Hebrews 7
All about Melchizedek:
Verses 1-4: How his name meant "King of Righteousness," and he was King of Salem, or Peace; with no genealogy or birth or death records. And Abraham gave him a tenth of all the spoils from the battle of the four kings against five kings (in Genesis 14).
5-10: About how even Levi, which tribe the Law said to pay tithes to, paid tithes to him, being still in sperm-form in Abraham's body (and wouldn't be born for three more generations!) This is how great Melchizedek was.
11-19: Now if a priesthood that came about by a Law could be sufficient, then why would another priesthood be needed?
And when the priesthood changed, then the law that determined it would also have to be changed. No one from the Tribe of Judah was eligible to be a priest, only the Tribe of Levi.
But Jesus wasn't of Levi, His legal father and mother were both from Judah. So that Law wouldn't apply to Him. His Priesthood is according to a higher order than the Law of Moses, because, the Law made nothing perfect.
Melchizedek, has become [a priest] not on the basis of a Law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life.
And, it is attested of [Jesus], "You are a Priest forever according to the Order of Melchizedek" (Psalm 110:4), a higher Order, to give us a better hope, by which we actually can approach God directly and curl up in His lap as His child.
20-25: There needed to be a lot of Old Testament priests, because they would grow old and die, but Jesus lives forever, so His priesthood is permanent. So He saves permanently everyone who draws near to God, as He lives to make intercession for us continually.
26-28: We needed a High Priest who is, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the Heavens who does not need to offer multiple sacrifices, because Jesus did this once for all when He offered up Himself.
Jesus was appointed our High Priest after the Law was completed, when the New Covenant overtook the Old.
We no longer need multiple priests offering multiple sacrifices day by day; we have our perfect High Priest, who Sacrificed Himself once for all, and is still ministering on our behalf as our High Priest, and He will forever.
O my Father, thank You for sending Your own Son to be our Sacrifice as the Lamb of God, then to also become our High Priest to present His Blood in the real, Heavenly Holiest Place, to atone forever and permanently for our sins and our sinfulness.
Thank You that we no longer need to repeat anything that He finished for us. I only need to work out the Salvation that You worked in me when You applied the Blood of Jesus to my fallen state. When You lifted me up out of the mire and put my feet on the Rock.
Father, continue to hold my hand securely, so that I will not be able to pull out of Your grasp, as You have promised me You would do. You will never let go of me, or let me go. Thank You.
Lead me, Father, where I am walking straight along that narrow path hedged in, that You had me enter through that Narrow Gate the day You showed me that Jesus took my death on the Cross.
Keep the ears of my heart attentive to Your still, quiet voice behind me saying, "walk here" whenever I make any decision or choice as to what to do or how to do it. Teach me to do all the tasks to accomplish the work You planned ahead for me to do, toward the promotion of Your Kingdom; that Your will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven.
And every eye shall see, every knee shall bow, every tongue will confess that Jesus, Your Son, is our Lord God Almighty, our Sovereign King of the Universe, to the Glory of God the Father.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
