Good morning. We will sort of quickly go through his discussion about Melchizedek. He was king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him. Abraham gave him 1/10 of the spoils. His name meant king of righteousness; and he was king of Salem which means king of peace. No father or mother no beginning nor end of life. He was made like the Son of God - a priest perpetually. He received tithes and is witnessed that he lives on. Tithes were given to the priests, who were from the tribe of Levi. Melchizedek was not from the tribe of Levi. The one concerning whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe. It is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah. I know that is a lot, but there is a lot more that I skipped. From these comments (along with God saying that You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek), and the ones I skipped, it seems like the writer of Hebrews was saying that Melchizedek was actually Jesus in a pre-incarnate form. Because He abides forever, He is able to save forever (what the high priest did was kind of like saving them for just one year – and that retroactively) those who draw near to God through Him since He always lives to make intercession for them. The high priest did not live forever. It was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens. The earthly high priest did not have these characteristics. He needed a sacrifice to be made for his sins just like the people did. Jesus made one sacrifice for all time – for us. Father thank You that You saved the reader forever, and that Jesus makes intercession for him/her constantly.

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