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Christ the True and Better

The True and Better High Priest

Christ Our Promised Forever High Priest

Hebrews 6:13-20 pt.7

READ: Hebrews 6:9-12

All of God’s promises are guaranteed due to who He is, He is His greatest witness. “For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.” - 2 Corinthians 1:20 - Hebrews 6:13-14 - “For when God made a promise (epan-gello-mai: to engage) to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear,(om-noo-o: to swear to call a person as a witness) he swore by himself, 14 saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.”

Know with full confidence that God will fulfill His promise, HE guarantees it. “God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?” - Numbers 23:19 - Hebrews 6:15 - “And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, (persevere patiently and bravely in enduring misfortunes and troubles) obtained the promise.”

You can fully rely on His promises, He has made an oath. His word is His bond. “God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?” Numbers 23:19 - Hebrews 6:16-18 - “For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. 17 So when God desired (bulla-my: to will deliberately, have a purpose, be minded) to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable (immutable) character of his purpose, he guaranteed (messy-to-o: to act as mediator, to mediate, and act as surety by pledging one’s self) it with an oath, 18 so that by two unchangeable (immutable) things, (pragma: that which has been done, a deed, an accomplished act) in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement (paraklesis: consolation, comfort, solace) to hold fast (not let go but to keep carefully and faithfully) to the hope set before us.”

Christ is our anchor, our sure and steadfast hope. Christ has fulfilled the righteous requirements of the High Priest for His people. He alone is our High Priest forever. - Hebrews 6:19-20 - “We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor (stable firm safeguard) of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, 20 where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.”