Now this Melchizedek was King of Salem and priest of the most high
God. He met Abraham when he was returning from the smiting of the
kings and blessed him, and Abraham set apart for him a tenth part of
the spoils. In the first place, the interpretation of his own name
means King of Righteousness and... [ Continue Reading ]
A PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK (Hebrews 7:1-28)
We come now to a passage of such paramount importance for the writer
to the Hebrews and in itself so difficult to understand that we must
deal with it in a special way. Hebrews 6:1-20, (Hebrews 6:20), ended
with the statement that Jesus had b... [ Continue Reading ]
Just see how great this man was--Abraham gave him the tenth of the
spoils of victory--and Abraham was no less than the founder of our
nation. Now look at the difference--when the sons of Levi receive
their priesthood, they receive an injunction laid down by the law to
exact tithes from the people. T... [ Continue Reading ]
If, then, the desired effect could have been achieved by the Levitical
priesthood--for it was on the basis of it that the people became a
people of the law--what further need was there to set up another
priest, and to call him a priest after the order of Melchizedek, and
not to call him a priest aft... [ Continue Reading ]
And in so far as it happened with an oath--for the Levitical priests
are made priests without an oath, but he with an oath, because
scripture says of him, "The Lord swore and will not repent of it, 'You
are a priest for ever'"--in so far Jesus has become the surety of a
better covenant. Further, of... [ Continue Reading ]
We needed such a high priest--one who is holy, one who never hurt any
man, one who is stainless, one who is different from sinners, one who
has become higher than the heavens. He does not need, as the high
priests do, daily first to offer sacrifices for his own sins and
thereafter for the sins of th... [ Continue Reading ]