Assurance, Evidence, and Confirmation

Hebrews 7:17-22 

17 For He testifies: “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.” 18 For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness, 19 for the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.  20 And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath 21 (for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn And will not relent, ‘You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek’ ”), 22 by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.

Jesus is our High Priest eternally, without beginning nor end.  He annulled the old covenant because it could not bring salvation from God’s wrath and punishment of sin.  But He replaced it with a new covenant of hope that allows us to finally come near to God without fear of punishment, a covenant of grace as He showed His people all along with the hints pointing towards this unbreakable and unending agreement with us.  Therefore we now can come to Him without fear of eternal punishment.  Jesus became our intercessory priest by God’s sworn oath to Him, and so to us in Christ.  This is why He is the assurance, evidence, and confirmation of this covenant with us.  We can then rest in this blessed assurance that we are always His whom He calls, and that He forever intercedes to ensure we remain His.