The greatest work done in Jerusalem

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One of the  greatest things that has ever  been done for all  people happened  in Jerusalem   and  it  is the work  Jesus  did   for you on  the cross 2000 years ago!
The Son of  God came down to pay the  price of our sin and His forgiveness is available for  everybody who believes.

This is what the Bible is promising;

As we read in Romans 8;1 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are  in Christ Jesus.”

Jesus said;”I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes Him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned , but he has crossed over from death to life.” John 5;24   The work  Jesus  did for you is the salvation work that gives you access to God and eternal life!

You can learn in this study that  all the prophecy about  the   first  coming of  Christ   has   already been  fulfilled with every detail.

Prophecy about  Jesus’ birth;

Isaiah 9;6

“ For to us a child is born, to us a son is given and the government will be  on his shoulders.  And he will be called  Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,  Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

Matthew 1 starts with words;  ” The book of genealogy of Jesus Christ , the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.”

The promise that was made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, founders of the Jewish family, a promise later renewed to Kind David, that one of their descendants would reign over the nations forever ( see Gen 28;14, 2 Sam7;16) Yeshua fit the prophet’s description in every detail and was hailed  by thousands  of Jews a Messiah. ( John 19;38-39, Acts 6;7)

In Matthew 1;20-23  we read  what an angel said Mary ” that she will bring forth a Son and that His name will be Jesus and that He will save His people from sins” v.22 ” So all this was done  that it might be fulfilled  which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet , saying; ” Behold the virgin shall be with child, and bear a  Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel, which is translated  ‘God with us”. Prophecy already  fulfilled from Isaiah7;14

Other facts;

Jesus knew  that he would be killed  in Jerusalem and that he would rise again on the third day;

Luke 18;31-33

Jesus took the Twelve  aside  and told them, “ We are  going  up to Jerusalem and everything  that is written  by  the prophets  about  the  Son of  Man  will be  fulfilled.  He will  be  handed  over  to the Gentiles . They will mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog him  and kill him. On he third day he will rise again.”

Jesus’   triumphal  entry to Jerusalem     ( Matthew 21;5  John 12;15 )

“The next day the great crowd that had come for the feast heard  that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out  to meet  him, shouting,  Hosanna! Blessed  is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the King of Israel! Jesus found  a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written  in Zechariah 9;9;

“ Rejoice  greatly, o Daughter of   Zion, Shout  Daughter of Jerusalem!

See your  king  comes  to you  righteous  and having  salvation, gentle  and riding  on a donkey,

On a colt,  the foal  of a donkey.”

The  Old  and the New Testament tells us about why Jesus  came  to die;

Isaiah 53 ;5

“He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed  for our iniquities, the punishment  that brought us peace was upon him and by his wound we are healed.”

See; Hebrew 10; 14 “(…) by one  sacrifice he has made perfect for ever those  who are being made  holy.”

Hebrew 9;26 “(… he has appeared once for all at the end  of the ages  to do away with sin by the sacrifice  of himself.”

Psalm 22; 7    tells us details about what Jesus was facing on the cross and all these things happened exactly how they were described in the Old Testament;

“All who see me mock  me, they hurl  insults, shaking their  heads.  He trusts in the Lord let the Lord  rescue him, let him deliver  him since he delights in him.”

(  fulfilled in the  New Testament in Mathew  27;39,    Mark 15; 29   Luke 23;35)

Psalm 22; 16-18

“(..) they have pierced my hands and my feet. I can count all  my bones.  People stare and gloat over me.

They divide  my garments  among them  and cast lots for my  clothing.”

( fulfilled in the New Testament in  Matthew 27; 35  Mark 15; 24   Luke 23;34  John 19; 24 )

Psalm 69;21

“ They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.”

( fulfilled in  the New testament  in Matthew 27;48    Mark 15; 36     John 19;28-29)

Psalm 34;20,  Numbers 9;12 ,  Exodus 12;46,

“  He protects  all his bones, not one of them will be broken.

(Fulfilled    in  John  19; 33-36 )” But when they came  to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his leg”

Zechariah 11; 12-13  tells us about Jesus  that would be  betrayed  for 30 silver coins

“  If you think   it best, give me my pay, but if not keep it. So they paid me thirty pieces of silver. And the Lord said to me ; throw it to the potter – the handsome price  at which  they priced me.”

( fulfilled in  Matthew 27; 3-9) ” When Judas , who  had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders.”

v.6  ” The chief priests picked  up the coins and said; ” it is against the law  to put  this  into the treasury , since it is bloody money.”

v.9 ” Then what was spoken  by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled; They took the thirty silver coins, the price  set on him by  the people of Israel.”

About Jesus  conquering  death;

Matthew 28;6  The angel said  ” I  know that you are looking for Jesus , who  was crucified . He is not here , he has  risen, just as he said. Come and see the place  where he lay”

We learn that God  gives us salvation while we believe in Jesus;

Romans 10;9  “If you confess   with your mouth ” Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that  God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

Galatians 3; 11 ” Clearly no-one  is justified  before God  by the law, because ;” The righteous will live by faith.”

Hebrew  2;14   If you know Jesus   there is no fear of  death  for you;

” Since the children  have flash and blood, he too shared  in their humanity so that  by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death- that is , the devil, and free those  who  all their lives  were held in slavery  by their fear of death.”

Isaiah 53 speaking for the need of atonement!

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Is it about the nation of Israel  in the book of Isaiah 53? Is it about Jesus?

No matter whom you see as the suffering servant  ( Jews- their nation, Christians- Jesus)  Isaiah 53, justifies the fact  that there is a  NEED FOR REDEMPTION and, ATONEMENT FOR SIN!!!   A great testimony that the law can’t justify anybody!

Isaiah  53 v.10   says that  the servant  “shalt make his soul an offering for sin”  is a very IMPORTANT statement.   Jewish people  would deny – Jesus to be  the Lamb of God  –  but would accept the idea of themselves being in the role of the Lamb  saying it is the nation ( will justify many)  that  Isaiah  53  is talking about!
No matter whom you see here as a servant, verse 10  speaks for  the NEED to atone for others, to make a guilt offering for sin in order to justify others.  It is believed by Jews that  their nation  can justify others  ( although Israel  is not  called innocent)  yet,  but the idea  that one of their own  people -Jesus- called innocent  servant  to  make a guilt offering for others- is  not accepted. The  question is why?  I  am sure` God would accept only a perfect ‘sacrifice’.  Of course not in a sense of a human sacrifice  is  Jesus  given for us  but he offered  himself   alone by giving up his life. That makes Him  the true Lamb of God.
You would think  God  introduced  the sacrifices and atonement  in the Old Testament   as a past time? No!  The need for  the atonement was and still there will be!

I heard a saying, oh, it is because Isa 52 talks about Israel.  It is right, the nation is also mentioned as a servant.  But have you  ever tried to notice that  Isaiah is talking about two servants?  Instead of writing  about who is right -Jews or Christians – it is good to open the  eyes  and see  both servants presented.  It is not so because  Christians  decided to ‘add up’ one extra to justify their believes. The simple truth is; THERE ARE 2 SERVANTS  ISAIAH IS TALKING ABOUT!   By the way, talking about Christians… the first Christians were Jews  who noticed that Jesus was their Lamb of God.

I am really excited to talk about  suffering servant  as God is revealing so much  about  who he is  and  it  is not possible I would be keeping just for myself.
I know that most Jewish people are taught  that  suffering servant in Isaiah 53  is talking about their  whole nation, because Isaiah 52  mentioned Israel to be God’s servant.  I would rather start  a  few chapters earlier  from Isaiah 49 , that would leave a better field  of understanding with all the  details  to avoid the confusion.

I am not denying that Israel is  God’s servant , he  it is mentioned  in the book of Isaiah but there is  one thing  overlooked that  Isaiah   is ALSO clearly talking about a specific servant- the one who is part of that nation,  who is presented in a different  light  comparing to the  whole nation.

Both Is 53, 42, 49  are  showing the unique qualities and the mission of  one  servant , which can’t be a nation. You can see it so clearly;
Is 49. is an example where God is talking about   two servants ; one  is  Israel  by whom  Go will be glorified in the future  and also talks about  one  special servant  with  the important  mission which is ;
“To bring Jacob back to Him” ( to God)  and   “To raise up the tribes of Jacob,
And to restore the preserved ones of Israel.”  v.5-6

Isaiah 49; 3 says “Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
Isaiah 49;5-6 explain  how will Israel be  glorified by the mission of  the servant who will restore the nation;
( the tribes of Jacob) and  also will be a light to the Gentiles,

Isaiah 49;6 says ;
5)“And now the Lord says,
Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,
To bring Jacob back to Him,
So that Israel is gathered to Him
(For I shall be glorious in the eyes of the Lord,
And My God shall be My strength),
6 )Indeed He says,
‘It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob,
And to restore the preserved ones of Israel;
I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles,
That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

So that  ‘servant’  can’t be Israel as his mission is to  “raise up the tribes of Jacob,
and to restore the preserved ones of Israel!!!!”    

Another  very important fact  that speakes  for  the servant who is not the nation  of Israel – is chapter  53 ,  with  words of Isaiah in v.8.
Looking closely  at the verse 8 we see that  the prophet Isaiah is explaining that his people are the ones for whom ‘the servant’ was punished:,
 v. 8” (…)for the transgression of MY PEOPLE he was punished “

look closely at the  following words;
(…) OF MY PEOPLE (…)

If the prophet is saying that the servant is punished for the sin ‘of  his  people’
that means he is punished for the  people  to whom Isaiah belonged.
You can see clearly that the servant is not the nation of Israel! Israel is also a nation for whom the servant -from Isaiah 53 -suffered!

The third  important  fact  speaking for 2 servants in the prophets  is; that one
is presented as the  righteous one and innocent ,  while  the other  disobeying God.  

The  righteous one, the  innocent  is mentioned to suffer for others  to justify them   ( also   Isa 42 ;1-9;  Isa 50; 4-10,  Isa  52 v.13   till  Isaiah   53),  while  the disobedient  servant  is suffering FOR THEIR OWN SIN.  [ Isa 42;18-25,  Isa 50;1,  Isa  51;17-22,  Isa 9;7,  also Ezekiel 39;23 ]

examples;
Is 42;1-9  ( the servant God is pleased with)

“Behold my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my Spirit upon him;
he will bring forth justice to the nations.
2 He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice,
or make it heard in the street;
3 a bruised reed he will not break,
and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;
he will faithfully bring forth justice.
4 He will not grow faint or be discouraged
till he has established justice in the earth;
and the coastlands wait for his law.”
The servant  In Isaiah 42;1-9    is the one whom God   honors and esteems AND HE IS GOING TO BRING JUSTICE TO THE NATIONS, INCLUDING ISRAEL. (READ BELOW)

Examples from Isaiah and Ezekiel and other prophets; where   God rebukes  the other unfaithful servant  and calls to repentance and gives reasons for the  suffering
Isaiah 50;1
“Thus saith the Lord (…) Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.”

Ezekiel 39; 23 ”    And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel WENT INTO CAPTIVITY BECAUSE OF THEIR INIQUITY : because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. 24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them. ”

Isaiah 51;17 -22 KJV
17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. 18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up. 19 These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee? 20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God. 21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: 22 Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again”:

A clear conclusion  is that  Israel’s suffering  has been   as the result of their disobedience.

 Isaiah  53   is not the only chapter that is  showing completly different servant  who is NOT suffering for his own sin because  he is innocent.
MORE EXAMPLES;[Isa 42 ;1-9;  Isa 50; 4-10,  Isa  52 v.13   till  Isaiah   53]

Isaiah 53
The servant  who is suffering for others is innocent one;
v.9  “and they made his grave with the wicked…(…)  ALTHOUGH HE HAD DONE NO VIOLENCE AND THERE WAS  NO DECEIT IN HIS MOUTH .
v.8.  Isaiah says;  punished for  transgressions “of MY PEOPLE “
v.5  “wounded for our transgressions”
Notice that no matter who would be speaking here, Isaiah himself or the nations, it still includes  us ALL ,  transgressions  THAT ARE OURS ” including the nation of Israel.

v.8  clearly states; the servant  lost his life; he was  “cut off out of the land of the living” and “he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death”
v.12  ” he poured out his life unto death”
v.11 ” He shall justify  many (..)   — means  he will  acquit them from the guilt of their sins, and all the dreadful consequences thereof.
Questions;
 If you would still insist that  it is a  nation to   justify others,  the question is; who will be justified?
First off all how can the nation that needs  the redemption themselves – justify others???

Isa 42;18-25   Why would be God saying that?

“Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant? 20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. 21 The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. 22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. 23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come? 24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the Lord, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law. 25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.”

I will finish with a  question; Why  is  righteous  Jesus  still  denied  to atone for others ?   Why is the righteous Jesus denied as a Redeemer but the nation allowed to be put in the role of the redeemer -if you believe Isaiah 53 to be about the nation-   the nation  that  is also called to repentance  along with Gentiles?
If Jesus  wasn’t  the Son of God , God would not restore Him back to life as Jesus would die for the false testimony according to the words ” the  wages of sin is death”.   Yet, He is risen!!!

Christ the true prophet. Testimony of resurrection.

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How  can  the Jewish people recognize the true prophet?

Part 1.
Jesus resurrection is a great testimony for Him to be a true prophet of God.

There is nobody recorded in Old Testament Scriptures  who  wouldn’t walk with God   and   then had  power to bring  life back !

The only people who  were walking with God and had that power to resurrect others  in the Old Testament Scriptures   are  Elijah and Elisha .
They both were  MAN OF GOD.

The woman of resurrected son  by   Elijah said to him ; “Now by this I know that thou art a MAN OF GOD , and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth”
Elijah  ( who was given power to raise the dead )  is  one of  2 men recorded in OT who never died  ( next to Enoch),  Elijah was taken  to heaven ,  that indicates he had to be a man of God.

We can  conclude  based on these two people that power of resurrection  was given  to them by God.
A man resurrected by touching Elisha ‘s bones. ( Elisha  had to be a MAN OF GOD). Elisha was dead so he could  not resurrect the man on his own.
Resurrection – bringing the life back  was only under permission of God  as it is God who has dominion over life and death.

Our conclusion; if Jesus wasn’t the MAN OF  GOD  He would not be able to resurrect  Lazarus,  and the other people He did  Also lots of people  wouldn’t  be resurrected at Jesus’ crucifixion (Matthew 27:52-53 .
If the only people  who  could resurrect others were Man of God ( Old Testament) , also  Jesus had to be a Man of God, or else He wouldn’t have been granted a power of resurrection.

The other important fact is ;
God  would not support a false prophet and grant him life back.  God would not  resurrect  Jesus if  Jesus  wasn’t  a  Man of  God as the wages of sin is death and Jesus would die for a false testimony.  Yet , He was back to life testifying , He is trully a Son of God.

Examples; New Testament ,
Jesus resurrects the widow’s son at Nain

Luke 7:13-15 (KJV)
13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.

Jesus raises Jairus’ daughter from the dead

Matthew 9:25 (KJV)
25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.

See also Mark 5:42, and Luke 8:55

Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead

John 11:43-44 (KJV)
43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

Many saints resurrected at Jesus’ crucifixion

Matthew 27:52-53 (KJV)
52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
…………………..

Part 2.
Prophecy about the prophet to come  in the name of the Lord.  Deut 18;15-22

Deut 18;15-22  is giving  the message to expect  a prophet  one day  so that people would  hear what God is saying  to them  through the man He would send;
v.16 ” According to all that thou desires of the Lord   (……) Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.”

People were said to listen to this prophet’s words “(…)unto him ye shall hearken.” v.15
God said   about him; ” I will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.”
God  also said   that  “the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak”  – he shall die.
God said that  they would recognize the  prophet  who speaks in the name of the Lord based on fulfilled words , he would say the things that would happen.

” (…) if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken.  v .22

a) Jesus is  testifying that he is the true prophet  fulfilling the following  words; “I will put my words in his mouth(…)” Deut 18;18
Jesus said; “Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself:
but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.” John 14;10   -speaking the words God gave him.
“For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me,so I speak.” John 12;49

b) If the prophet  was speaking the  words the God didn’t command him , he was supposed to die.
Jesus was killed  because Jews didn’t believe him, yet he was resurrected by God on the 3rd day.  The false prophet would die  and would NOT  be brought  back to life. In order to cover the fact of resurrection  at that time , Jewish leaders  came out with a  false statement that Jesus ‘s body was stolen. (Matthew 28;11-15)

c) The true prophet would  say things that would come to pass;
“For he taught his disciples, and said unto them , The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed , he shall rise the third day.” Mk 9;31    ( it happened exactly like Jesus said; he was killed and on the 3rd day rose back to life)

Another example ;    Jesus said;  “But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.” Matthew 26;32
Then He fulfilled his words after  his resurrection;
“Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.” Matthew 28;10

Jesus said to Peter ;”(…) Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!” John 13;38
Which was fulfilled in  Matthew 26; 69-75

v.69-70.”Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him.
“You also were with Jesus of Galilee,” she said.
70 But he denied it before them all. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said.’
v.75 “And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.”

Matthew 24  Jesus talks about the destruction of  the temple in Jerusalem, which happened  70 AD.

“(…) I  leave the world, and go to the Father.” John 16;28
and  it happened recorded in Acts 1;9-10
” After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

Here are just a few examples as a proof that Jesus is the true prophet.
God’s words didn’t  cease with the last book of the Old Testament . There has been  NO silence for 2000 years as  God has been speaking through HIS SON JESUS.

God’s Amazing Story of Redemption & Atonement

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Jesus the Lamb of God -our Chief Priest – God’s Servant, Mediator of the New Covenant- King of Righteousness , our  Atonement for sin.

                   “The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer         sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. ¹⁴ How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!”

Christ- the lamb of God –  died to make atonement for sin and to pay the penalty of the sins of all who believe in Him.
When Jesus is called the Lamb of God in John 1:29 and John 1:36, it is referring to Him as the perfect and ultimate sacrifice for sin.
In order to understand who Christ was and what He did, we must begin with the Old Testament, which contains prophecies concerning the coming of Christ as a “guilt offering” (Isaiah 53:10). In fact, the whole sacrificial system established by God in the Old Testament set the stage for the coming of Jesus Christ, who is the perfect sacrifice God would provide as atonement for the sins of His people (Romans 8:3; Hebrews 10)

It is through His death on the cross as God’s perfect sacrifice for sin and His resurrection three days later that we can now have eternal life if we believe in Him. The fact that God Himself has provided the offering that atones for our sin is part of the glorious good news of the gospel that is so clearly declared in 1 Peter 1:18-21:

“For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.”

While the idea of a sacrificial system might seem strange to us today, the concept of payment or restitution is still one we can easily understand. We know that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23) and that our sin separates us from God. We also know the Bible teaches we are all sinners and none of us is righteous before God (Romans 3:23). Because of our sin, we are separated from God, and we stand guilty before Him. Therefore, the only hope we can have is if He provides a way for us to be reconciled to Himself, and that is what He did in sending His Son Jesus Christ to die on the cross.

Hebrew 7;24-25
“But He ( Jesus) , because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.  Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.”

Hebrew 8;1 “We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens”
v.6  “But now hath He  ( Jesus )   obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also He is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.”

v.8 -9 “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people”v.12   “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.”

Luke 22;20  “After the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.”

Hebrew 9;11-15
“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;
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.”

Hebrew 9;24-25
“For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence. Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.
v.26-28   ” (…) But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.”