Now he learned the full cost of that obedience, carrying it to a point beyond which it could not be taken. He “became obedient to death—even death on a cross!” Philippians 2:8 succinctly summarizes. Submissively praying, miraculously strengthened, he goes in obedience to the cross, the tomb, the throne. “Once made perfect,” (or more literally: “having reached his goal” of cross, tomb, and throne) this Great High Priest “became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.” Aaron and his successors