Good Things to Come

Hebrews 10:1 KJV

For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

Hebrews 10:13 KJV

From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.

Hebrews 10:34 KJV

For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

Hebrews 10:37 KJV

For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

The first verse of Hebrews ten says that the Old Testament had "a shadow of good things to come." It was never meant to be a final answer but always looked forward to something much better. That something is New Testament Christianity. 

Our Christianity is not meant as a final answer either, but merely as the gate moving us toward better things to come:

• When the enemies of Christ and Christians will be put down
• When in heaven we have a better substance
• When Jesus comes and we dwell together with Him

The Jews' made the mistake of viewing their religion as an end all and because of it, could not or would not see that which was better in Christ. Let's not make a similar mistake and think of Christianity right now as the end all. It is just the door that opens the way to eternity.