Hebrews 10:19-25
Christ's death has opened the way to come to God
19 So then, Christian friends, we see that Jesus died as a sacrifice on our behalf. Because of that, we may go into God's Most Holy Place. We are not afraid to do that. 20 Jesus has opened a new way for us to come near to God. That way gives us life with God. It leads us through the curtain into God's Most Holy Place. Jesus opened that curtain for us when he offered his own body to God as a sacrifice. 21 We have a great priest who rules the people of God's house. 22 So we should come near to God and we should not be afraid. But we must be honest and we must continue to trust him. He has made us clean from the dirt of our sins. Our thoughts no longer give us trouble about our sins. It is like he has washed our bodies with clean water.
10:20The curtain in the tabernacle made the Most Holy Place separate from the other part of the tabernacle. When Jesus died on the cross, the curtain tore into two pieces. See Matthew 27:51. When Jesus died on our behalf, he opened the way to God. We are like people who can go into the Most Holy Place in the tabernacle. Christians should help each other to trust God
23 We know that we can trust God to do the things that he has promised. That is what we tell people. So we must continue to hope for those things. We should not stop doing that. 24 We should think about how we can help one another. We want everyone to show love to each other. We want everyone to do good things to help one another. 25 Some people have stopped meeting with the group of Christians. But that is not good. We should all continue to meet together. We need to help one another to be strong and brave. That is now even more important, because the Lord's great day is coming. You know that the Lord will return soon.
