things that have come. In the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands (that is, not of this creation),

Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves to be purified with better sacrifices than these.

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.

By faith we understand that the universe was created by God’s command, so that what is seen has been made from things that are not visible.

Now those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

to Jesus (mediator of a new covenant), and to the sprinkled blood, which says better things than the blood of Abel.

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.