Hebrews 7: Melchisedec

Q: What does the Bible say about Melchizedek?

Melchizedek is described in the Bible as both the king of Salem and a priest of the Most High God, representing a unique figure in biblical history. In Hebrews 7, we learn that Melchizedek was a priest of the Most High God who met Abraham and blessed him after Abraham's victory over kings. His unique position as both king and priest sets him apart, as the combined offices of king and priest were not held by any other individual in scripture, exemplifying the greatness of Christ. The significance of Melchizedek is further emphasized by his appearing before the establishment of the Levitical priesthood, symbolizing that Christ, through his eternal priesthood, supersedes and fulfills the Old Testament priesthood.

Q: How do we know Jesus is a priest after the order of Melchizedek?

Jesus is a priest after the order of Melchizedek as established in Hebrews, affirming his eternal priesthood that surpasses the Levitical priesthood. In Hebrews 7, the Apostle Paul connects Jesus to Melchizedek by emphasizing that Jesus is designated as a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek, without beginning of days or end of life. This signifies that Christ’s priesthood is eternal and not based on lineage, unlike the earthly Levitical priests who were subject to death. The oath established by God confirms Jesus' high priesthood, reinforcing that he represents a better covenant, fulfilling the role of mediator between God and man in a way that the Levitical sacrificial system could not.

Q: Why is the concept of the Levitical priesthood important for Christians?

The Levitical priesthood is important for Christians because it illustrates the need for a perfect mediator, which is fulfilled in Christ. The Levitical priesthood served a crucial role in the Old Testament as mediators between God and the people, yet it was limited and imperfect, requiring continual sacrifices that could never fully atone for sin. The writer of Hebrews suggests that if perfection could be attained through the Levitical system, there would be no need for another priest after the order of Melchizedek. This establishes a cornerstone of Christian belief, which is that Christ, as the ultimate high priest, fulfills all that the Levitical priests could not, providing a perfect sacrifice and a new covenant that offers true reconciliation with God.

Q: Why is Melchizedek a critical figure in understanding Jesus Christ?

Melchizedek is critical in understanding Jesus Christ as he represents a pre-incarnate figure of Christ's endless priesthood and kingship. Melchizedek's role as both king and priest highlights the dual nature of Christ, reinforcing the belief that Jesus is the eternal King of righteousness and peace. His appearance to Abraham, long before the law was established, represents not just a historical figure but a prophetic foreshadowing of who Christ would be. This pattern illustrates God's divine plan of salvation, confirming that Christ is the fulfillment of the law and the eternal mediator for humanity. As seen in Hebrews 7, understanding Melchizedek's unique position allows for a deeper understanding of Christ's supremacy over all previous forms of priesthood and mediation.

Q: How does Christ's priesthood differ from the Levitical priesthood?

Christ's priesthood differs from the Levitical priesthood as it is eternal, based on his own sacrifice, and not limited by a lineage or death. The author of Hebrews distinctly affirms that Christ’s priesthood is not based on the law or the earthly ancestry of the tribe of Levi, but is established on the power of an indestructible life. Unlike the Levitical priests, who were mortal and had to continually offer sacrifices, Christ offers himself as the final sacrifice once for all. This radically alters the relationship believers have with God, since Jesus as the eternal high priest provides a way for believers to achieve genuine perfection and access to God, a feat that the sacrifices of the earthly priests could never accomplish.

I believe that we preachers have a problem that we need to correct. And I'm trying, as I get a little
older and get a little more experienced, to do something about it. When you get up to preach a sermon,
you don't have to tell everything you know. You really don't, because
people couldn't contain all that theology and all that information
that you've studied all your life. And I found out another
thing, that you don't have to have an answer for every question. You don't have to know what every
verse of Scripture means. You don't have to be able to
explain every phrase. Sometimes we get bogged down
on certain phrases in certain places in the scripture, trying
to give an answer when we don't have an answer. I like that comment
that Spurgeon made. I read it to you several weeks
ago. He said, I don't understand all the Bible. I don't understand
all the Bible. He said, I can't. And he said,
I wouldn't want to. Because if I understood it, all
of it, that means it's written by a man like me. And since the Bible is written
by and is the word of Almighty God, how can I, a frail, foolish
creature, comprehend all contained therein? But, he said, I do understand. I do understand that which is
essential and necessary to the salvation of my soul. I do understand
that. I do understand those things
regarding the person and work of Jesus Christ, which pertain
to my acceptance with God. I do understand that. And that's
what I'm trying to do in these studies of Hebrews. You may say,
well, you didn't explain this. No, I don't understand it. But there's a lot of it I do
understand. And what I do understand, having to do with his redemptive
work and having to do with my soul's salvation, that I'm going
apply it and I'm going to skip over the rest. Hebrews 7, now
at the beginning of this series, at the beginning of these messages
on Hebrews, I pointed out one essential, essential thing about
the book of Hebrews. And incidentally, I received
this week a copy of our commentary on Hebrews and some of the These
books were first printed in 1984, five years ago. They've sold
out, and they're reprinting. It's on the second printing,
and that was so encouraging to me. There's some people all over
the world who are reading this commentary which we have here
on the book of Hebrews in four different languages, English,
French, Spanish, and Portuguese, and it's now in its second printing.
But at the beginning of this series, I pointed out to you
that the book of Hebrews declares and sets forth, number one, the
greatness and glory of Jesus Christ over the angels. And you
saw that in chapter one, the glory and greatness, the excellence
of Jesus Christ over the angels. Secondly, the book of Hebrews
points out the greatness and glory of Jesus Christ over Moses. and over the prophets. Now, in
this chapter, chapter 7, there's one thread that runs straight
through it. There's one truth that is set
forth and established clearly and plainly, and that is the
Apostle shows the greatness and glory of Jesus Christ over Aaron
and over all the priests and over all the high priests and
over the sons of Levi and over the law. of the Old Testament. That goes right through this
seventh chapter. Now then, while Brother Jim was
reading this scripture, I know you couldn't possibly miss one
phrase that occurs over and over again. In fact, this phrase occurs
six times in the Word of Six times in the Word of God. I won't
ask you to turn to the first one. It's in Psalm 110. But this
is what it says in Psalm 110, verse 4. Now, this is back David
writing in the Psalms. Psalm 110, verse 4. He said,
Thou art a priest forever after the altar of Melchizedek. Now,
we'll ask you to turn back to Hebrews 5, verse 6. Hebrews 5, verse 6. Now here
it is again, and he saith also in another place, Thou art a
priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. See that? All right, Hebrews 5, 10, called
of God a priest, a high priest, after the order of Melchizedek. Now Hebrews 6, are you getting
this? That's three times already, Thou
art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. Now in
Hebrews 6, verse 20, I read this this morning, whether the forerunner
is for us entered, even Jesus, made a high priest forever after
the order of Melchizedek. Hebrews 7, verse 17. Hebrews 7, verse 17. For he testifies,
thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. Verse
21, the last line, the Lord swareth, will not repent, thou art a priest
forever after the order of Melchizedek. That's six times, isn't it? You
know, I wonder how many times does God have to say something
to get our attention? How many times? And I'll grant
you that there are churches and church members and maybe even
preachers all over this country who don't have the slightest
notion who Melchizedek was. Not the slightest In fact, I
imagine many of them have never even heard a sermon on Melchizedek.
But we're going to hear one tonight
on Melchizedek. Who is he? All right, verse 1,
Hebrews 7. Who is Melchizedek? For this
Melchizedek, the king of Salem, the priest of the Most High God
who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and
blessed him. Well, let's go back and see this,
what you say. Now, as far as I know, and I'm
pretty, I'm confident of this, the one and only scripture in
the Old Testament having to do with the appearance of Melchizedek
is here in Genesis 14. You want to turn over there,
the only one. This is, I do know Melchizedek made one appearance,
one, only one appearance in the whole Bible, ever in the history
of the world he made one appearance. And here it is recorded in Genesis
14, verse 18. Now, you know, Abraham had gathered
about 318 or 319 or 320 men and had gone out and battled the
kings who had captured Lot and the kings of Sodom and took them
off. And he went out and won a victory over superior forces.
He believed God. And on his way back in the Kings
Dale, verse 17, Verse 16, Genesis 14, And Abraham brought back
all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, his nephew,
and his goods, and the women also, and the people. And the
king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the
slaughter of Chedoleomer, and of the kings that were with him
at the valley of Shabech, which is the king's dale. Now, Anne
Melchizedek, and Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought forth
bread and wine. And he was the priest of the
Most High God, and he blessed Abraham. And he said, Blessed
be Abram of the Most High God, possessor of heaven and earth,
and blessed be the Most High God, which hath delivered thine
enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all."
And that's the last, that's it, that Melchizedek never heard
of again until we come over here to Hebrews chapter 7. Let's go
back to our text now. And this Melchizedek, verse 2,
"...to whom Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being by interpretation
king of righteousness." Now he's called the priest of the Most
High God. And here he's called the king
of righteousness. Now, those two offices have never
been invested in any one man. No man on earth has ever been
both king and priest. In fact, that was Saul, that
was King Saul's downfall. King Saul was king of Israel,
but don't you remember when he sacrificed John? Samuel wasn't
there and they were going into battle. So Saul took the lamb
and slew it and offered a sacrifice. And then Samuel walked up and
he said, what have you done? And King Saul said, well, I thought
since we were going into battle, we need to go into battle with
God's blessing. And so I took on myself to offer
a sacrifice. And God killed him. God took
the kingdom away from him and destroyed him. And Samuel told
him, it's better to obey God than to sacrifice. You remember
King Uzziah, the beloved king whom Isaiah loved so much? A
benevolent king, a great king, but a king whose heart was lifted
up. And he went down to the temple
and would burn incense, would offer a sacrifice. And all the
priests told him, don't do that, even though you're a king. Don't
do that. because it appertaineth not to
the office of king to offer a sacrifice. But he did it anyway, and God
made a leper out of him. So this office of king and priest
was never invested in any man, except one, this man. He was
the king of peace, he was the priest of the Most High God,
and he was the king of righteousness, verse 2, and after that also
king of Salem, which is king of peace. Now watch this. You
say, is this just an ordinary man? Well, it can't be. It is
a man, and it is a person who met Abraham and blessed him.
The king, the prophet, the king of peace, the priest, the king
of righteousness, and the king of Salem, the priest of the Most
High God. Now watch verse 3, "...without father." Now, Lord
Jesus Christ is not without a father. But this is talking about, as
a man, he's without a father. As the only begotten Son of God,
God the Father is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. But
a man, Joseph, was not his father. Christ born of the Virgin, without
father. This man Melchizedek, without
father. without mother, without descent, that is pedigree, ancestry,
having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like
unto the Son of God, abideth a priest continually." Brother
Man, who do you think Melchizedek is? Well, I have to believe,
I just have to believe, I've gone over this so many times,
I have to believe that Melchizedek is indeed a pre-incarnation appearance
of our Lord Jesus Christ. I really do. That's the only
one it can be. Now, it just has to be. See,
Christ did appear in the Old Testament. Every time you see
an appearance of the angel of the Lord, you remember when Samson's
mother and father were talking to the angel, and they offered
the sacrifice, and the angel of the Lord got in the sacrifice
and went up? That was Christ. Because they said, we've seen
God. And there were many other And this is Christ. It's a pre-incarnation
appearance of Christ. Now, I'll tell you when. I believe
I know when. This is to Abraham. Now, this
is 400 years before the law. This is 400 years before the
law was given. This is 400 years before the
priest and the sacrifices and all these different requirements
of the law, Christ appeared. And he came not with a lamb,
but you remember in Genesis 14, he blessed Abraham and gave him
bread and wine. There was no lamb sacrifice,
there was no blood. But that wine represented his blood. There's
nobody else giving bread and wine but Christ. He said, this
is my body, this is my blood. That's further proof that it's
Christ. I'm not trying to prove it's Christ, I'm just saying
it is. But to show clearly He appeared in this pre-incarnation
appearance before Abraham to show clearly that both then,
now, and forever, that Jesus Christ is the one great prophet,
priest, and king, and everybody else that's coming ahead of him,
ahead of this appearance, is a picture. I believe that's why
he appeared to Abraham at this particular time, that he is the
great priest of God, the high priest, he is the king of righteousness,
he's the king of peace, And anything that God is pleased to do through
Abram, the sons of Levi, Moses, David, Prophet, priest, and king,
all these different ones, they're just types in picture. And I
believe he's appeared to Abraham here to show clearly and forever,
both then, now, and forever, that there's only one great mediator
between God and men, and that's the man Christ Jesus. And a key
statement is verse 11. Look at verse 11. If, therefore,
perfection, that is, fellowship with God, acceptance by God,
justification from sin, if perfection, righteousness, were by the Levitical
priesthood, or under it the people received the law, or by the law,
what further need was there that another priest should rise after
the order of Melchizedek? What need is there for another
priest? What, why Melchizedek at all? Because the Levitical
priesthood and the Levitical law had no power to put away
sin. And God's showing that before
he ever gave it. Isn't that right, Jeff? He's
showing it before he ever gave it. He said, here's the high
priesthood of God. Here is the king of righteousness.
Here's the king of peace. Here's the only mediator. Everything
I'm going to give you is a picture, and no more. Nothing but a picture. It's amazing how people like
to hold the pictures, though, and look at pictures and worship
pictures. You see, Melchizedek put in an appearance before any
of these types were instituted. Even before Moses, the prophet
of God appears, here's that prophet. Even before David, God's chosen
king, appears, here's the king of righteousness. Even before
Aaron or the sons of Levi ever offered a sacrifice or ever came
into the holiest on the day of atonement, here is the priest
of the Most High God offering his blood and his body." Before
God ever shows you anything, here he is. Here he is. All right, let's
look at verse 4. Now, let's consider how great
this man was. Let's look at Melchizedek, and
let's consider how great he was. We know who he is. We know who
he is, but let's see how great he is, how great he is. Now,
consider how great this man was, under whom even the patriarch
Abraham gave the tenth of his spoils. Now, here's the key to
these next few verses, verses 4 through 10. Let's read on.
I'll show you the key. And verily, they that are of
the sons of Levi, the priest who received 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
came out of the lorns of Abraham, but he whose descent is not counted
from them, that is, Melchizedek, received tithes of Abraham. He
was, Abraham submitted to him, and he blessed Abraham. He blessed
him that had the promises. Now here's the key. Without all
contradiction, the less is blessed of the better. In other words,
anybody that's doing any blessing, anybody that's doing any blessing
is greater than the one he blessed. Isn't that correct? And this
is what Hebrews is showing us, that Christ is a greater prophet
than Moses. Christ is a greater priest than
Abraham. Christ is a greater than all the angels. The less is blessed to the better. And here Melchizedek is blessing
Abraham. So what it's saying here, of
all the men on the face of the earth, you pick a man, you pick
a man in God's kingdom and call him the greatest of all. in the
Old Testament. Who would you pick? Abraham.
Well, here he is, Christ is blessing him. He's submitting to Christ,
Melchizedek, and Christ is blessing him. He's greater than our father
Abraham. And then it says here, now watch
this, verse 8, paid tithes in Abraham, for he
was in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him." In
other words, here are all the priests, Aaron and all the sons
of Levi, in Abraham. Here's Abraham, the father of
the faithful. Here's Abraham, to whom God gave
the promises. Here's Abraham, the example of
faith. And in him are all the priests, all the hundreds of
priests that came down through the years. They're all in his
loins. And all of them are up there in front of Melchizedek,
bowing to him, submitting to him, and being blessed of him.
See what I'm saying? That's a picture, that's a time.
And God shows us that before he ever sends these men, before
he ever institutes them. Oh, how great is the tabernacle!
Let's go back, how great is Moses! How God gave him the Ten Commandments,
and how God honored him and blessed him, and how God led Israel through
him, and how he did miracles, and here comes Aaron, the high
priest, and there he goes into the Holy of Holies, and there
he stands before the mercy seat, and there the sons of Levi, the
priest, out taking tithes from the people, and blessing the
people, and the people submitting to them, and going about the
services of God, and representing the people to God. But this whole
shooting match is in Abraham. And he's submitting to Melchizedek,
and Melchizedek's passing on. In other words, in that meeting,
someone said, in that meeting, that solemn meeting in the Kingsdale,
when Abraham met Melchizedek, in Abraham was the whole kingdom
of God. That thread, that great thread,
that line had gotten so small at that particular time. You
know, one time it got down to Noah. And at this time he got
down to Abraham. And there in Abraham is the whole
kingdom of God. The whole kingdom of God. And
he meets Melchizedek. God's high priest. And God's
high priest blessed him. Now watch this. Verse 12. Now
this is what I'm going to say right here is so applicable and
so important. All right? Verse 11. Let's read
it first. If therefore perfection were
by the Levitical priesthood, for under it the people receive
the law. What further need was there that another priest should
arise after the order of Melchizedek and not be called after the order
of Adam? For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity
a change also of the law." In other words, the person and work
of Christ, and watch this, this is so important, the person and
work of Christ has no connection and is not a continuation at
all of the work of Abram and these priests. I hear certain denominations
talk about circumcision, and then it leads into baptism of
infants. In other words, baptism of infants
is a continuation of circumcision. You made a mistake right there,
because the law, Christ took it all away. And then the Catholics
have their priests, They have the inner sanctum. Some of them
have been in Catholic churches before. They have the inner sanctum
back here. They have all these different shaking the water and
making all the signs. And they say that's a continuation
of the priesthood of the Old Testament. There's another priesthood,
and it's not a continuation of that at all. Not at all. Not at all. And when you put
people under the law, you see, Jesus Christ Ministry and work
is not a continuation, but a fulfillment of all those things. It's not
a continuation, it's a fulfillment, because he was before them. Melchizedek's
appearance is 400 years before the law. When Abraham met Melchizedek,
he was blessed of him. He gave him the bread and the
wine. There was a relationship with God, and Abraham never knew. the Aaronic priesthood. He never
knew the Levitical law. He never knew these things. In
fact, actually, fifteen years before he was circumcised, he
believed God. Fifteen years before he was circumcised,
he was in Christ. Four hundred years before the
law, he was in Christ. And I tell you another thing,
our Lord wasn't even of the tribe of Levi. Read the next verse.
For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another
tribe. of which no man gave attendance
at the altar." Christ wasn't even of the tribe of Levi. If
he had, listen to me, if Jesus Christ, born of the tribe of
Judah, had lived in the days of Aaron, he wouldn't even have
been a priest. You say, where did you get that in the next
chapter, chapter 8, verse 4? If he were on earth, if he was
of the earth, he wouldn't be a priest. Seeing that there are
priests that offer gifts according to the law, they come from the
tribe of Levi only. Christ is born of the tribe of
Judah. Kingly tribe. He's a king priest. The scepter
shall not depart from Judah till Shiloh, king of peace, comes.
That's why he wasn't even a priest. Read on that next verse. For
it's evident, verse 14, our Lord sprang out of Judah, of which
tribe Moses spake nothing about the priesthood. I'll tell you
something else, verse 16. His power and authority didn't
come through earthly channels. It wasn't inherited. Look at
verse 16. And he's made a priest, not after
the law of carnal commandment, not after succession, not from
the tribe of Levi, not because his father was a priest, but
after the power of an endless life. He's a priest because of
his deity. Because verse 17 the father said
thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek Or verse
18 now there is barely a disannulling of the commandment Going before
for the weakness and unprofitable a spiral for the law With all
of its ceremonies with all of its sacrifices with all of its
priests made nothing perfect but the bringing in of a better
hope did, by the which we draw nigh unto God." Do you see what
he's saying? I wish I could make this as one
point I want to get across so clearly. 400 years before the
law was ever given, we talk about the law, we talk about circumcision,
we talk about Sabbath days, we talk about the tithe, we talk
about the eating, not eating pork, we talk about keeping certain
ceremonies and all these things. We talk about the priesthood.
There is no continuation of any of that. It's been fulfilled,
it's been disannulled, it's been cancelled, it's been put away,
and Christ alone is our Sabbath, is our priest, is our sacrifice,
is our acceptance, is all things. And God showed it because 400
years before they ever gave the dimensions of the tabernacle
or the instructions to build it or preached to it, 400 years
before, Christ came down here in the fullness of his office.
his office, his prophet, priest, and king, and appeared to our
father Abraham, appeared to that man who is an example of every
believer, and he appeared to him and gave him not a lamb,
not the blood of an animal, he gave him bread and wine, which
is my blood and my flesh, and he blessed him. He blessed him
one time, and he went back to glory. Now you turn to Hebrews
10, and I'll show you what that's saying. And that's what this
appearance of Melchizedek is all about. And it says here,
our Lord Jesus, A1 is such an imperfect type, it'll do, it'll
do, but it's an imperfect. Those sacrifices, Melchizedek's
picture of Christ, or Hebrews 10, for the law and everything
pertaining to the law, contained in the law, is a shadow, a shadow,
there's not much substance to a shadow, is there, of good things
to come. And not the very image of the
things can never, with those sacrifices which they offer year
by year continually, make the comers down to perfect. For then
would they not cease to be offered? Because the worshipers, once
purged, would have no more conscience of sin. But in all those sacrifices
and atonements and pictures, there's a remembrance again made
of sin every year. For it's not possible that the
blood of bulls and goats should take away sin. Wherefore, when
he, Melchizedek, Our Lord cometh into this world, he said, Sacrifice
and offering God wouldest not, never had any pleasure in it,
never had any satisfaction, but a body hast thou prepared me,
and burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
Then said I, Lo, I come in the volume of the book it is written
of me to do thy will, O Above, when he said, Sacrifice and offering,
and burnt offerings, and offering for sin, thou wouldst not, neither
hadst pleasure therein which offered by the law. Then said
he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God, he taketh away the first,
that he may establish the second." Taketh away the first covenant?
I mean all of it. I mean all of it. In the New
Covenant, he takes away the first tabernacle? all of it. Don't
reinstitute it, don't bring it back in, it's gone. It's full
of Christ's tabernacle among us. He takes away the first priesthood,
it was imperfect at its best. He takes away the first sacrifice,
takes away the first meat mercy seat. He even takes away our
first nature and gives a new nature. He's going to take away
the first heaven and the first earth and there will be a new
heaven and earth. He said, I'll make all things brand new. You see
that? And let's don't, it just We have
no dealings with the law except to read it and rejoice that our
Lord fulfilled it. We have no dealings. Don't reach
back and try to reinstitute or reincorporate or rehearse or
make a continuation. It's just cut off, just as smooth
as if it never had existed because it fulfilled what it was given
for. That's right. And God showed this by the appearance
of Melchizedek before he ever gave that law. Let's go back
to our text just for a moment more. Hebrews 7, verse 20. And inasmuch as not
without an oath, he was made a priest. There was an oath connected
with his priesthood. Those priests that were made
under the law, they were made without an oath. But he, Melchizedek,
Christ our Lord, with an oath by him that said to him, The
Lord swear and will not repent. Thou art a priest forever after
the order of Melchizedek. By so much was Jesus made a surety
of a better covenant, a better testament." I tell you, there's
just no hope in anything pertaining to the elements and the rudiments
of the law. There's no hope to those things.
The processionals, the ceremonies, the rituals, anything along that
line And those priests, they were made without, they were
pictures and types and patterns and nothing more. In our hope
and confidence, we reach all the way back to Melchizedek.
And we see him as our Lord. All right, verse 23 now. Now
compare their priesthood in here. It says here, and they truly
were many priests, because they were suffered, they were not
suffered to continue by reason of death. because he continueth
ever hath an unchangeable priesthood." In other words, these priests
of the Old Testament, there were many of them. Christ is one. They lived and died. They had
a father and a mother and they lived and they died. Someone
else took their place. He has an eternal priesthood.
These men offered many sacrifices. Every year on the Day of Atonement
and many other sacrifices, he offered one. Their sacrifices
was the blood of the animals. He offered his own blood. Their
sacrifices could never put away sin. He is perfected forever,
those that believe. They ministered on earth. He
ministers in heaven. They never rested. He sat down,
saying it's finished. They were mean. He's the God-man. All right, now watch this, summing
it up, verse 25. I hope you've got a hold of this.
It's such a blessing to me, and I believe I see this. I believe
God's shown me who Melchizedek is and what Melchizedek represents,
who Melchizedek represents. I hope you do, because we come
down to all of this, then the Apostle says, wherefore? Because
of who he is, because of what he did, because of why he did
it, because of where he is now. He is able. He is able. to save them to the uttermost
that come unto God by him." Not by the law, not by the deeds
and the works of religion, but by him. He's able. And that phrase
is used over and over again. Abraham believed that he was
able to do all that he promised. And Paul says he's able to keep
that which I've committed. And Jude said he's able to present
us wholly unblameable. And to keep us from falling,
he's able, and Paul said in Philippians, he's able to raise our bow body.
He's able. Seeing, now watch this, he ever
liveth. He's a priest forever, forever,
forever, after the order, not of Abram, but of Melchizedek.
He ever liveth to make intercession for them. Now here, in closing,
for such a high priest became us. was necessary for us, necessary
for us and necessary for the righteousness and holiness of
God, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made
higher than the heavens, who needeth not daily as those high
priests to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins and then
for the people. For this he did once when he
offered up himself. For the law maketh men high priests
which have infirmities, and they can't help us, But the word of
the oath, which I talked about this morning, which was since
the law, make it the Son, our high priest, who is consecrated
forevermore. Is that clear? Thanks be unto
God for his unspeakable gift, our Lord Jesus Christ. All right,
I want you to turn in your hymn books now to number 505.

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Hebrews 7: Melchisedec

What does the Bible say about Melchizedek?

How do we know Jesus is a priest after the order of Melchizedek?

Why is the concept of the Levitical priesthood important for Christians?

Why is Melchizedek a critical figure in understanding Jesus Christ?

How does Christ's priesthood differ from the Levitical priesthood?

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