Month: August 2018
The incomparably greater High Priest. “Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not…
Read MoreThe Levitical priesthood was inadequate. Some of the first-century believers, the Jews, in particular, believed that perfection, the justification, could be achieved by the careful and meticulous observance of the Commandments and the regulations given to the priesthood according to the order of Aaron. However, the author of the Hebrews destroys this concept by asserting…
Read MoreThe Old Covenant priesthood was ineffective. The author of the Hebrews compares the God-incarnate, the Son of the promise, to the Melchizedek, the priest to the God Most High; to convince the readers that Jesus is fully qualified to be the High Priest even though He is not Aaron’s descent. Melchizedek did not inherit the…
Read MoreGod’s purpose in Jesus Christ shall not fail. The solemn warning Paul issues in the Hebrews 6:4 – 6, must be viewed seriously, and as stated. Warning in the above verses could neither be diluted nor its meaning rationalized. It is as Paul asserts. Our only hope, considering the solemn warning is to, at all…
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