We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat. For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the Holy Place by the high priest as an offering for sin are burned outside the camp. Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood. So then, let us go out to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach. For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come. (vv. 11-14)

It is true that God wants us to be obedient to Him. Our rebellion starting from Adam has separated us from God. But obedience to the law is not the reason why Christ became a man. Obedience is the result of being one with God. The real purpose of creation is for us to become God’s eternal dwelling place. The foundation of the kingdom is Christ, who loves us and gave Himself for us. If we focus on keeping the law, we miss this important truth. Christ became a man so that He would reveal the Father to His people and bear their sins. The new Covenant promises the knowledge of God. After much humiliation and suffering, the Son of God bought us with His own blood. We are the new creation with Christ as our head.

As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied; By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, For He will bear their wrongdoings. (Isaiah 53:11)

All other religions around the world focus on works. They work to please their gods. Their gods are from their imaginations. They, in fact, work to please themselves. For many years, I also worked to please God. But my works were for my satisfaction. The works made me think I had a good relationship with God. If God tells Christians not to do any works for Him, they will be angry. When God shut down the doors of churches during the pandemic, they rebelled. They are not interested in obeying God’s commands. They worship God in the ways they like. They teach people strange doctrines. Even though the Israelites were warned not to go to Egypt through the mouth of the prophet, Jeremiah, they went to Egypt and died there. So will be many Christians in this age.

It may appear that Christ came under the law to keep it. But the writer of the Book of Hebrews emphasizes that Christ is above the law and fulfills it more than the law requires. Just as Christ existed before Adam, faith rules over the law. Just as Christ’s priesthood existed before the law came, our righteousness is from faith in God, and is not tied to the law. Just as the Son’s righteousness is perfect and eternal, our righteousness is perfect and eternal. If we sin, we will be disciplined. But God will never forsake us as He did not forsake His Son.

The eternal love is the foundation of the kingdom. We live forever not because we do the works. We live because of God’s love for us. If we are children of God, we obey God’s commands. We do not need to do works to prove ourselves in the world. In fact, many false Christians and non-believers may think that we are law-breakers. We truly obey God because we have faith in God. Faith is the gift of God, given to all people chosen before creation.  

Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, that is, Jesus our Lord,equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. (vv. 20-21)

There are not different kinds of righteousness. Righteousness cannot be analyzed or divided because only God is righteous. Unless we are one with God, we are not righteous. The only way for a person to become righteous is to have faith. And faith is the result of being one with God through Christ and the Holy Spirit. We must understand why God gave the Israelites the law. The Israel nation was only a shadow of the true kingdom of God. The nation included both the saints and the reprobates. The law was given for the Israelites to function as the nation on the earth to represent God. It is true that God gave the law to lawbreakers. With the law, punishment always follows. Through the law, no one can become righteous. Even if a person keeps it perfectly, it is only uprightness that Adam had, not righteousness. Christ came to solve this issue and freed us from bondage by being the ultimate sacrifice and making us the children of God.

Only the Son can reveal us the Father. The Son is the head of the saints. Not only He paid for our sins but also made us the children of God. Christ did not fulfill the law by keeping the law because the law makes nothing perfect. Christ fulfilled the law by showing God’s love on the cross, which no one could do. The eternal sacrifice requires the only begotten Son. The Father does not accept anything from men, but only from the Son, who is one with Him. Likewise, our worship requires the Word (Truth) and the Holy Spirit for God to accept it.

Through Him then, let’s continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips praising His name. And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. (vv. 15-16)

God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. (John 4:24)

Adam was bound to fail because he was not the Son. Adam needed to be united with the Son in the garden of Eden. Adam did not understand God. He did not have faith. He could never become the head of the church. He was born naked, but the saints are clothed with Christ. Everything is for the Son. God does not exist for us, but we exist for God. False doctrines always focus on people (Adam). Theologians and ministers try to explain the Bible through the eyes of people. They say human reasoning can explain God. But they are wrong. Even uneducated people come to know God when they receive the Holy Spirit. The saints go through lifelong education and training. However, the world does not accept the wisdom of God.