Shall we bow our heads for
prayer. Father in heaven, we
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thank you for the awesome
privilege of coming into your
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presence to open your holy word.
We ask that as we study about
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the priesthood of Melchizedek
that your Holy Spirit will be
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with us to instruct us. We
ask that you will give us divine
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wisdom so that we might learn
the lessons which will be useful
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in our personal daily walk
with Jesus and we thank you for
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hearing our prayer for we
ask it in Jesus' name, Amen.
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In the Bible there is perhaps no
more mysterious figure than an
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individual called Melchizedek.
He's an individual who is
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mentioned in Genesis chapter
14. Throughout the course of
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Christian history there have
been different views about the
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identity of Melchizedek.
Some people have felt that
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Melchizedek is actually another
name for Michael the archangel.
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Others actually believe that
Melchizedek was another name
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for Shem the son of Noah.
Still others have believed that
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Melchizedek is really a name for
Christ in his preincarnate state
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and still others have believed
that Melchizedek is actually a
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manifestation of the Holy Spirit
in the Old Testament. Now I want
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to tell you as we begin that I
don't believe that any of these
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views is correct. I believe
that Melchizedek was actually a
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historical figure who comes
on the scene and disappears from
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the scene very quickly. Actually
I would like to begin by reading
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a statement, a very important
statement, that we find in the
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Review and Herald, February
18 of the year 1890. This is
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written by Ellen White. She says
this about Melchizedek: It was
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Christ that spoke through
Melchizedek, the priest of the
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most high God. Melchizedek was
not Christ, but he was the voice
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of God in the world and the
representative of the Father.
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And all through the generations
of the past Christ has spoken,
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Christ has led his people and
has been the light of the world.
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And so we find very clearly in
this statement that Melchizedek
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was not Christ. Melchizedek
was actually a representative of
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Christ. And we want to study
about that representative of
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Christ as the story is found
recorded in Genesis chapter 14
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and verses 18-20. In fact, let's
begin our study by reading those
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verses. Genesis chapter 14
and verses 18-20. We find these
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words...
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Now in order to understand this
passage, we must look at the
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story that comes immediately
before it. You probably remember
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the story of how Lot and many of
the men of Sodom were actually
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taken hostage by this group of
kings from Canaan. Actually it
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was a coalition of many kings
that got together. They came to
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Sodom. They took Lot and many
of the men from Sodom and of
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course they took all of the loot
or all of the riches of Sodom as
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well. When Abraham heard that
Lot and the men of Sodom and the
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riches of Sodom had been taken
by this coalition of kings from
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Canaan, Abraham gathered
318 men together. Now we need to
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understand that Abraham was not
a warrior and yet he gathered
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these 318 men together and they
went after this coalition of
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kings and the story tells
us that Abraham and his 318 men
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were able to defeat the kings of
Canaan and Abraham was able to
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bring back all the riches and
release the hostages that they
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had taken. There are two key
ideas in this story that comes
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before the episode about
Melchizedek. First of all, you
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have hostages and secondly we
find here enemies who take the
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hostages. We'll find that this
is very important to understand
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a little bit later on in our
story. So the enemies come and
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they take hostages. Abraham goes
he defeats the enemies and he
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delivers the hostages
from bondage. Then of course as
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Abraham is returning we find
this episode that we just read
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about; the episode where
Abraham meets with Melchizedek.
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Now there are several things
that I want to underline about
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the passage we just read from
Genesis 14 and verses 18-20.
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First of all, you'll notice
in this passage that Melchizedek
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suddenly appears on the
scene. There's nothing about
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Melchizedek before this and
we don't know anything about
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Melchizedek after this. He
suddenly appears and then he
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disappears from history. We
don't know anything about his
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birth. We don't know anything
about his genealogy. We don't
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know anything about his destiny.
He suddenly appears and he
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disappears almost as quickly
as he appeared on the scene.
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Another important detail that
we just read is that Melchizedek
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was the king of Salem. Now if
you read Psalm 76 and verses 1
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and 2, you're going to discover
that Salem is another name for
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Jerusalem. And so actually
Melchizedek was the king of
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Salem or he was the king of
Jerusalem. But you'll notice
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also that Melchizedek was not
only the king of Jerusalem but
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he's also spoken of as priest
of the Most High God. And so
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Melchizedek is king and he
is also priest in the city of
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Jerusalem. In other words,
in himself in the one person, he
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gathers the two functions of
king and priest. I want you to
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notice also that when Abraham
meets Melchizedek, Melchizedek
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brings out wine and bread. That
is very, very significant that a
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priest would bring out bread and
wine. Actually we're going to
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find that we have symbolized
here the Lord's supper, the
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symbolism of the Lord's supper
and of course Jesus is our
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great high priest according to
the book of Hebrews. You'll also
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notice in this passage that
Melchizedek blessed Abraham and
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Abraham gave Melchizedek tithes
from all of the loot, or all of
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the booty or the spoils
that Abraham had brought back to
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Sodom. Now these are very
important details because it
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shows that Melchizedek is
actually greater than Abraham
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because the one who blesses
is greater than the one who is
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blessed. And not only that the
one who receives the tithes is
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greater than the one who gives
the tithes. And so for these two
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reasons we discover
that Melchizedek is a greater
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figure than Abraham. Now it's
interesting to notice that as
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scripture moves along,
Melchizedek is mentioned once
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again in the Old Testament in
Psalm 110. Now you're probably
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saying, Pastor Bohr, your
saying that Melchizedek doesn't
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appear again in scripture after
Genesis 14 and that's true.
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Melchizedek as a person does not
reappear. What we find is the
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priesthood of the order of
Melchizedek and so it's talking
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the priesthood that comes from
the priesthood of Melchizedek,
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but it's not talking directly
about Melchizedek. Now in Psalm
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110 verses 1 and 4, we have
a very interesting Messianic
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prophecy which refers to
Melchizedek. Notice Psalm 110
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and verse 1 first of
all. It says there:...
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Now there are several things
in this verse that I want to
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underline. First of all, when it
says the Lord said to my Lord,
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the Lord, the first reference
to Lord is the covenant name
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Yahweh or Jehovah. The second
reference to Lord is Adonai.
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So in other words when it says
in Hebrew that Yahweh or Jehovah
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said to Adonai. And so really it
says, Jehovah said to my Adonai,
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sit at my right hand till I make
your enemies your footstool.
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Now it's very important to
realize that this is a Messianic
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prophecy. It's being given by
David, but David is not talking
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about his son Solomon. He's
talking about someone who is far
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greater than Solomon and you
say how do we know this? Simply
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because in Psalm 110 it says the
Lord said to my Lord. David is
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writing that the Lord said
to his Lord, to David's Lord.
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Now who was David's son? David's
son was Solomon. What is David
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calling Solomon if this is
Solomon? He's calling Solomon
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his what? His Lord. Let me ask
you, was Solomon David's Lord?
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Now he was David's son. And so
basically what we find in this
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verse is that this is not
speaking about Solomon being
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David's son, because David
is calling this individual Lord.
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And so if he's calling this
individual Lord, my Lord, in
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fact, it must refer to someone
other than his son Solomon.
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Are you understanding what I'm
saying? And so really this is a
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Messianic prophecy. Now let
me ask you, does this Messianic
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prophecy talk about kingship,
about rulership? Yes. In fact,
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Jehovah is say to my Adonai,
David says, the Lord is saying
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to my Lord to do what? To sit
at my right hand. Is he going to
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sit on the throne? Yes he
is. Sit at my right hand until I
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make your enemies your footstool
Who's going to make the enemies
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the footstool. It is Jehovah
Lord who is going to make the
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enemies of Adonai or the
enemies of the son of David in a
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Messianic sense, to be under his
feet. Now I want you to notice
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also Psalm 110 and verse 4. This
individual is not only a king
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who sits with Jehovah on
the throne because Jehovah says
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to Adonai, sit at my right hand
till I make all of your enemies
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your footstool. Not only is he
a king but I want you to notice
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that he is also a priest. It
says in Psalm 110 and verse 4:
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Lord, that's the word Yahweh or
the word Jehovah as we know it,
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So let me ask you according
to Psalm 110, is this Messianic
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figure going to be both king and
priest? He most certainly is.
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And his priesthood is going
to be according to the order of
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whom? According to the order
of Melchizedek. By the way, does
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the king have a special Son who
is going to sit with him on his
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throne until all of the enemies
are made subject to the Son
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by the Father? Absolutely. Very
important to remember this as we
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move along in scripture.
Now I would like to read another
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passage from the Old Testament
which is similar to what we just
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noticed from Psalm
110. Zechariah chapter 6 and
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verses 12 and 13. Zechariah
chapter 6 and verses 12 and 13.
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This is another Messianic
prophecy, another prophecy
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about the Messiah. And it's
talking about another individual
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who is going to be both king and
priest and once again you have
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two individuals involved, a
Father and a Son. It says there
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in Zechariah chapter 6 and
verses 12 and 13 the following:
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Then speak to him saying, Thus
says the Lord of hosts saying
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behold the man whose name is the
Branch. From his place he shall
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branch out and he shall build
the temple of the Lord. Now let
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me stop there for a minute. Who
was it that built the temple of
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the Lord in the Old Testament?
It was Solomon. But is this
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prophecy actually talking about
Solomon? No. Just like Psalm 110
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is not talking about Solomon,
because in Psalm 110 actually
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David is calling his son
Lord. That means that his son is
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greater than he is. It'
can't be Solomon. It has to be a
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Messianic figure so we're going
to find here that the builder of
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the temple of the Lord is not
Solomon. It is one greater than
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Solomon. And so he continues
saying: He shall build the
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temple of the Lord. He shall
bear the glory and shall sit and
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rule on his throne. Question:
Is this Messianic figure, who is
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called the Branch going to sit
on a throne? He most certainly
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is. He is going to sit and rule
on his throne. But there's more.
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Notice what it continues saying:
So he shall be a priest on his
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on his throne and the counsel
of peach shall be between them
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both. How many individuals
are involved in this prophecy?
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The word both means what?
Two. How many are sitting on the
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throne? Two. Is the Son
both king and priest? Yes he is.
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Now in the Old Testament
you remember that the kingship
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belonged to the tribe of Judah.
And the priesthood belonged
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to the tribe of Levi. But here
we find an individual who bears
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both functions or both offices.
He sits as a king on the throne
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with his Father and he also
serves as a priest after the
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order of Melchizedek. He is king
and priest. He takes the two
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functions which belong to the
tribes in the Old Testament and
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now he joins them in himself.
Now the question is, who is
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this Son of David who is greater
than Solomon the literal son of
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David? Well we don't have
to guess because in the book of
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Acts chapter 2 and verses 34-36
we find the answer given by
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Peter on the day of Pentecost.
Acts chapter 2 and verses 34-36.
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We find here the
Apostle Peter saying this:...
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What prophecy is Peter quoting
from? He is quoting for Psalm
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110 and now notice the
last part of the verse...
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So in whom is the prophecy
of Melchizedek fulfilled? It is
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fulfilled in Jesus who becomes
the King and the Priest of
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Israel and I'm not
referring about literal Israel.
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I'm speaking about true
spiritual Israel that joins
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Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
Now the greatest development of
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the Melchizedek theme in the
Bible is found in the book of
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Hebrews chapter 7 and we're
going to move through Hebrews
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chapter 7. We're actually going
to go through the whole chapter
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and we're going to see what it
has to teach us about Jesus as
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the successor of Melchizedek
or Jesus as the priest according
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to the order of Melchizedek.
Let's begin in Hebrews chapter 7
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and verses 1-3 where we have
an introduction to Melchizedek.
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And by the way, in the book of
Hebrews we're going to find some
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additional details that
are not mentioned in Genesis.
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We're going to find that the
Apostle Paul, whom I believe is
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writing in the book of Hebrews
actually takes the story from
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Genesis 14 and he not only
tells us certain things about
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Melchizedek that are mentioned
in Genesis 14, but he actually
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tells us a few things that are
not mentioned. In other words,
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he not only takes into account
what Genesis says, but he also
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takes into account what Genesis
does not say, what Genesis is
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silent about. Notice Hebrews
chapter 7 and verses 1-3:
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Is that in harmony with what
we read in Genesis? Absolutely.
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He is king and is priest...
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Now let me stop there just for
a moment. The name Melchizedek
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comes from two Hebrew words:
The word Melech which means king
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and the word sadach which
means righteousness. So the name
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actually means king of
righteousness. Now according to
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the New Testament, who is
our righteousness? Christ is our
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righteousness. You'll notice
also that the Apostle Paul
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explains here that Melchizedek
is the king of peace.
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Now according to scripture who
is the Shiloh, the peace giver,
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or the one who brings peace?
It is Jesus Christ. Now notice
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in verse 3 that the Apostle Paul
is arguing from what is not said
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in Genesis chapter 14 and this
has confused a lot of people.
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It says here in verse
3 about Melchizedek:...
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Now what has confused people
is they say this has to be some
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divine figure. Melchizedek has
to be a divine figure because
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we're told here that he didn't
have a father and he didn't have
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a mother and he didn't have
a genealogy. He didn't have a
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beginning of days, he didn't
have an ending of life so this
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has to be Jesus or has to be
a divine figure. Absolutely not.
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What the Apostle Paul is arguing
is that we do not have any
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record of these things. In
other words, do we know who
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Melchizedek's father was? No. Do
we know who is mother was? Do we
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have any genealogy. No. Do we
have any record of his beginning
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of days or of his ending of
days? Absolutely not. Now the
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text makes it very clear
that Melchizedek is not Christ
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because the last part of
the verse says but made like the
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Son of God, remains a
priest continually. Notice that
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Melchizedek is not the Son of
God; he is made like the Son of
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God. In other words, Melchizedek
is a type of Christ. He is a
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representative of Christ. He is
an illustration of the work of
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Jesus Christ. Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
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So when it says that he was
without father, without mother,
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without genealogy, having
neither beginning of days nor
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end of life it's not saying that
he had no beginning and he had
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no end. What's it's saying is
that we have no record of this.
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By the way, did the priesthood
of Aaron, the Levitical
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priesthood, depend on
keeping a very careful record of
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genealogies. Absolutely. Because
you had to be a member of the
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tribe of what? Of Levi, in order
to be a priest. But what the
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Apostle Paul is arguing here is
that Melchizedek had a right to
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the priesthood not because he
was of a certain genealogy but
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because his priesthood was
of a different order. Are you
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understanding what I'm saying?
Now let's jump to verse 4, verse
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4 and actually through verse
10 we're going to find that the
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emphasis is that Melchizedek was
greater than Abraham. And I must
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warn you that the argumentation
here becomes a little bit tricky
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so you have to kind of stick
with me on this. You know don't
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start thinking about what you're
going to do tomorrow or start
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day dreaming because I'm going
to lose you. The Apostle Paul
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uses some very strange logic
in this passage. It says there
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in verse 4...
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Question: Who is greater, the
one who gives the tithe of the
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one who receives the tithe? The
argument of the Apostle Paul is
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that the receiver of the tithes
is greater than the giver.
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And for this reason Melchizedek
is greater than Abraham because
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Abraham gave him the
tithes. Notice verse 5...
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Now did the Levites receive the
tithes? Yes they did. Did the
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Levites come from Abraham?
Did they descend from Abraham?
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Yes they did. So the argument
is that when Abraham gave
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Melchizedek the tithes
because the Levites descend from
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Abraham the Levites Melchizedek
tithes. I don't know if you are
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following what I am saying. It's
saying that actually Levi was in
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the loins of Abraham. That means
that he's going to descend from
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Abraham. So when Abraham
gave tithe to Melchizedek, the
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Levites gave tithes to
Melchizedek through Abraham
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their representative and this
makes the Levites also lesser
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that Melchizedek. Are
you understanding what the
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argumentation is? Now let's
go once again here to verse 5.
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And indeed those who are
the sons of Levi who received
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the priesthood have a
commandment to receive
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tithes from the people
according to the law, that is
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the law of the priesthood,
that is from their brethren
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Now not only is Melchizedek
greater than Abraham because
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Abraham gives him the tithes,
but Melchizedek is also greater
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than Abraham because Melchizedek
blesses Abraham and the one who
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blesses is greater than the one
who is blessed. Notice what we
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find in verse 7...
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Do you understand the logic that
the Apostle Paul is using? He's
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saying that the priesthood of
Melchizedek is greater than the
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priesthood of Aaron or
the priesthood of the Levites.
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And it's true for two reasons.
Number one: Because the Levites
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through Abraham gave tithes to
whom? To Melchizedek. And second
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Abraham and also the Levites
through Abraham were what?
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Were blessed by Melchizedek and
the one who is blessed is lesser
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than the one who blesses.
Raise your hand if you're
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understanding what I'm saying.
This is a very important part of
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the argument of the Apostle
Paul. So in verses 4-10 the
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Apostle Paul is emphasizing that
Melchizedek was greater than
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Abraham and he was greater than
the priesthood of the Levites.
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This is very foundational for
what he's going to come to in a
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moment. Now in verses 11-13,
we're going to find that in
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order for Christ who was the
descendent of Melchizedek to be
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a priest, he had to be a priest
from a different order than the
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Levites because Jesus was not
from the tribe of Levi. Jesus
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was from the tribe of what? Of
Judah. Did Jesus have the right
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to be a king? Yes he did. Did
Jesus have right to be a priest
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according to the order of the
Levites? Absolutely not because
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he was from a different tribe.
And so Jesus had to have a
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different priesthood than the
Levitical priesthood or else he
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could not be a priest. Now
notice Hebrews chapter 7 and
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verse 11...
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it's not talking about the 10
commandments. It's the law about
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the priesthood in its context.
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The law here is not the 10
commandment law it is the law
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of the what? Of the priesthood.
The issue that is being
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discussed here is the law of the
priesthood. What gave priests
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in the Old Testament the right
to officiate. It has nothing
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whatsoever to do with the 10
commandments. It's not saying
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that the 10 commandments had to
be changed. It's the law of the
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priesthood which needed to be
changed. Now I need to explain
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a little word that we find
here which is very important.
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The word perfection. If
perfection were through the
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Levitical priesthood.
This is not talking about moral
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character perfection. In the
book of Hebrews when it speaks
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about perfection it's talking
about the fulfillment of that
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which was in figure in the Old
Testament. Let me explain what I
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mean. In the Old Testament, when
the Israelites sacrificed an
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animal did that truly remove
their sin? No. It was only on
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the basis of the future promise
of the coming Christ that that
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sin would be removed. When the
priest went into the sanctuary
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and interceded for the people
did the priest actually do the
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interceding or was it Jesus in
the Old Testament who was doing
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the interceding? It was Jesus.
But we need to understand that
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in order for Jesus to stand
as our priest, he had to offer a
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sacrifice first. And so when
the Apostle Paul says that if
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perfection was possible through
the Levitical priesthood there
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would not be need for another
priesthood. He's not talking
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about moral perfection. He's
talking about the fact that the
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Old Testament system did not
actually remove sin, the priests
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of the Old Testament were not
the true priesthood. When Jesus
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came the true sacrifice was
offered and the true priesthood
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of Jesus was instituted. Are you
understanding? In other words,
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the Old Testament system was
inadequate. The New Testament
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system because everything that
the Old Testament pointed to was
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fulfilled in Christ, it's
much more adequate and actually
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fulfills the prophecies of
the Old Testament. Now why would
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there have to be a change
in the law of the priesthood?
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Why would it be necessary
you know when Jesus comes as the
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priest to change the law of the
priesthood of the Old Testament?
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Well the fact is that I've
already mentioned that Jesus
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could not legally be a
priest according to the Levites.
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In fact, it was a very serious
thing for an individual to claim
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to be a priest and not be from
the proper genealogy. He could
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actually be destroyed from among
the people if he claimed to be a
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priest and he did not belong to
the tribe of Levi. So Jesus did
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not have a right to be priest
according to the order of Aaron;
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therefore, the law of the
succession of the priesthood had
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to be changed and Jesus had
to be a priest according to a
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different order. Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
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Now let's actually continue in
verse 14, Hebrews chapter 7 and
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verse 14. Here the Apostle
Paul develops this thought...
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Did anybody from Judah officiate
at the altar? Did they have a
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right to officiate as priests.
No. So is Jesus from a different
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tribe? Sure. In order for Jesus
to be a priest, must the law of
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the priesthood change, the law
of succession according to the
00:34:50.35\00:34:55.00
fleshly commandment as
we're going to find. Absolutely.
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It says in verse 14...
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What is the law of the
fleshly commandment? It's the
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commandment that says
that priests must be from what?
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From the tribe of Levi...
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Because as Melchizedek we don't
have any record of his beginning
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or his ending of days, we don't
have a record of his father and
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his mother, his priesthood
continues so also with Jesus.
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Jesus is a priest according
to a different order. He has the
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right to a priesthood that is
not included in the priesthood
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of Aaron in the Levitical
priesthood. Actually in fact,
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if you look at the Old Testament
you'll discover that Jesus gets
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his right to be a priest
from Melchizedek. But he gets a
00:36:00.84\00:36:05.47
description of his functions
as priest from Aaron. In other
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words, everything that Jesus
does as our priest is prefigured
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by the priesthood of Aaron. We
don't know very much about what
00:36:13.80\00:36:17.54
Melchizedek did in officiating
as a priest, but we know a lot
00:36:17.57\00:36:21.51
about what priests did in the
Levitical system and so Jesus
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gets a description of his
functions from the priesthood of
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Levi or from the priesthood of
Aaron while he gets the right to
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his priesthood from the
priesthood of Melchizedek.
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Now notice verses 18 and 19.
Actually let's go to verse 17
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first. Let's not skip
that one. It's very important.
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It says there...
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Where is that quotation from?
From Psalm 110 and verse 4.
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Is that a messianic prophecy,
Psalm 110, verse 4? Is it
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applied directly to Christ?
Absolutely. So according to
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whose order is Jesus a priest?
He's a priest according to the
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order of Melchizedek.
It combines the prophecy of
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Genesis 14 and the prophecy of
Psalm 110. He does not come from
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Aaron, then he would not have
the right to do that, so the law
00:37:19.49\00:37:23.53
of the priesthood must be
changed and he must belong to a
00:37:23.56\00:37:26.37
different order.
Notice verses 18 and 19...
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Which former commandment. I
guess this is talking about the
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Sabbath commandment right. How
can you ever in the world say
00:37:40.60\00:37:43.89
that this is talking about
the 10 commandments and yet
00:37:43.92\00:37:45.79
Christians will used this verse,
they'll take it out of the
00:37:45.83\00:37:48.32
context and they'll say
this shows that the Sabbath
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commandment was annulled.
It's talking about priesthoods.
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It has nothing to do
with the 10 commandments...
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You couldn't profit because
Jesus couldn't be a priest
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according to that order...
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What does that mean that
the law made nothing perfect?
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Did the priesthood of Aaron
actually take away sin? No.
00:38:17.09\00:38:20.79
Did it legally remove sin? No.
Did it give the priests a legal
00:38:20.83\00:38:24.59
right to represent Israel? No,
because they were sinful men.
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And so it was unprofitable and
weak so it says for the law made
00:38:29.70\00:38:34.72
nothing perfect...
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In the Old Testament system the
people could actually not draw
00:38:43.24\00:38:46.78
near to God. There were barriers
because of the priesthood.
00:38:46.81\00:38:50.50
But now we have access to
the throne of God through Jesus
00:38:50.53\00:38:55.65
Christ the true priest
according to the order of
00:38:55.68\00:38:58.68
Melchizedek. And now I want
you to notice the priesthood of
00:38:58.72\00:39:03.31
Aaron was something that
was inherited because of your
00:39:03.34\00:39:09.79
lineage. But the priesthood
of Melchizedek was by a divine
00:39:09.82\00:39:16.24
oath. Notice Hebrews chapter
7 and verses 20-24. It says...
00:39:16.28\00:39:21.24
Inasmuch as he was not made
priest without an oath. In other
00:39:21.27\00:39:26.20
words Jesus was not made
priest without an oath...
00:39:26.23\00:39:28.64
Who is they? The Levitical
priests. They did it by lineage,
00:39:31.68\00:39:36.68
not by an oath...
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Is this a far greater priesthood
when it involves an oath from
00:39:53.06\00:39:57.14
God the Father saying to Jesus
you are a priest forever after
00:39:57.18\00:40:01.05
the order of Melchizedek rather
than the weak commandment that
00:40:01.09\00:40:04.69
you inherit the priesthood
because of your lineage. That's
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what the apostle Paul is saying.
And then notice; let's go once
00:40:08.29\00:40:13.40
again to the quotation of Psalm
The Lord has sworn and will
00:40:13.44\00:40:18.52
not relent, you are a priest
forever according to the order
00:40:18.55\00:40:23.02
of Melchizedek...
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Why is Jesus a surety of a
better covenant than this old
00:40:31.12\00:40:34.97
Levitical covenant. It's because
Jesus fulfills the Levitical
00:40:35.01\00:40:40.10
covenant and Jesus becomes a
true priest who can represent us
00:40:40.14\00:40:44.95
before God. Jesus actually has
the right to be our intercessor
00:40:44.98\00:40:49.90
because he is God and he is man
and he is perfect. Notice also
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verse 23...
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Was the priesthood of the
Levites a changeable priesthood?
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Of course, because the
priests what? The priests died.
00:41:15.16\00:41:18.88
They could not continue. Is the
priesthood of Jesus changeless,
00:41:18.92\00:41:23.90
enduring and forever? Absolutely
because as Melchizedek we have
00:41:23.93\00:41:28.59
no record of his origin or of
his destiny. Jesus according to
00:41:28.63\00:41:32.99
that priesthood we have also
the knowledge that Jesus had
00:41:33.02\00:41:37.55
no origin and Jesus is obviously
not going to have any end.
00:41:37.59\00:41:42.09
So what is said about
Melchizedek on a lesser
00:41:42.12\00:41:45.42
scale is said about Jesus
on a much greater scale because
00:41:45.46\00:41:50.08
Jesus is far greater than
Melchizedek and so the process
00:41:50.12\00:41:54.77
is Melchizedek is greater
that Abraham and Levi but Jesus
00:41:54.80\00:41:59.90
is greater than whom. Jesus
is greater than Melchizedek. Now
00:41:59.94\00:42:04.53
there's another reason why Jesus
is greater than the priesthood
00:42:04.57\00:42:09.05
of Aaron. Not only because the
priesthood of Melchizedek was
00:42:09.08\00:42:13.53
by an oath, but also because
Jesus is a sinless priest.
00:42:13.56\00:42:19.82
Notice verses 26-28 of Hebrews
chapter 7. Verses 26-28. It says
00:42:19.86\00:42:29.18
Is the priesthood of Jesus
eternal and unchanging? Yes.
00:42:41.92\00:42:46.42
And so we can always come to
him and know that he represents
00:42:46.46\00:42:51.07
us before his father. That could
not be said about the priesthood
00:42:51.11\00:42:55.51
of the Levites because
they were prevented by death and
00:42:55.54\00:42:58.69
they were prevented by their
sinfulness from fully fulfilling
00:42:58.73\00:43:02.19
the law of the priesthood. Now
notice what it continues saying
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in verse 26...
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How is Jesus different than the
Levitical priests. He is what?..
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Holy, harmless, undefiled and
separate from sinners and has
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become higher than the heavens.
Now let's stop there for a
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moment. Somebody says
well Pastor Bohr, it says here
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separate from sinners. So how
can Jesus represent us if he's
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separate from sinners. Let me
give you an illustration so that
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we can understand. If you were
sinking in quick sand would you
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rather have someone on solid
ground with a rope in his hand
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or would you rather have that
individual in the quick sand
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with you sympathizing with your
experience? (Chuckles) I think
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you would say I would rather
have someone on solid ground
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with a rope who can throw
the rope. You see if Jesus was a
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sinner just like us he would
need a redeemer, he would need a
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sacrifice, he would need a
priest to represent him. But the
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fact is that he's separated from
sinners in the sense that he
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never committed sin. He did live
among sinners, he sympathized
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with the sinners, he understood
the sinners, he understood the
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temptations that we have but he
never sinned. So he can identify
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with us but he's on solid ground
and he can throw us the rope and
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he can pull us up and he can
save us from the mire of sin.
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Notice verse 27.
Who does not need...
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So the priests in the Old
Testament you know they kept
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offering sacrifices and
sacrifices and sacrifices and
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sacrifices. With Jesus no way.
All he has to do is offer what?
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One sacrifice and that qualifies
him to become our priest.
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By the way this is very
important for some people who
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belong to a certain church
whose name I won't mention that
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teaches that in the religious
service Jesus is sacrificed anew
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each time and the sacrifice
of Christ is repeated time and
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again, time and again, each time
that the service is performed.
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The book of Hebrews tells
us very clearly that Jesus died
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once for all and in this way he
was qualified to be our priest.
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Verse 28:...
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Which law is this that appoints
this. What law is it, the 10
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commandments, right? No. It's
the law of the priesthood...
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In other words, as a result
of what he did he has been
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qualified forever to be our high
priest. Doesn't that comfort you
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to know that we have an elder
brother sitting on the throne as
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king but the king also
represents us as priest?
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I'll tell you what, that's a
very comforting thought that he
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doesn't come like the Levites
and repeat the same sacrifices
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over and over again, that he
wasn't full of sin and therefore
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needed an intercessor and a
sacrifice for himself; that his
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priesthood is not interrupted
by death but that he's a priest
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forever and he has absolute
power to represent us before
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God. That's a marvelous thought.
Now let's summarize what we have
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studied so far. Jesus in
eternity shared the throne with
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his Father. We found that in
Zechariah chapter 6 verses 12
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and 13. They both sat on the
throne. The counsel of peace was
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between them both. In other
words, in a certain sense Jesus
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has been king and Jesus has been
priest at least with respect to
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the promise of salvation
which was made in eternity from
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eternity. In a certain sense,
Jesus is a priest from eternity.
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Not in actual coming and
being sacrificed and actually
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resurrecting from the dead and
going to represent us before God
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but he's actually been
the go between the Father and
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us. Jesus actually was the one
who created us. So we find that
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Jesus actually is a king and
a priest forever. Furthermore,
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we have noticed that Jesus was
made priest by an oath by his
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Father which was repeated in
Psalm 110 but which actually was
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made by the Father in eternity.
The Father said if man should
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sin you will be the sacrifice
and you will be the priest to
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bring salvation to those who
sin. We find that Jesus combines
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both offices, the office of
priest and the office of king.
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The sacrifice of Jesus actually
forgives sin once and for all.
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There's no need for any
other sacrifice. And because his
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sacrifice was once for all
Jesus is qualified forever to
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represent us before the
Father because he ever lives to
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intercede for us. Now let me ask
you, has Jesus delivered us from
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our enemies. You remember
the original story in Genesis
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chapter 14. By the way, this
idea is picked up in Psalm 110
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where it says until I
make your enemies your what?
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Your footstool. See, it's
picking up on the idea the small
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scale model of Genesis 14 where
the enemies are overcome and
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the hostages are what? The
hostages are released. Question:
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Did Jesus destroy our spiritual
enemies by his death on the
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cross? Yes he did. Did he
deliver spiritual hostages from
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bondage to sin? He most
certainly did. In fact, let's
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notice how this is picked up in
Luke chapter 1 and verses 68-71.
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Luke chapter 1 and verses 68-71:
This is a very interesting
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passage where Jesus is taken
to the temple and I want you to
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notice what words are spoken
here and these words are spoken,
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by the way, by Zacharias.
It says there in verse 68 the
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following: Blessed is the Lord
God of Israel for he has visited
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and redeemed his people and has
raised up a what? A horn, by the
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way that refers to kingship, a
horn of salvation for us in the
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house of his servant what? David
There you have the connection
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with Psalm 110. As he spoke by
the mouth of his holy prophets
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who have been since the world
began that we should be saved
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from whom? From our enemies and
from the hand of all who hate
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us. Was Jesus going to be the
deliverer from our enemies. Yes.
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Not primarily physical enemies
but what? Spiritual enemies.
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The devil, his angels, sin, the
flesh, the world. By the way,
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did Jesus release the captives.
You can read in Luke chapter 4.
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It says that Jesus came to
release the captives. This is at
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the beginning of his ministry
and then of course you have
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Ephesians chapter 4 and verse 8
where Jesus is ascending and it
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says that he led captivity
captive. Just like Abraham
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went and he delivered Lot and
he delivered the captives and
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defeated the enemies and brought
them back. Jesus the priest
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according to the order
of Melchizedek fulfills this
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spiritually with his people.
By the way, Hebrews chapter 7
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emphasizes that Jesus is a
special priest because he is
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the Son in a special
sense because he has a sinless
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character and because he is
confirmed by an oath from his
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Father. Do you remember in
Genesis chapter 14 that when the
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victory was won bread and wine
were brought out by this priest?
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The priest of the Most High God.
Why do you suppose bread and
00:52:29.57\00:52:34.99
wine would be brought out? Well
let me ask this. What is the
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commemoration that Jesus left
of his victory on the cross of
00:52:40.93\00:52:46.78
Calvary? You know this.
Jesus himself before he died
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instituted in the church a
special ceremony. It's called
00:52:51.26\00:52:55.18
the Lord's supper. And the
Apostle Paul repeats this in
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I Corinthians chapter 11
that the night that Jesus was
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betrayed that Jesus took what?
Jesus took bread and then he
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took after this the cup
which we know had grape juice
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unfermented grape juice.
And, in fact, the Apostle Paul
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says that when you partake
of this bread and when you drink
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of this cup you announce the
death of Jesus Christ until he
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what? Until he comes. So the
bringing out of bread and wine
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by Melchizedek is actually a
prefiguring of what Jesus does
00:53:26.78\00:53:31.58
offering his body represented
by the bread and offering his
00:53:31.61\00:53:36.38
blood represented by the
grape juice as symbols of his
00:53:36.41\00:53:41.05
salvation. It's actually
a prefiguring of the Lord's
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supper. It is a commemoration
of the victory of Jesus on the
00:53:45.69\00:53:50.17
cross, the victory over the
spiritual enemies and he who
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released the captives
from captivity to Satan, from
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captivity to the world and from
captivity to sin. Now the final
00:53:58.21\00:54:05.29
fulfillment of this prophecy of
Psalm 110 is still to take place
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I would like to read in the
short period that we still have
00:54:12.40\00:54:17.42
left from I Corinthians chapter
15 and verses 24-28. And here
00:54:17.46\00:54:21.89
the Apostle Paul gets a little
complicated in the way in which
00:54:21.93\00:54:27.68
he writes and so I am going to
interpret as we go along. Once
00:54:27.71\00:54:33.43
again I Corinthians chapter
15 verses 24-28. The final
00:54:33.46\00:54:36.62
fulfillment of Genesis chapter
14. It says here: Then comes
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the end when he, that is Jesus,
I'm going to put in the names of
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the he's, who the he's represent
here because there are a lot of
00:54:50.07\00:54:54.61
he's and you get kind of
confused which he refers to
00:54:54.65\00:54:59.27
whom. And so it says that
he, that is Jesus, delivers the
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kingdom to God the Father. Who's
going to deliver the kingdom to
00:55:03.32\00:55:07.91
God the Father? Jesus is. When
he, now it's the Father, when
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he, that is the Father, puts an
end to all rule and all
authority and all power.
00:55:12.93\00:55:17.44
By the way, who gave the victory
to Abraham? Listen, if you read
00:55:17.48\00:55:21.95
the story, it had to be
God who gave him the victory.
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And Melchizedek comes to
commemorate the victory, but
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the victory was given by God.
And so it says here, when he,
00:55:28.21\00:55:33.05
the Father, puts an end to all
rule and all authority and all
00:55:33.08\00:55:38.36
power for he, that is Jesus,
must reign till he, that is the
00:55:38.40\00:55:43.46
Father has put all enemies under
his feet. When will all the
00:55:43.50\00:55:48.82
enemies be put under the feet
of Jesus? At the end according
00:55:48.86\00:55:54.15
to this. And then it says
the last enemy that will be
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destroyed is what? Is death.
Verse 27: For He, that is the
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Father, has put all things
under his, that is Jesus', feet.
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But when he says all things
are put under him that is under
00:56:06.11\00:56:10.21
Jesus, it is evident that the
Father, or that he, which is the
00:56:10.25\00:56:14.24
Father, who put all things under
him, that is under Jesus, is
00:56:14.28\00:56:18.49
accepted. Now when all things
are made subject to him, that is
00:56:18.53\00:56:22.54
to Jesus. By the way, who makes
them subject to him? The father
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does. Then the Son himself will
also be subject to him, that is
00:56:27.45\00:56:32.25
to the Father, who put all
things under him, that is under
00:56:32.29\00:56:37.37
Jesus, that God, that is God
the Father, may be all in all.
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The final fulfillment and Jesus
will be our priest forever in
00:56:42.07\00:56:46.59
the kingdom. He will be one of
us. He will conserve his human
00:56:46.62\00:56:51.11
nature and we will have
communion with him face to face
00:56:51.14\00:56:54.47
as our Brother who came
to save and to redeem us.
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Isn't this a marvelous message
that God gives all the way back
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in the book of Genesis.
He's actually giving a prophecy
00:57:04.48\00:57:09.28
prefiguring the coming of our
great High Priest, Jesus Christ,
00:57:09.31\00:57:14.54
our king who will sit with
the Father on his throne and the
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honor and the glory be to
the Father forever and ever.
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