Understanding God’s Word Ministry

The Overcomer is Rewarded with More Abundant Life of Christ

Hebrews 7:24-27

The Ministry of Christ According to the Order of Melchizedek - 2 Aspects of Christ’s Ministry

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 Heb 7:11
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If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
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 Heb 7:12
For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
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 Heb 7:13
For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
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 Heb 7:14
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For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
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 Heb 7:15
And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
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 Heb 7:16
Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
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 Heb 7:17
For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
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 Heb 7:18
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For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
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 Heb 7:19
For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
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 Heb 7:20
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And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
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 Heb 7:21
(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
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 Heb 7:22
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
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 Heb 7:23
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And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
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 Heb 7:24
But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
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 Heb 7:25
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.
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 Heb 7:26
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For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
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 Heb 7:27
Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
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 Heb 7:28
For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.

Always Bearing in the Body the Dying of the Lord Jesus

2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
 2Co 4:8
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
 2Co 4:9
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
 
 2Co 4:10
Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
 2Co 4:11
For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
 2Co 4:12
So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

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Hebrews 7

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Hebrews 7

Fleeing to Christ, Our Refuge and Hope in Difficulties pt. 2

Hebrews 6
18 That by two immutable things (they are the Promise to Abraham of the coming Redeemer, and the Oath given as it regards Christ being a Priest forever after the Order of Melchisedec), in which it was impossible for God to lie (refers to the moral impossibility of such), we might have a strong consolation (refers to assurance), who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us (carries the idea of the sinner fleeing to one of the Cities of Refuge in Israel; in effect, he was fleeing to the High Priest who has offered Atonement for him and his sin [Deut. 4:42]; using that as a type, we are to flee as well to our High Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ):19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast (presents the Apostle changing the illusion from safety in the Cities of Refuge to a ship reaching harbor after a tempestuous voyage, knowing that her anchor is sure and steadfast), and which enters into that within the Veil (refers to the Holy of Holies, which Jesus has entered on our behalf);20 Whither the Forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus (presents the imagery of the Great Day of Atonement, when the High Priest entered the most Holy Place on behalf of the people; all of that was a Type of Christ, Who has entered the Holiest for us), made an High Priest forever after the order of Melchisedec. (This presents Christ as not in the line of Aaron, but another Order altogether. The old Levitical Order had an ending. This Order has no ending. Christ is an Eternal High Priest.)
Swaggart, J. (2005). The Expositor’s Study Bible (pp. 2126–2127). Jimmy Swaggart Ministries.

Fleeing to Christ Our Refuge and Hope in Our Difficulties

Hebrews 6
 
 
GOD’S PROMISE
13 For when God made Promise to Abraham (presents the Patriarch as the most illustrious example of those who “inherit the Promises” [Jn. 8:58]), because He (God) could swear by no greater (refers to the solemnity and power of this Promise), He swore by Himself (a guarantee with resources of Heaven behind it that the Promise will be kept),14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless you (refers to “Justification by Faith,” and is taken from Gen. 22:17), and multiplying I will multiply you. (This refers to his seed becoming a nation, and more importantly, every Believer being a “Child of Promise” [Gal. 4:28].)15 And so, after he had patiently endured (there’s always a distance between the Promise and the Possession, and that distance is never uneventful), he obtained the Promise. (The immediate meaning was the birth of Isaac. However, the eternal meaning was Justification by Faith, which would come about from Isaac’s seed, Who is Christ [Gal. 3:16].)16 For men verily swear by the greater (men never swear by one who is inferior to themselves): and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. (In our modern terminology, this means a contract has been agreed upon and signed by all parties, which ends all strife.)17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of Promise (refers to the Lord working in accordance with this universal custom) the immutability (refers to the fact that God will not change His Position as to His Promise) of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath (refers to the guarantee of the Pledge or Promise):18 That by two immutable things (they are the Promise to Abraham of the coming Redeemer, and the Oath given as it regards Christ being a Priest forever after the Order of Melchisedec), in which it was impossible for God to lie (refers to the moral impossibility of such), we might have a strong consolation (refers to assurance), who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us (carries the idea of the sinner fleeing to one of the Cities of Refuge in Israel; in effect, he was fleeing to the High Priest who has offered Atonement for him and his sin [Deut. 4:42]; using that as a type, we are to flee as well to our High Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ):19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast (presents the Apostle changing the illusion from safety in the Cities of Refuge to a ship reaching harbor after a tempestuous voyage, knowing that her anchor is sure and steadfast), and which enters into that within the Veil (refers to the Holy of Holies, which Jesus has entered on our behalf);20 Whither the Forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus (presents the imagery of the Great Day of Atonement, when the High Priest entered the most Holy Place on behalf of the people; all of that was a Type of Christ, Who has entered the Holiest for us), made an High Priest forever after the order of Melchisedec. (This presents Christ as not in the line of Aaron, but another Order altogether. The old Levitical Order had an ending. This Order has no ending. Christ is an Eternal High Priest.)
Swaggart, J. (2005). The Expositor’s Study Bible (pp. 2126–2127). Jimmy Swaggart Ministries.