<t /><p class="bodytext">But now Christ has come<n id="1" /> as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

Then his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, &#8220;<b><i>I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven tooi>b>.&#8221;<n id="1" />

Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, &#8220;<b><i>I will never leave you and I will never abandon youi>b>.&#8221;<n id="1" />

in these last days he has spoken to us in a son,<n id="1" /> whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">For he did not put the world to come,<n id="1" /> about which we are speaking,<n id="2" /> under the control of angels.

For surely his concern is not for angels, but he is concerned for Abraham&#8217;s descendants.

who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent<n id="1" /> but by the power of an indestructible life.

And since<n id="1" /> this was not done without a sworn affirmation &#8211; for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,

then he says,<n id="1" /> &#8220;<b><i>Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longeri>b>.&#8221;<n id="2" />

For <b><i>just a little longeri>b><n id="1" /> and <b><i>he who is coming will arrive and not delayi>b>.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.

For you have not come to something that can be touched,<n id="1" /> to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind

For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

<p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<i><b>There your fathers tested me and tried meb>,i><n id="1" /> <i><b>and they saw my works for forty yearsb>.i>p>

For which ones heard and rebelled? Was it not all who came out of Egypt under Moses&#8217; leadership?<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">On this topic we have much to say<n id="1" /> and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish<n id="2" /> in hearing.

<p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<i><b>For I will be merciful toward their evil deedsb>, <b>and their sins I will remember no longerb>.i>&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of<n id="1" /> the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.p>

<p class="bodytext">Endure your suffering<n id="1" /> as discipline;<n id="2" /> God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?