Free Bible Commentary
“Hebrews 6:13-20”
Categories: Hebrews“For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, saying, ‘I will surely bless you and I will surely multiply you.’ And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise. For men swear by one greater than themselves, and with them an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute. In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath, so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil, where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”
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We have an anchor that keeps the soul steadfast and sure while the billows roll. Those who live outside of Christ often falter and flounder when the seas of life get rough. And when the end of life’s voyage is very near, there is only the bleak outlook of an uncertain eternity. But God’s children who have been washed in the blood of Jesus have the one, most important thing that to cling to during the rough storms of life and end-time of departure: HOPE!
This hope that we have in Christ Jesus is a solid anchor that holds us steady during life’s storms. This solid anchor is both “sure and steadfast” and is fastened “within the veil” of heaven itself. God’s children can take “strong encouragement” in knowing that our faithful loved ones who have embarked upon their final journey have landed safely in the city of gold, our harbor bright. And we can know for certain (hope in Christ is an confident expectation) that when WE reach the end of the way, we will follow our Forerunner into heaven’s safe veil as well, and be reunited with our dearly departed loved ones in Christ.
God has promised His children a home in heaven (John 14:1-4; 1 Peter 1:3-4), and He has confirmed it with an oath. By these “two unchangeable things” declared from our God who cannot lie, we need never fear the chill waters of death. Death holds no sway over God’s beloved and elect. Jesus said in John 11:25-26, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
Hear and hold the words of Jesus: “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom” (Luke 12:32). “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).
Please read Hebrews 7:1-10 for tomorrow.
Praying you all have a blessed day.
- Louie Taylor
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