Vi leser i Hebreerbrevet 6, 17-18, at Gud  ville vise løftets arvinger desto mer klart sin uforanderlige vilje, og han bekreftet det med en ed. Dette gjorde han for at vi skulle ha en sterk trøst ved to uforanderlige ting, som utelukker at Gud kunne lyve - vi som har tatt vår tilflukt til å gripe det håpet som ligger foran oss.

"Dette har vi som et anker for sjelen, et som er trygt og fast og når inn til det innerste, bak forhenget, der Jesus gikk inn som forløper for oss, han som ble yppersteprest til evig tid etter Melkisedeks vis."Hebr 6,19-20 NB

Har du noen gang sett for deg Jesus i himmelen, før Han ble født som et menneskebarn i Betlehem? Jesus var verksmester hos sin Far i himmelen, ja, foruten Ham er intet blitt til. I bibelen leser vi om dette beskrevet i Johannes evangeliet kap. 1:

"I begynnelsen var Ordet, og Ordet var hos Gud, og Ordet var Gud. Han var i begynnelsen hos Gud. Alt er blitt til ved ham, og uten ham er ikke noe blitt til av alt som er blitt til." Joh 1,1-3 NB

"Det er fullbrakt!" ropte Jesus fra korset. Jesus vant og vi fikk evig liv av Ham.

"Men alle dem som tok imot ham, dem ga han rett til å bli Guds barn, de som tror på hans navn." Joh 1,12 NB

God adventshelg!

ENGLISH:

We read in Hebrews 6, 17-18 that God would show the heirs of the promise all the more clearly his unchanging will, and he confirmed it with an oath. He did this so that we would have a strong consolation in two unchanging things, which preclude God from lying - we who have taken refuge in seizing the hope that lies ahead of us.

"This we have as an anchor for the soul, one who is secure and firm and reaches to the innermost, behind the veil, where Jesus went in as our forerunner, he who became high priest forever after the way of Melchizedek." Hebrews 6, 19-20 NB

Have you ever imagined Jesus in heaven before He was born as a human being in Bethlehem? Jesus was a foreman with his Father in heaven, yes, besides Him nothing has come into being. In the Bible we read about this described in the Gospel of John chapter 1:

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him, and without him nothing was made of all things." John 1,1-3 NB

"It's done!" cried Jesus from the cross. Jesus won and we received eternal life from Him. "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name." John 1,12 NB

Happy Advent weekend!