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Melchizedek Is Greater Than Abraham
This Melchizedek was king of the city of Salem and also a priest of God Most High. When Abraham was returning home after winning a great battle against the kings, Melchizedek met him and blessed him.
This Melchizedek was king of the city of Salem and also a priest of God Most High. When Abraham was returning home after winning a great battle against the kings, Melchizedek met him and blessed him.
Melchizedek the Priest
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,
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,
Then Abraham took a tenth of all he had captured in battle and gave it to Melchizedek. The name Melchizedek means “king of justice,” and king of Salem means “king of peace.”
and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, the name Melchizedek means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”
There is no record of his father or mother or any of his ancestors — no beginning or end to his life. He remains a priest forever, resembling the Son of God.
Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.
Consider then how great this Melchizedek was. Even Abraham, the great patriarch of Israel, recognized this by giving him a tenth of what he had taken in battle.
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, from their fellow Israelites — even though they also are descended from Abraham.
But Melchizedek, who was not a descendant of Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham. And Melchizedek placed a blessing upon Abraham, the one who had already received the promises of God.
This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
And without question, the person who has the power to give a blessing is greater than the one who is blessed.
And without doubt the lesser is blessed by the greater.
The priests who collect tithes are men who die, so Melchizedek is greater than they are, because we are told that he lives on.
In the one case, the tenth is collected by people who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living.
In addition, we might even say that these Levites — the ones who collect the tithe — paid a tithe to Melchizedek when their ancestor Abraham paid a tithe to him.
One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham,
For although Levi wasn’t born yet, the seed from which he came was in Abraham’s body when Melchizedek collected the tithe from him.
because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.
Jesus Like Melchizedek
If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood — and indeed the law given to the people established that priesthood — why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron?
If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood — and indeed the law given to the people established that priesthood — why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron?
And if the priesthood is changed, the law must also be changed to permit it.
For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also.
For the priest we are talking about belongs to a different tribe, whose members have never served at the altar as priests.
He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar.
What I mean is, our Lord came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses never mentioned priests coming from that tribe.
For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
Jesus Is like Melchizedek
This change has been made very clear since a different priest, who is like Melchizedek, has appeared.
And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,
Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed.
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.
Yes, the old requirement about the priesthood was set aside because it was weak and useless.
The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless
For the law never made anything perfect. But now we have confidence in a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
This new system was established with a solemn oath. Aaron’s descendants became priests without such an oath,
And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath,
Because of this oath, Jesus is the one who guarantees this better covenant with God.
Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.
There were many priests under the old system, for death prevented them from remaining in office.
Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office;
But because Jesus lives forever, his priesthood lasts forever.
but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood.
Such a high priest truly meets our need — one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.
Unlike those other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices every day. They did this for their own sins first and then for the sins of the people. But Jesus did this once for all when he offered himself as the sacrifice for the people’s sins.
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 for their sins once for all when he offered himself.
The law appointed high priests who were limited by human weakness. But after the law was given, God appointed his Son with an oath, and his Son has been made the perfect High Priest forever.
For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.