LCHISEDEC AND CHRIST
Pastor J. C. O’Hair
In Hebrews 8:4 we read that if the Lord Jesus Christ were on earth He would not be a priest. But in Hebrews 6:20 we read that He has entered into heaven, made a High Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. He has entered within the veil. He entered by His own blood. (Hebrews 9:12). He appears in God’s presence for believers. (Hebrews 9:24).
The Lord Jesus was made under the law (Galatians 4:4). “Our Lord sprang out of Judah, of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood” (Hebrews 7:14).
In Numbers 1:50 we read, “thou, Moses, shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle.” “These are the names of the sons of Aaron the priests.” (Numbers 3:2) “Aaron and his sons keeping the charge of the sanctuary - and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death”. (Numbers 3:38).
Levi was one of Jacob’s (Israel’s) sons. So was Judah. Aaron and God’s earthly priests, under the law, descended from Levi. The Lord Jesus Christ is “the Lion of the tribe of Judah.” (Revelation 5:5). Christ could not have had a place as an earthly priest. And every such priest today is a usurper and a false priest spared only by the grace of God.
There was a priest by the name of Melchizedek (Melchisedec), who lived several centuries before Aaron and his sons were appointed priests over the sanctuary. There is something mysterious about Melchizedek. We have a statement about him in just two verses in Genesis 14:18 and 19: “And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine; and he was the priest of the most high God.” “And He blessed him and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth.”
Now concerning Christ, we read in Psalm 110:4: “The Lord hath sworn and will not repent, Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.”
Melchisedec is from two Hebrew words meaning “king” and “righteousness.” He was king of Salem, priest of the most high God. (Hebrews 7:1), “Salem” means “peace.” “King of Righteousness” - “King of Peace.”
Now note Hebrews 7:3: “Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.”
In the twelfth chapter of Nehemiah we learn how careful the Israelites were to keep the record of their priests for hundreds of years. They knew their fathers and mothers right back to Aaron and Levi “because the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.”
The priests of God presented man to God. Only Christ in this day of grace can do this. The preachers of grace present God to man in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Abram was an uncircumcised Gentile when he paid tithes to Melchisedec. That was more than four hundred years before Moses appointed and anointed Aaron and his Levites to be priests. So four hundred years before the first Levitical priest, Levi was in the loins of Abraham. (Hebrews 7:4 and 10).
Aaron, with his offerings, was a type and figure of Christ and His once-for-all sacrifice on the cross. But Christ, without beginning of days, nor end of life, is a Priest after the order of Melchisedec, and not after the order of Aaron (Hebrews 7:3 and 11). Aaron and his successors died, but Christ has an unchangeable Priesthood (Hebrews 7:23 and 24) “Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.” Hebrews 7:25.
See the Son, Who is consecrated for evermore (Hebrews 7:28), doing His work of intercession in the Seventeenth of John.
In the Thirteenth of John we see the High Priest as the believer’s Advocate and Washer of feet. Having loved His own which were in the world He loved them unto the end. (John 13:1). In Hebrews 7:25 He is able to save them all the way to the end (uttermost). Read I John 1:7 to 2:2.
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Download of Full Brochure Click Here In Hebrews 8:4 we read that if the Lord Jesus Christ were on earth He would not be a priest. But in Hebrews 6:20 we read that He has entered into heaven, made a High Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. He has entered within the veil. He entered by His own blood. (Hebrews 9:12). He appears in God’s presence for believers. (Hebrews 9:24).
The Lord Jesus was made under the law (Galatians 4:4). “Our Lord sprang out of Judah, of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood” (Hebrews 7:14).
In Numbers 1:50 we read, “thou, Moses, shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle.” “These are the names of the sons of Aaron the priests.” (Numbers 3:2) “Aaron and his sons keeping the charge of the sanctuary - and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death”. (Numbers 3:38).
Levi was one of Jacob’s (Israel’s) sons. So was Judah. Aaron and God’s earthly priests, under the law, descended from Levi. The Lord Jesus Christ is “the Lion of the tribe of Judah.” (Revelation 5:5). Christ could not have had a place as an earthly priest. And every such priest today is a usurper and a false priest spared only by the grace of God.
There was a priest by the name of Melchizedek (Melchisedec), who lived several centuries before Aaron and his sons were appointed priests over the sanctuary. There is something mysterious about Melchizedek. We have a statement about him in just two verses in Genesis 14:18 and 19: “And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine; and he was the priest of the most high God.” “And He blessed him and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth.”
Now concerning Christ, we read in Psalm 110:4: “The Lord hath sworn and will not repent, Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.”
Melchisedec is from two Hebrew words meaning “king” and “righteousness.” He was king of Salem, priest of the most high God. (Hebrews 7:1), “Salem” means “peace.” “King of Righteousness” - “King of Peace.”
Now note Hebrews 7:3: “Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.”
In the twelfth chapter of Nehemiah we learn how careful the Israelites were to keep the record of their priests for hundreds of years. They knew their fathers and mothers right back to Aaron and Levi “because the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.”
The priests of God presented man to God. Only Christ in this day of grace can do this. The preachers of grace present God to man in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Abram was an uncircumcised Gentile when he paid tithes to Melchisedec. That was more than four hundred years before Moses appointed and anointed Aaron and his Levites to be priests. So four hundred years before the first Levitical priest, Levi was in the loins of Abraham. (Hebrews 7:4 and 10).
Aaron, with his offerings, was a type and figure of Christ and His once-for-all sacrifice on the cross. But Christ, without beginning of days, nor end of life, is a Priest after the order of Melchisedec, and not after the order of Aaron (Hebrews 7:3 and 11). Aaron and his successors died, but Christ has an unchangeable Priesthood (Hebrews 7:23 and 24) “Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.” Hebrews 7:25.
See the Son, Who is consecrated for evermore (Hebrews 7:28), doing His work of intercession in the Seventeenth of John.
In the Thirteenth of John we see the High Priest as the believer’s Advocate and Washer of feet. Having loved His own which were in the world He loved them unto the end. (John 13:1). In Hebrews 7:25 He is able to save them all the way to the end (uttermost). Read I John 1:7 to 2:2.
This
is THE GOSPEL!
Believing Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
Read Romans 1:16, Romans 10:9-10
and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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