In this same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath, so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil, where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 6:17-20
Before Jesus came, only the high priest could enter into the part of the temple behind the veil where God resided. Men could not approach God, but had to rely on the priests to act as a mediator between them and God. People would bring their offerings to the temple to be sacrificed in order to receive forgiveness.
Jesus changed that. Through Jesus we have a direct audience with God.
God fulfilled His promise to make a way for all people when He sent His Son, Jesus, to die once and for all sinful men and women. This being done, all that is left for us to do is to receive this great gift of salvation and acknowledge Jesus as our Lord, Master and Savior.
Jesus is the anchor of our souls.
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