1 F or the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

The Law is like a picture of the good things to come. The Jewish religious leaders gave gifts on the altar in worship to God all the time year after year. Those gifts could not make the people who came to worship perfect.

2 F or then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

If those gifts given to God could take away sins, the people who came to worship would no longer feel guilty of sin. They would have given no more gifts.

3 B ut in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.

When they gave the gifts year after year, it made them remember that they still had their sins.

4 F or it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

The blood of animals cannot take away the sins of men. In The New Way of Worship One Gift Was Given

5 W herefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

When Christ came to the world, He said to God, “You do not want animals killed or gifts given in worship. You have made My body ready to give as a gift.

6 i n burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

You are not pleased with animals that have been killed or burned and given as gifts on the altar to take away sin.

7 T hen said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

Then I said, ‘I have come to do what You want, O God. It is written in the Law that I would.’”

8 A bove when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

Then Christ said, “You do not want animals killed or gifts given in worship to you for sin. You are not pleased with them.” These things are done because the Law says they should be done.

9 t hen said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

Then He said, “I have come to do what You want Me to do.” And this is what He did when He died on a cross. God did away with the Old Way of Worship and made a New Way of Worship.

10 B y the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Our sins are washed away and we are made clean because Christ gave His own body as a gift to God. He did this once for all time.

11 A nd every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

All Jewish religious leaders stand every day killing animals and giving gifts on the altar. They give the same gifts over and over again. These gifts cannot take away sins.

12 b ut this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

But Christ gave Himself once for sins and that is good forever. After that He sat down at the right side of God.

13 f rom henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.

He is waiting there for God to make of those who have hated Him a place to rest His feet.

14 F or by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

And by one gift He has made perfect forever all those who are being set apart for God-like living.

15 W hereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,

The Holy Spirit tells us this: First He says,

16 T his is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

“This is the New Way of Worship that I will give them. When that day comes, says the Lord, I will put My Laws in their hearts. And I will write them in their minds.” Then He says,

17 a nd their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

“I will not remember their sins and wrong-doings anymore.”

18 N ow where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

No more gifts on the altar in worship are needed when our sins are forgiven. We Can Go to God Through Christ

19 H aving therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

Christian brothers, now we know we can go into the Holiest Place of All because the blood of Jesus was given.

20 b y a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

We now come to God by the new and living way. Christ made this way for us. He opened the curtain, which was His own body.

21 a nd having an high priest over the house of God;

We have a great Religious Leader over the house of God.

22 l et us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

And so let us come near to God with a true heart full of faith. Our hearts must be made clean from guilty feelings and our bodies washed with pure water.

23 L et us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

Let us hold on to the hope we say we have and not be changed. We can trust God that He will do what He promised.

24 a nd let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

Let us help each other to love others and to do good.

25 n ot forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Let us not stay away from church meetings. Some people are doing this all the time. Comfort each other as you see the day of His return coming near. Do Not Fall Back Into Sin

26 F or if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

If we keep on sinning because we want to after we have received and know the truth, there is no gift that will take away sins then.

27 b ut a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

Instead, we will stand before God and on that day He will judge us. And the hot fires of hell will burn up those who work against God.

28 H e that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

Anyone who did not obey the Old Way of Worship died without loving-kindness when two or three men spoke against him.

29 o f how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

How much more will a man have to be punished if he walks on and hates the Son of God? How much more will he be punished if he acts as if the blood of God’s New Way of Worship is worth nothing? This New Way of Worship is God’s way of making him holy. How much more will he be punished if he laughs at the Holy Spirit Who wanted to show him loving-favor?

30 F or we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

For we know God said, “I will pay back what is coming to them.” And, “The Lord will judge His people.”

31 I t is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

The very worst thing that can happen to a man is to fall into the hands of the living God!

32 B ut call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

Remember how it was in those days after you heard the truth. You suffered much.

33 p artly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.

People laughed at you and beat you. When others suffered, you suffered with them.

34 F or ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

You had loving-pity for those who were in prison. You had joy when your things were taken away from you. For you knew you would have something better in heaven which would last forever.

35 C ast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

Do not throw away your trust, for your reward will be great.

36 F or ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

You must be willing to wait without giving up. After you have done what God wants you to do, God will give you what He promised you.

37 F or yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

The Holy Writings say, “In a little while, the One you are looking for will come. It will not be a long time now.

38 N ow the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

For the one right with God lives by faith. If anyone turns back, I will not be pleased with him.”

39 B ut we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

We are not of those people who turn back and are lost. Instead, we have faith to be saved from the punishment of sin.