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When people make promises, they guarantee them by appeal to some authority above them so that if there is any question that they'll make good on the promise, the authority will back them up.
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For men swear by something greater than themselves, and for them a confirming oath ends every dispute.
Hebrews 6:16 In-Context
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saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.”
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And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.
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People swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument.
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Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath.
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God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged.