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and then, “Look, I have come to do your will”; he takes away the first system in order to set up the second.

It is in connection with this will that we have been separated for God and made holy, once and for all, through the offering of Yeshua the Messiah’s body.

But this one, after he had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, sat down at the right hand of God,

from then on to wait until his enemies be made a footstool for his feet.

For by a single offering he has brought to the goal for all time those who are being set apart for God and made holy.

And the Ruach HaKodesh too bears witness to us; for after saying,

“ ‘This is the covenant which I will make with them after those days,’ says Adonai: ‘I will put my Torah on their hearts, and write it on their minds . . . ,’ ”

So, brothers, we have confidence to use the way into the Holiest Place opened by the blood of Yeshua.

He inaugurated it for us as a new and living way through the parokhet, by means of his flesh.

We also have a great cohen over God’s household.

Let us continue holding fast to the hope we acknowledge, without wavering; for the One who made the promise is trustworthy.

Think how much worse will be the punishment deserved by someone who has trampled underfoot the Son of God; who has treated as something common the blood of the covenant which made him holy; and who has insulted the Spirit, giver of God’s grace!

For the One we know is the One who said, “Vengeance is my responsibility; I will repay,” and then said, “Adonai will judge his people.”

For “There is so, so little time! The One coming will indeed come, he will not delay.

But the person who is righteous will live his life by trusting, and if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him.”

And without trusting, it is impossible to be well pleasing to God, because whoever approaches him must trust that he does exist and that he becomes a Rewarder to those who seek him out.

By trusting, he received potency to father a child, even when he was past the age for it, as was Sarah herself; because he regarded the One who had made the promise as trustworthy.

He had come to regard abuse suffered on behalf of the Messiah as greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, for he kept his eyes fixed on the reward.

By trusting, he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered as one who sees the unseen.

looking away to the Initiator and Completer of that trusting, Yeshua — who, in exchange for obtaining the joy set before him, endured execution on a stake as a criminal, scorning the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Yes, think about him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you won’t grow tired or become despondent.

Also you have forgotten the counsel which speaks with you as sons: “My son, don’t despise the discipline of Adonai or become despondent when he corrects you.

For Adonai disciplines those he loves and whips everyone he accepts as a son.”

For they disciplined us only for a short time and only as best they could; but he disciplines us in a way that provides genuine benefit to us and enables us to share in his holiness.

Keep pursuing shalom with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.