<p>7:19 <i>(For the law made nothing perfect)- </i>Likewise :11 has argued that the Levitical priesthood had to be changed because it could not bring &quot;perfection&quot;. The law convicted men of sin and offered some mechanism of patching up the broken relationship caused by it. But it did not enable moral perfection. By being in Christ, we can be counted as Him, the only perfect human. Faith in Christ could therefore make perfect in that the Lord Jesus was 'made perfect' by His sufferings, particularly on the cross (5:7-9).</p><p><i>And a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw near to God</i>- By being counted as in Christ, having His perfection as ours due to our status in Him, we have the sure hope of future salvation. The<i> elpis</i> or hope in view is a solid expectation regarding the future, not a mere hoping for the best. And it is by having this hope that we find strength against materialism and &quot;draw near to God&quot;. The Hebrew readership would have understood this as meaning 'drawing near in priestly service' (cp. Ex. 19:22). The Hope we have compels us to God's service.&nbsp;</p>