Hebrews 5:8 – Obedience Through Suffering –
Suffering is part of the divine process to purify and to strengthen the soul of the believer.
Suffering is part of the divine process to purify and to strengthen the soul of the believer.
There has only been one earthly priesthood in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. And that priesthood could only come through the line and genealogy of Aaron – and although they were divinely appointed they were still men – and herein was the weakness of the earthly priesthood. God no longer meets with man at the mercy seat of earth, but meets with man at the mercy seat in heaven.
We travel as fibers or grains of dust in an ever expanding history of man that will come to it’s fullness in the new heaven and in the new earth. As each grain of dust catches the light it becomes a visible flicker, and so our life passes before the sunbeam; we are visible for a small moment in time, but present for all eternity.
There are two things displayed in Christ — God’s nature and His testimony. – F. E. Raven
When ever any descendant of Adam attempts to stand between God and man, he is trying to usurp the authority of the Son of God, as our Great High Priest.
God has already judged and sentenced man to death! The Why, the Where, the When . . .