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The Son Is Superior to Angels
For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my son! Today I have fathered you”? And in another place he says, “I will be his father and he will be my son.”
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And, “You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands.
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and like a robe you will fold them up and like a garment they will be changed, but you are the same and your years will never run out.”
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Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?
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Exposition of Psalm 8: Jesus and the Destiny of Humanity
For he did not put the world to come, about which we are speaking, under the control of angels.
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For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
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But Christ is faithful as a son over God’s house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in.
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“Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, ‘Their hearts are always wandering and they have not known my ways.’
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For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.
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He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness,
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So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, who said to him, “You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,”
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as also in another place God says, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
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But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.
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and then have committed apostasy, to renew them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again and holding him up to contempt.
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But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation.
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And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, although they too are descendants of Abraham.
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and in one case tithes are received by mortal men, while in the other by him who is affirmed to be alive.
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Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever officiated at the altar.
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For here is the testimony about him: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
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but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever’”—
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The High Priest of a Better Covenant
Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
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Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.
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But showing its fault, God says to them, “Look, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will complete a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
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They served only for matters of food and drink and various ritual washings; they are external regulations imposed until the new order came.
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For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled consecrated them and provided ritual purity,