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Faith Q&A › Catechism › 2. The Heavenly High Priest and the Church

Did the work of the Savior stop with His ascension to heaven?

The answer

The story in the Gospels stopped at the Savior’s ascension to heaven, and the Church’s longing for His second coming on the clouds when she will join Him on His divine throne in a glorious heavenly procession. That being said, St. Paul’s epistle to the Hebrews focused on the Savior’s role pertaining to His struggling Church from the time of His ascension to His second coming. “Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus Christ” (Heb. 3:1). “This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the presence behind the veil, where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek” (Heb. 6:20).

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volume 1, Books 1–3. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.