Hebrews 7
Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, our great and wonderful High Priest.
Jesus was not a descendant of Aaron. Jesus was not a son of the tribe of Levi, those who inherited the priesthood through Moses, who received word from God.
Jesus became a priest after the order of Melchizedek.
Melchizedek a priest of God.
And Melchizedek...he was the priest of the most high God.
Who ordained him a priest? God.
God ordained Jesus to be our High Priest.
Melchizedek was a priest not involved in the laws of Moses, he lived long before Moses lived, before the written laws were passed down, before the sacrificial ceremony enacted to teach every man of God that their sins have penalties and only through sacrifice to God could they escape the punish of sin- death everlasting.
Melchizedek and Jesus, both Priest not of the sacrificial system in place. Jesus became the ultimate sacrifice for us. Once the ultimate sacrifice was made no longer were animal sacrifices needed because the Great Redeemer, the Greatest Sacrifice of all was made. There could be no greater sacrifice, none. Once Jesus gave his life, making the typified the actual sacrifice needed to reconcile man with God, the actual and last sacrifice needed, animal sacrifices were hollow, no longer in effect, no longer had the power they once had.
The Great Sacrifice is also our Great High Priest. Reconciling God and man.
Is it no wonder we need to daily confess and repent of our sins, accepting the great sacrifice made for us by our Lord and Savior? He is our only hope, our only hope at reconcilation with our Heavenly Father. Sons and daughters that we are, the need to be reunited with our Heavenly Father is a desperate need. Reconcilation between a Father and His wayward children made possible through the sacrifice of His innocent Son.
Hebrews
{7:1} For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him
{7:2} To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace
{7:3} Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
{7:4} Now consider how great this man [was,] unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
{7:5} And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham
{7:6} But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
{7:7} And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
{7:8} And here men that die receive tithes; but there he [receiveth them,] of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
{7:9} And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
{7:10} For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
{7:11} If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need [was there] that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
{7:12} For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
{7:13} For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
{7:14} For [it is] evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
{7:15} And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
{7:16} Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
{7:17} For he testifieth, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Genesis {14:17} And the king of Sodom went out to meet him
after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of
the kings that [were] with him, at the valley of Shaveh,
which [is] the king’s dale. {14:18} And Melchizedek king
of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he [was] the
priest of the most high God. {14:19} And he blessed him,
and said, Blessed [be] Abram of the most high God,
possessor of heaven and earth: {14:20} And blessed be the
most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy
hand. And he gave him tithes of all. {14:21} And the king
of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take
the goods to thyself. {14:22} And Abram said to the king of
Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most
high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, {14:23} That I
will not [take] from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I
will not take any thing that [is] thine, lest thou shouldest
say, I have made Abram rich: {14:24} Save only that which
the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which
went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their
portion.
Psalm 110
A Psalm of David.
{110:1} The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I
make thine enemies thy footstool.
{110:2} The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule
thou in the midst of thine enemies.
{110:3} Thy people [shall be] willing in the day of thy power, in the
beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the
dew of thy youth.
{110:4} The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest
for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
{110:5} The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the
day of his wrath.
{110:6} He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill [the places]
with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many
countries.
{110:7} He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift
up the head.
Hebrews
{7:18} For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
{7:19} For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope [did;] by the which we draw nigh unto God.
{7:20} And inasmuch as not without an oath [he was made priest: ]
{7:21} (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
{7:22} By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
{7:23} And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
{7:24} But this [man,] because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
{7:25} Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
{7:26} For such an high priest became us, [who is] holy, harmless, undefiled,
separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
{7:27} Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
{7:28} For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, [maketh] the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
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Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, our great and wonderful High Priest.
Jesus was not a descendant of Aaron. Jesus was not a son of the tribe of Levi, those who inherited the priesthood.
Numbers {3:5} And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying {3:6}
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron
the priest, that they may minister unto him. {3:7} And they
shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole
congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to
do the service of the tabernacle. {3:8} And they shall keep
all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation,
and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of
the tabernacle. {3:9} And thou shalt give the Levites unto
Aaron and to his sons: they [are] wholly given unto him out
of the children of Israel. {3:10} And thou shalt appoint
Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s
office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to
death. {3:11} And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
{3:12} And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among
the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth
the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the
Levites shall be mine; {3:13} Because all the firstborn [are]
mine; [for] on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the
land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel,
both man and beast: mine shall they be: I [am] the LORD.
Numbers {4:1} And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
saying, {4:2} Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from
among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of
their fathers, {4:3} From thirty years old and upward even
until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the
work in the tabernacle of the congregation. {4:4} This [shall
be] the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the
congregation, [about] the most holy things
1/31/10
Luk 9:27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
All of us can see the kingdom of God right now, do you believe this? Seriously. The kingdom of God is Jesus Christ and salvation through Him. If we accept Jesus as our Savior we are seeing the kingdom of God realized fully. Just as the thief on the cross was promised the kingdom, we too are promised it. The thief didn't go that very day to *heaven*, Jesus Himself didn't even go to *heaven* that day but lay in the grave. The promise of the kingdom is given now not upon death. There were some standing there when Jesus spoke those words who accepted Him as their Savior, they accepted Him as the kingdom of God come to them and they didn't see death. Maybe they lived their lives and didn't fully accept the Lord as their Savior for many years, but before they died they understood, they realized the the kingdom of God was found only in one place-- Jesus Christ. NONE shall see the kingdom of God who don't realize that Jesus is the kingdom of God and it's only through Him that any will ever experience life eternal.
Jesus said...
Mat 12:28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
Jesus said...
Mar 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Jesus said....
Mar 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
Mar 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
Mar 12:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Mar 12:32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
Mar 12:33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Mar 12:34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
Jesus said...
Luk 10:9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
Jesus said...
Luk 11:20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
Jesus said...
Luk 13:18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
Luk 13:19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
Luk 13:20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
Luk 13:21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Jesus said...
Luk 17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
Luk 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
'...the kingdom of God is within you.'
The knowledge can lie within us all, the truth, the way, Jesus is that knowledge, Jesus is the truth, Jesus is the way, Jesus is the kingdom of God for us all. By His grace and mercy may we realize the kingdom of God within us through Him and only Him as our Lord and Savior now and forever.
Amen.
1/31/11