After saying above, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin You have not desired, nor have You taken pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the Law), then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first in order to establish the second. By this will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all time. Every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins;but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time onward until His enemies are made a footstool for His feet.For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. (vv. 8-14)

The writer of the Book of Hebrews has similar understandings to Paul. Calvin believed that Paul wrote it. The Book does not contain the ideas that support the Covenant Theology (CT), the Active Obedience of Christ (AOC) or salvation by works. However, those who do not have understanding always misinterpret God’s words and preach wrong messages to others. In my opinion, Paul believed that there was no such thing as righteousness by works from the beginning. He mentions of Abraham who was born before the law and was known for his faith. Theologians and ministers argue with Paul and say that there is the covenant of Adam that required perfect obedience to God’s command. They say that Adam came before Abraham, thus Adam is superior. They are trying to take us back to Egypt.

This chapter explains to us that Christ, who is the eternal High Priest in the order of Melchizedek, offered Himself as the ultimate sacrifice according to the Father’s will. The conditional covenants were only shadow of the real covenant. The law was given for us to know we can achieve nothing starting from Adam and Eve.

I am the vine, you are the branches; the one who remains in Me, and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. (John 15:5)

Because of Adam’s sin, we all are born dead. This does not mean that Adam could do anything in his pre-fall status. He wanted to become like God by disobeying His command. We do not find Christ in Adam or Eve. It is absurd to say that Adam had the Holy Spirit or was a friend of God.

Because the Son of God redeemed His people by His blood, the saints are united with God. Christ is the head of the church, the new creation. We must pay attention to the reason behind sinning, not just the sinful action(s). It is the person that determines the action/work. Therefore, person comes before action. It is easy to concentrate on the fact that Christ paid for my sins. It is more important to know Who Christ is.

When I first came across the CT and the AOC, I thought the theories had significant errors in relation to the doctrine of Trinity, God’s providence, and the hypostatic union of Christ’s two natures. It is impossible to explain these crucial doctrines in writings for everyone to understand. Only those with the Holy Spirit can understand them through the words of God.

The enemies of God always deny Sola Gratia. They may appear to preach on justification by faith. But many of them hold the strange doctrines. They deny justification by faith at the end and put all their hope in the law. They all shrink back to destruction.

Anyone who has ignored the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much more severe punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? (vv. 28-29)