Greetings from the land of jet laggyness.
Since I'm writing on Hebrews 7, I get to add a bit to Louisa's post and answer Levina's questions on Melchizedek.
Hebrews 7 is broken into 2 sections. "Melchizedek the Priest" and "Jesus Like Melchizedek."
Melchizedek the Priest
- Interestingly enough, not only was Melchizedek a priest of God, he was also the king of Salem (vv. 1).
- In being king of Salem, his title also meant "'king of righteousness'; then also...'king of peace.'" (vv. 2)
- Was so great of a ruler and so noble a king that even "Abraham gave him a tenth of everything." (vv. 2) Even the Bible states, "just think how great (Melchizedek) was." (vv. 4)
- "Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever." (vv. 3). Just as Jesus remains the Son of God throughout eternity, the Bible recognizes Melchizedek as God's priest for all of eternity.
- Worthy enough for Jesus to be compared with him (2nd section)
Jesus Like Melchizedek (Had a bit of difficulty with this portion)
- Unlike Aaron (the first high priest), a Levite, Melchizedek who was not a Levite was priest to Aaron the same way that Jesus, a Jew, is the ultimate high priest to everyone.
- Because we are unable to become completely pure through the Levitical priesthood (the laws in the Old Testament), "such a high priest meets our need - one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens." (vv. 27) In addition, "because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood." (vv. 25) the same way that God gave Melchizedek permanent priesthood.
If people would like to add on, please be my guest. I feel as if I haven't covered the entire 2nd half sufficiently.
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