Good things to come

Heb 9:11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building


Christ being come an high priest of good things to come.


A high priest of what???


Of good things to come.


Future tense- to come. It doesn't read- 'Christ being come an high priest of good things right now'. Yes, some choose to interpret it to mean things right now but the way I read it, it means what it says. 'Christ being come an high priest of good things to come.'


This strikes me as being very relevant at the moment in a personal way. The Holy Spirit has been guiding me in a striking way to consider the 'things to come' , of not being caught up in the things of right now. We get so bogged down in our lives the future seems like a dream- reality in having the dream but the substance of the dream- of our inevitable future is all nonsensical.


Getting bogged down in the here and now it becomes hard to believe there is a future beyond tomorrow, next week, next year, ten years, thirty years, fifty years from now. Some can't even imagine a future for next year let alone fifty years, and most people don't want to truly consider their future beyond their life span.


Are we promised good things on earth now? Are we?


Joh 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.


Does that sound like a promise of riches?
Does that sound like a promise of good health?
Does that sound like a promise of any worldly treasure?


In the world ye shall have tribulation.


YE SHALL HAVE TRIBULATION.


Tribulation-
G2347
thlipsis
thlip'-sis
From G2346; pressure (literally or figuratively): - afflicted, (-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble.


Ye shall have pressure, affliction, anguish, burdens, persecutions, tribulations, trouble.


So if we are told that in the world we will have all this tribulation why do we scratch our heads and ponder the reason why the tribulation exists in our lives? Why do we wonder- why me? Why this? Why now?


The ONLY peace we will ever have in a form of endless peace, peace everlasting, peace not affected by anything at all whatsoever is if we have Christ's peace.


Php 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.


Christ's peace.


Joh 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.



What peace does the world give to us?


The peace of having no financial hardships.
The peace of having good health.
The peace of having trusting companionship.
The peace of job security.
The peace of a loving family.


These are all things we want to have right now to keep us feeling peaceful. Worldly peace- peace the world gives.. We aren't left with this peace from Christ, we are left with HIS peace which is NOT like peace we'll find in the world. We aren't to be troubled, or to be afraid- two things we almost inevitably are when we lack worldly peace. We instantly get caught up in worrying when we lack the peace we want to have in the world- worldly peace. Our health starts to fail- we worry. Our financial security is taken away- we worry. The love of our life decides they want to be the love of someone else's life- we are very troubled, very worried. Our lives are filled with tribulations. Is it any wonder our Savior said- 'my peace I give unto you NOT as the world giveth? Is there any wonder He made the distinction between the two?


He did. It wasn't me who did it, I'm not saying this stuff, I'm not making it up, Christ Himself said these words….


Peace I leave with you
my peace I give unto you
not as the world giveth,
give I unto you.
Let not your heart be troubled
neither let it be afraid.


Our hearts are troubled when we count on having peace in our worldly existence. When we count on our lives going the way we imagine they should we will be sorely disappointed.


Jesus wants us to have HIS peace. The peace that He offers to us. The peace that as High Priest in heaven He has become for us. Christ being come a high priest of good things to come. Does this have other applications, yes, but me, for right now this has this particular meaning.


The good is to COME, we aren't promised a good worldly life, how can we be, this isn't our world and it wasn't Christ's world. The kingdom of God we pray to come is the world we live for now in this world.


2Co 6:4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
2Co 6:5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
2Co 6:6 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
2Co 6:7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
2Co 6:8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
2Co 6:9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
2Co 6:10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.


Psa 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.


Mat 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Mat 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Mat 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
Mat 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Mat 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.



Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done.