Tag: priesthood
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Covered and Calm – Revelation 1:13
Revelation 1:13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. John turns and what does he see. He sees Jesus in the midst of the lampstand. Not absent. Not distant. Not…
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The Daily Ministry — Hebrews 9:6
Hebrews 9:6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. After the tabernacle was set in order and everything placed where it belonged, the priests began their daily ministry. Their service was not occasional. It was constant. Every day they entered the Holy Place.…
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A Better Priesthood — Hebrews 8:2–4
Hebrews 8:2–4 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest,…
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Forever Enough — Hebrews 7:26–28
Hebrews 7:26–28 For such an high priest became us, 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’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.For the…
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One Priest Who Never Changes — Hebrews 7:24
Hebrews 7:24 But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. There is a deep comfort in that verse. Under the old system, priests kept changing because men kept dying. One would serve, then another would take his place, and then another after him. The office remained, but the man did not. So…
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A Better Testament, A Living Priest — Hebrews 7:22–23
Hebrews 7:22–23 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death. What a contrast this is. Under the old system, there were many priests. Not because the system was overflowing with strength, but because death kept…
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Sworn In Forever — Hebrews 7:20–21
Hebrews 7:20–21 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:(For those priests were made without an oath;But this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek:) There is something very weighty here. The…
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A Priest from Another Tribe — Hebrews 7:13–17
Hebrews 7:13–17 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there…
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The Rules Changed — Hebrews 7:12
Hebrews 7:12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. That verse is brief, but it swings a very big door open. The writer of Hebrews is saying that if God has brought in a different Priest, then the whole arrangement connected to the old priesthood has…
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Why Another Priest? — Hebrews 7:11
Hebrews 7:11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron? Hebrews asks a very plain question here, and once you hear it, it…
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Greater Than Levi — Hebrews 7:5–10
Hebrews 7:5–10 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive 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 come out of the loins of Abraham:But he whose descent is not counted from them received…
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The King Priest — Hebrews 7:1
Hebrews 7:1 (a) For this Melchisedek, king of Salem… Melchizedek first appears as king of Salem, which is understood to be Jerusalem. That matters because Jerusalem is the city of the great King. So right away, this man steps onto the page with unusual weight. He is not a minor background figure. He is a king…
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Through the Banner — Hebrews 6:20
Hebrews 6:20 (a) Whither the forerunner is for us entered… That word forerunner is full of life. It is not the picture of someone entering a place alone just to admire it. It is the picture of someone going ahead so others can come in behind him. Like the first player charging through the paper banner before…