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A better Priesthood
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The purpose of the writer, as we have been seeing, is to prove that Jesus is better in all ways than the OT system.
We pick up today in 7:12 continuing the thought that Jesus is a better High Priest for many reasons.
For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law.
a.
The priesthood being changed: This is logically developed from
God would never introduce a new priesthood if it were not necessary, and He would never introduce an inferior priesthood.
The mere mention of the order of Melchizedek shows that God wanted the priesthood to be changed.
b.
Of necessity: The priesthood of Aaron was connected to the Law of Moses.
So if the priesthood is changed we should also anticipate some change of the Law’s status or place.
3. (Hbr 7:13-14) Jesus could not be a priest according to the Mosaic Law because He is from the wrong tribe.
For He of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no man has officiated at the altar.
For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.
a.
Another tribe, from which no man has officiated at the altar: Under the Law of Moses, God strictly commanded that only those from the family of Aaron could serve at the altar in sacrifice.
b.
He of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe: Jesus is obviously not from the family of Aaron or even the tribe of Levi.
The tribe of Judah (the tribe of Jesus’ lineage) had nothing to do with Aaron’s priesthood, the priesthood associated with the Law of Moses.
Therefore according to the priesthood of Aaron and the Law of Moses, Jesus could never be a priest.
If He is our High Priest, it must be under another principle.
4. (Hbr 7:15-17) God’s declaration that the Messiah belongs to another order of priesthood in
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And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life.
For He testifies: “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”
a.
Not according to the law of a fleshly commandment: Jesus’ priesthood is not based upon law or heredity (a fleshly commandment), but upon the power of God’s endless life.
b.
You are a priest forever: This could be said of the Messiah, who was a priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
It could never be said of a priest according to the order of Aaron, none of who had the power of an endless life and each of who served a limited term as priests – limited to their own life span.
c.
According to the power of an endless life:
says, When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.
Among those who conspired to put Jesus to death, there were priests of the order of Aaron.
But by the power of an endless life Jesus showed that His priesthood was superior when He triumphed over death.
5. (Hbr 7:18-19) Why the law is set aside as the way of establishing our relationship and access to God.
For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness, for the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
Q- What is the main problem with the Law?
What does the Law do? and not do?
a.
Because of its weakness and unprofitableness: In its weakness and unprofitableness, the law made nothing perfect.
The law does a great job of setting God’s perfect standard but it does not give the power to keep that standard.
i. “Let all legalists mark this: The Law made nothing perfect.
Let the Seventh Day Adventists mark: The Law made nothing perfect.
Let all those who dream of the Law as a rule of life remember: The Law made nothing perfect.”
(Newell)
b.
The law made nothing perfect: Therefore, the law is valuable as it shows us God’s perfect standard, but it was not ultimately intended to be the basis of a man’s walk with God.
This is because the law is weak and unprofitable when it comes to saving my soul or giving me power over sin.
i.
The law provides expert diagnosis of our sin problem, which is absolutely essential.
But the law does not provide the cure to our sin problem.
Only Jesus can save us from our sin problem.
c.
On the other hand: Since now, in Jesus, we have a better hope, through which we draw near to God, we are wrong to go back to building our Christian walk on the law.
Therefore the law is “annulled” or set aside in the sense that it no longer is the dominating principle of our life, especially of our relationship with God.
i. “The Greek word translated disannulling [annulling], athetesis, is the same as appears in
for the putting away of sin ‘by the sacrifice of Himself.’
The disappearance of the Law is as absolute, therefore, as the putting away of sin!” (Newell)
ii.
The law does not give you a better hope.
The law does not draw you near to God the way God’s grace given in Jesus does.
Yet many Christians live a legal relationship with God instead of a grace relationship with Him.
Q- If in your mind your relationship with God is based on what you do for Him you are living under the law.
This seems simple but for many believers this is a truth never realized.
When did you realize that Jesus paid it all and that you could add nothing to it?
iii.
“Although the law performed a valuable function, its essential weakness was that it could not give life and vitality even to those who kept it, let alone to those who did not.
In fact its function was not to provide strength, but to provide a standard by which man could measure his own moral status.
Its uselessness must not be regarded in the sense of being totally worthless, but in the sense of being ineffective in providing a constant means of approach to God based on a totally adequate sacrifice.”
(Guthrie)
d.
Annulling of the former commandment... bringing in of a better hope: The writer came to the same conclusion about the law as Paul did in
, but he got there in a totally different way.
In Galatians, Paul showed the law as a tutor that brings us to Jesus.
In Hebrews the law is associated with a priesthood that has been made obsolete by a superior priesthood.
i. “Cease to think of cleansing, and consider the Cleanser; forbear to speculate on deliverance, and deal with the Deliverer.”
(Meyer)
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A better hope, through which we draw near to God: Because we have a better priesthood and a better High Priest, we also have a better hope and draw near to God.
Our hope is in Jesus, not in the Law of Moses or in our ability to keep it.
D. The superiority of our High Priest.
1. (Hbr 7:20-21) Jesus was made High Priest by the direct oath of God.
And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath (for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not relent, ‘You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek’ “),
a.
He was not made priest without an oath: The priesthood of Jesus was established with an oath.
It is recorded in
: The Lord has sworn and will not relent, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”
a.
They have become priests without an oath: The high priest of the order of Aaron was appointed by heredity, not by personal character or by an oath of God.
Not so with Jesus and the priestly order of Melchizedek.
God even sealed His choice by an oath.
2. (Hbr 7:22) Jesus: our guarantee of a better covenant.
By so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.
a. Jesus has become a surety: The ancient Greek word translated surety (egguos) described someone who gave security, who cosigned a loan to guarantee payment, or put up bail for a prisoner.
Jesus Himself is the guarantee of a better covenant.
b.
A better covenant: The Old Covenant had a mediator (Moses), but no one to guarantee the people’s side of the covenant.
Therefore they continually failed under it.
But the New Covenant – a better covenant – has a cosigner to guarantee it on our behalf.
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