2. “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful” (v. 23).
The writer is encouraging us to tightly secure our confession of hope, to refuse to stop believing (http://www.macmillandictionary.com); he was charging us so that we cannot be tempted to return back to our old living style because we are now in the “new and living way” (v.20). Because we now have faith, we have to confess it, making it known to others. God promised the Israelites that He will set them free and returned them to stronghold, meaning Jerusalem or to God Himself, He called them prisoners of hope (Zech. 9:12 NKV). As prisoners of hope we have refuse to stop hoping no matter situation we find ourselves in, let us not stop hoping,
The writer is encouraging us to tightly secure our confession of hope, to refuse to stop believing (http://www.macmillandictionary.com); he was charging us so that we cannot be tempted to return back to our old living style because we are now in the “new and living way” (v.20). Because we now have faith, we have to confess it, making it known to others. God promised the Israelites that He will set them free and returned them to stronghold, meaning Jerusalem or to God Himself, He called them prisoners of hope (Zech. 9:12 NKV). As prisoners of hope we have refuse to stop hoping no matter situation we find ourselves in, let us not stop hoping,