These verses provide another illustration of our security. When Jesus Christ entered heaven at His ascension, He took our hope of future reward with Him. In the first century, sailors would carry their ship"s anchor in a small boat and deposit it on the shore so the ship would not drift away as waves beat against it (cf. Acts 27:29-30). Likewise the hope that Jesus Christ has planted firmly in heaven should serve as an anchor for our storm-tossed souls. It should keep us from drifting away from God (cf. Hebrews 2:1). Our anchor rests firmly in the holy of holies, in God"s presence in heaven, with Jesus. According to Wiersbe, at least66 pictures of anchors appear in the catacombs under Rome indicating its popularity as a Christian symbol of Jesus Christ. [1][source]
"The author is not saying simply that hope secures the "spiritual" aspect of man. He is affirming that hope forms an anchor for the whole of life. The person with a living hope has a steadying anchor in all he does." [2][source]
The writer returned here to his view of the universe as the true tabernacle of God ( Hebrews 3:1-6). He also returned to the thought of Jesus Christ as our High Priest after the order of Melchizedek ( Hebrews 5:10). [source][source][source]
The writer was ready now to proceed to serve the solid food he said his readers needed to eat ( Hebrews 5:14 to Hebrews 6:1). This spiritual meat was exposition concerning the present high priestly ministry of Jesus Christ. [source][source][source]