Being Established in Present Truth
Orientation
The danger is not in lacking initial faith, but in neglecting the present, full revelation of Christ and clinging to the incomplete shadows of the old covenant.
- God's speaking has moved from the preparatory to the final in His Son.
- To remain at the elementary level is to risk spiritual drifting and immaturity.
- The call is urgent; 'today' demands a response to God's present word.
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; (Hebrews 1:1-2)
— Hebrews 1:1-2
Clarification
Being established is not about earning a higher status, but about being anchored in the finished, sufficient work of Christ as our eternal priest.
- Maturity comes from seeing Christ's ongoing ministry, not from layering on religious effort.
- Our confidence is in His unchangeable priesthood and intercession, not our performance.
- The old covenant ceremonies were shadows; Christ is the substance to which they pointed.
But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. (Hebrews 7:24-25)
— Hebrews 7:24-25
Structure
Biblical logic moves us from the partial revelation of the law to the complete revelation of grace in Christ, securing an eternal inheritance.
- The prophetic word pointed forward; the word in the Son is the final, definitive revelation.
- Christ's eternal priesthood, after the order of Melchizedek, replaces the temporary Levitical system.
- This establishes a new and living way into God's presence, anchored in Christ's finished work.
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; (Hebrews 10:19-20)
— Hebrews 10:19-20
Weight-Bearing Prose
The epistle’s argument is built on Pauline categories of contrast: old covenant versus new, shadow versus substance, law versus grace. The old system, with its mortal priests and repeated sacrifices, was intentionally incomplete—a tutor pointing to Christ. The present truth is that Christ has appeared as a high priest of good things to come, not through the blood of goats, but through His own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. This is the mystery now revealed: our justification, sanctification, and inheritance are all found in His person and finished work. To revert to or cling to the elementary principles is to deny the sufficiency of Christ’s priesthood and the efficacy of the new covenant. The warning against hardening one’s heart is a warning against unbelief in this present word, which alone establishes the soul. Apostasy is the ultimate fruit of rejecting this established truth.
Integration
Your standing is secure. Christ, your high priest, ever lives to make intercession. The urgency of ‘today’ is not a threat to your security, but an invitation into the rest and confidence His work provides. You are not called to manufacture maturity, but to be established in what is already true. The anchor holds—not in the shifting sand of your response, but in the unchanging priesthood of the Son. Look away from the shadows. Your inheritance, which is Christ Himself, is secured. Breathe. He is sufficient. He is interceding. You are established in Him.