Jesus is a new priest of a new and better covenant; better because Jesus remains our Priest forever and He never sins.

Jesus is a far better priest than any human priest, even better than Melchizedek. Jesus has blessed us, like Melchizedek blessed Abraham. As such we should give our lives to Jesus as Abraham gave a tithe to Melchizedek.

As the Davidic Kingdom begins we see glimpses of the amazing patience and obedience of

God’s faithful king, the mess of a fallen world, and the beauty of a king’s heart focused on the kingdom of

God.

We can hold on to Jesus because God, who cannot lie, has promised that our High Priest, Jesus, is a sure and steady anchor already ministering on our behalf before God.

The warning in Hebrews serves to keep believers diligent in pressing forward in their Christian walk.

We should be growing in our ability to digest the Word. We can work hard to understand and apply the Bible, praying for God's help in doing so.

Saul's life is a tragic example of failing to trust and obey God. Followers of God pray for help to see and trust God's ways and purposes.

We have a perfect High Priest who was anointed by God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins. He is able to bring us to God.

Furthering the imperative, the author of Hebrews invites us to strive to enter the rest of God by continuing to believe in the Gospel and drawing near to Christ in our time of need (temptation).

We are created for eternal rest with God and warned that our lives should be characterized by striving to enter that rest.