Hebrews 10 - EasyEnglish Bible 2024（EASY）

Chapter 10

1The laws which God gave to Moses are like a shadow of the good things that would come later. But those laws do not show exactly what those good things are like. They say that the priests must continue to offer the same sacrifices on behalf of the people, year after year. So those sacrifices can never make the people completely clean when they come to worship God.

2If the old rules could do that, the priests would have stopped offering sacrifices. The people who came to worship God would have become completely clean once, for all time. They would no longer have trouble in their minds about their sins.

3But as it is, those sacrifices every year cause people to remember their sins.

4We know that the blood of bulls and of goats cannot remove the punishment for sins.

5So, when Christ came into the world, he said to his Father,

‘You have not wanted people to offer sacrifices and other gifts to you.

Instead, you have prepared a body for me to offer to you.

6Sacrifices do not make you happy.

If people burn whole animals as a sacrifice,

or if they offer a sacrifice to make them clean from their sins,

that does not make you happy.

7Then I said, “Here I am, my God.

I have come to do what you want.

That is what it says about me in the Bible.” ’

8So think about what Christ said there. First he said to God, ‘You have not wanted gifts and sacrifices of animals. Any kind of sacrifice like that does not make you happy.’ But we know that Moses' rules taught about those sacrifices. God's law said that they were necessary.

9Then Christ said, ‘Here I am. I have come to do what you want.’ In that way, Christ took away the first covenant and its rules about sacrifices. Christ's sacrifice of his own body is the new way that God forgives our sins.

10Jesus Christ was ready to do what God wanted. He offered his own body to God once, for all time. Because of Christ's sacrifice, God has made us clean so that we belong to him.

11Every day, the priests do their work to serve God. They offer the same sacrifices to God again and again. But those sacrifices can never take away people's sins.

12But Christ, our special priest, offered one sacrifice to take away our sins. He did that once, for all time. After that, he sat down at God's right side to rule with him.

13Since then, he waits for God to win against his enemies completely. They will become like a place for him to put his feet.

14So, as a result of his one sacrifice, Christ has made God's people completely clean for all time.

15God's Holy Spirit also shows us that these things are true. He says this first:

16‘The Lord God says:

After the time of the old covenant,

I will make a new covenant with my people.

It will be like this:

I will put my laws deep inside them.

I will put them into their thoughts.’

17Then he says this:

‘I will not continue to think about their sins.

I will forgive them when they do not obey my laws.’

18So that is the way that God forgives our sins. When God has done that, we do not need to have any other sacrifice to take away our sins.

Christ's death has opened the way to come to God

19So then, Christian friends, we see that Jesus died as a sacrifice on our behalf. Because of that, we may go into God's Most Holy Place. We are not afraid to do that.

20Jesus has opened a new way for us to come near to God. That way gives us life with God. It leads us through the curtain into God's Most Holy Place. Jesus opened that curtain for us when he offered his own body to God as a sacrifice.

21We have a great priest who rules the people of God's house.

22So we should come near to God and we should not be afraid. But we must be honest and we must continue to trust him. He has made us clean from the dirt of our sins. Our thoughts no longer give us trouble about our sins. It is like he has washed our bodies with clean water.

Christians should help each other to trust God

23We know that we can trust God to do the things that he has promised. That is what we tell people. So we must continue to hope for those things. We should not stop doing that.

24We should think about how we can help one another. We want everyone to show love to each other. We want everyone to do good things to help one another.

25Some people have stopped meeting with the group of Christians. But that is not good. We should all continue to meet together. We need to help one another to be strong and brave. That is now even more important, because the Lord's great day is coming. You know that the Lord will return soon.

26Now that we have learned what is true about Jesus, we must turn away from sin. If we still choose to do wrong things, there is no other sacrifice that will take away our sins.

27We should then be very afraid because we know that God will judge us. He will punish everyone who is against him. That punishment will be a hot fire of God's anger that destroys people.

28In the old covenant, if anyone refused to obey the laws that God gave to Moses, he had to die. If two or three people said that he had done this, he had to die as punishment. They would not forgive him.

29So think about a person who has turned against the Son of God. That person's punishment will surely be much worse! He says that Christ's sacrifice has no value for him. He has made God's new covenant seem like something bad. It was Christ's death on the cross that made that person clean, so that he would belong to God. But now that person has insulted God's Spirit, who brings God's kind help to us.

30We know God and his message. And God said this: ‘I am the one who will punish people for their sins. I will punish them as they deserve.’ God also said this: ‘The Lord will judge his people.’

31Yes, if God takes hold of you to punish you, that will make you very afraid! He is the powerful God who lives for ever.

When we suffer, we still need to trust God

32Remember what happened to you in those early days. When you first understood the message about Christ, you had many troubles. But you continued to be strong.

33Sometimes people insulted you. They caused you to suffer very much. Sometimes you chose to help other Christians who suffered like that. Their troubles became your troubles.

34You were kind to Christians who were in prison. When people took away your own things, you still chose to be happy. You knew that you had something better that would belong to you for ever.

35So continue to be strong in your thoughts. If you continue to trust God, you will receive great things.

36You need to be patient and strong. Then you will continue to do what God wants. As a result, you will receive what God has promised.

37This is what the Bible says:

‘In a very short time,

my special servant will come.

He is the one that I promised to send to you.

He will not be late.

38The righteous person will live because he trusts me.

But if anyone is afraid and he turns back,

I will not be pleased with that person.’

39But we are not like those people who are afraid and who turn back. If we were, God would destroy us. But we are people who continue to trust God. And so, our lives are safe with God.