Church in the home Wednesday evenings 2nd Dec 2009

Church in the home Wednesday evenings 2nd Dec 2009

The chapters of Hebrews 6 to Hebrews 11, lay down the fundamentals of the office of a priest and covers 4 particular priests or types of priests

Heb 6:20, Melchizedek, who was a priest without father, without mother, without genealogy Hebrews 7:3, (the order of Melchizedek)
Hebrews 6:20, Jesus, who became a High priest after the order of Melchizedek
Hebrews 7:5, the sons of Levi who received the priests office
Hebrews 10:19, those born again brethren are to have boldness to enter into the holy place (by the blood of Jesus), and are collectively referred to as “a royal priesthood” in 1 Peter 2:9

This remarkable section which traces priestly duty and ordinance leading to Jesus as our High priest, and his tearing down of the veil at the entrance to the Holy of holies in the temple. While high priests under the Levitical protocol had to offer sacrifices for their own sins and for the sins of the people every year, Jesus did this once when he offered up himself and his blood now cleanses our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
This Jesus who was made a priest not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life (Heb 7: 15 & 16) and as such he is able to save those for all time those who come to God through him, because he always lives to make intercession for them Heb 7:25 (loosely from the REV – Revised English version)

Neil J Bourke
7-Dec-2009

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