Tyndale Open Study Notes on Hebrews 6:19

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6:19-20 Christian hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. In the first century, an anchor was an image of stability and safety. • through the curtain: A curtain separated the outer room of the sanctuary, into which only priests could go, from the inner room, the Most Holy Place (Exod 25:10-40). Only the high priest could go into the Most Holy Place, and only once per year on the Day of Atonement (Exod 29; Lev 16:1-25). Because of Jesus’ extraordinary high priesthood, he has already gone in there for us into the presence of God as our eternal High Priest, and he leads us in with him (Heb 10:19-23). • the order of Melchizedek: This phrase introduces the discussion in 7:1-28.

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