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Hebrews 7: Melchizedek's Priesthood like Christ's

Melchizedek's Priesthood like Christ's
Hebrews 7 compares Jesus and Melchizedek, a priest forever without lineage. Abraham paid honor and tithes to Melchizedek and by doing so the Levitical priesthood was blessed by him as Levi was still inside of Abraham. In this fashion, Jesus is also a priest forever like Melchizedek. However He is not of the tribe of Levi. With a change in priesthood there must also be a change in the law. Jesus has proven His priesthood by his indestructible life. Because of this He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him since He always lives to intercede for them.

Friday, 26 August 2011

Melchizedek, Priest of the Most High God (Hebrews 7:1-2)

“This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.” (…
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Wednesday, 07 September 2011

Without Beginning of Days or End of Life (Hebrews 7:3)

“Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever” ( Hebrews 7:3 ) I was talking with a friend who has always struggled over the significance of Melchizedek. He wasn’t sure why he was mentioned…
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Saturday, 10 September 2011

The Greatness of Melchizedek (Hebrews 7:4-7)

“Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder! Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, their brothers—even though their brothers are descended from Abraham. This man, however, did not…
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Our Gifts End Up with the Lord (Hebrews 7:8-10)

“In the one case, the tenth is collected by men who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living. One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham, because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the…
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Friday, 23 September 2011

The Need for Another Priest (Hebrews 7:11)

“If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the law was given to the people), why was there still need for another priest to come—one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron?” ( Hebrews 7:11 ) When Adam…
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011

Changing the Priesthood Means Changing The Law (Hebrews 7:12)

“For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must also be a change of the law” ( Hebrews 7:12 ) About a year ago, I sat through a series at church about the Ten Commandments. Each week the pastor would give his message on the next commandment instructing…
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Friday, 30 September 2011

Jesus Descended From Judah Not Levi (Hebrews 7:13-14)

“He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar. For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests” ( Hebrews 7:13-14 ) Did…
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Tuesday, 04 October 2011

Jesus Became High Priest on the basis of an Indestructible Life (Hebrews 7:15-17)

“And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. For it is declared: “You are a…
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Friday, 07 October 2011

The Law was Weak and Useless (Hebrews 7:18-19)

“The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God” ( Hebrews 7:18-19 ) The solution to the chasm that sin created is not the Law. As this passage…
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Tuesday, 11 October 2011

Jesus is the Guarantee of a Better Covenant (Hebrews 7:20-22)

“And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath, but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’” Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee…
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Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Jesus is Able to Save Completely Because He Has Permanent Priesthood (Hebrews 7:23-25)

“Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.” ( Hebrews…
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Tuesday, 01 November 2011

Jesus is the High Priest Who Meets Our Needs (Hebrews 7:26-27)

“Such a high priest meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed…
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Friday, 04 November 2011

The Law vs. The Oath (Hebrews 7:28)

“For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever” ( Hebrews 7:28 ) The entire book of Hebrews contrasts in one way or the other the vast differences between the Old…
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You won’t drown if Jesus is in your boat!

You won’t drown if Jesus is in your boat!

I just made it through a very stressful and challenging week. In the midst I found myself working through the book of Matthew. As I came to Matthew 8, where Jesus and the disciples are  in a boat, in the middle of the storm. As read,I stopped an...

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Will You Be Made Whole?

Will You Be Made Whole?

Jesus asked a particularly interesting question to the disabled man by the pool of Bethesda. “Will thou be made whole?” ( John 5:6 KJV ). The man had been lying crippled for thirty-eight years waiting for someone to help him into the pool when the an...

Juli Camarin | Apr 22, 2012

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The Resurrection Means It Worked

The Resurrection Means It Worked

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins” ( I Corinthians 15:17 ) Our entire belief system hinges on one thing, that Christ Jesus was raised from the dead. And in so doing, defeating sin, conquering death, ...

Juli Camarin | Apr 08, 2012

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