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True & BetterChrist in
Hebrews
True & BetterChrist the
Permanent PriestHebrews 7
True & Better
Who Speaks to God?
Questions Behind the Text• Did following Christ mean giving up the
priesthood?•Was it blasphemy to even talk about anyone
being better than the Levitical priests?!
• Answer from the Text: Jesus is the True & Better Priest, Because He Is Permanent.
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But First, Melchizedek
Hebrews 7:1-10•Melchizedek was the king of Salem who
Abraham encountered after his war (v. 1).• Abraham offered him a tithe of the spoils, as
you would a priest (v. 2).• Unlike the Levite priests, Melchizedek had no
genealogy to support his priesthood. He disappeared as suddenly as he arrived (v. 3).
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But First, Melchizedek
Hebrews 7:1-10• v. 4, “See how great this man was!”• The Levites are the descendants of Abraham,
but Melchizedek was his priest (v. 5-6).• Melchizedek was “greater” than Abraham, who
himself was greater than all the priestly descendants of Levi his great grandson (v. 7-10).• The Point: Even the Law could talk about a
priest who was greater than the Levites.
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But First, Melchizedek
Hebrews 7:11-19• If Levite priests were so great, why do we
have this story of Melchizedek (v. 11)?• If Levites priests were so great, why wasn’t
the Messiah a Levite (v. 12-14)?• The priesthood of Christ looks more like
Melchizedek than Levi, and that’s great (v. 15-19)!
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An Oath
Hebrews 7:20-22• Priests took an oath to serve God and man.• Jesus is a greater priest because God swore
his oath, not any man.• “The Lord has sworn and will not change his
mind, ‘You are a priest forever.’”• God’s oath lasts forever.
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The Priests That Die
Hebrews 7:23-25• No matter how great a Levite priest was, he
would ultimately die.• Jewish people of this time were not being
served by the noble priests of the past, but the political appointees of the present.• Jesus is a priest who can save “to the
uttermost,” meaning at all times.
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The Priests That Lives
Hebrews 7:26-28• Chapter 5 told us that Jesus is a better priest
because he was obedient.• Chapter 7 tells us that we will have this priest
forever.• The flawed priests served until they died.• The Son serves as priest in his death and
forever more.