TheLord has sworn and will not change His mind,“You are a priest forever. According to the order of Melchizedek.”
just as He says also in another
passage,“You are a priest forever. According to the order of Melchizedek.”
where Jesus has entered as a
forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order
of Melchizedek.
And this is clearer still, if
another priest arises according to the likeness of Melchizedek,
Now if perfection was through
the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the Law),
what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order
of Melchizedek, and not be designated according to the order of Aaron?
The former priests, on the one
hand, existed in greater numbers because they were prevented by death from
continuing,
For it was fitting for us to have
such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and
exalted above the heavens;
who does not need daily, like
those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for
the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up
Himself.
Therefore, He had to be made
like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and
faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the
sins of the people.
and not through the blood of
goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for
all, having obtained eternal redemption.
Therefore, since we have a
great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let
us hold fast our confession.
but He, having offered one sacrifice
for sins for all time, sat down at
the right hand of God,
For since He Himself was
tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those
who are tempted.
For we do not have a high
priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted
in all things as we are, yet without sin.
Therefore He is able also to
save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to
make intercession for them.
For Christ did not enter a holy
place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now
to appear in the presence of God for us;
For you first, God raised up
His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your
wicked ways.”
Yes, it is He who will build
the temple of the Lord, and
He who will bear the honor and sit and rule on His throne. Thus, He will be a
priest on His throne, and the counsel of peace will be between the two
offices.”’
