HEBREWS 7: 23-28. NKJV. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing.  (24) But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.  (25) Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives up to make intercession for them. (26) For such a High Priest as fitting for us, ho is holy, harmless, and  undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; (27) who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for all the people’s, for this He did once and for all when He offered up Himself. (28) For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.

The author of Hebrews is unknown but the letter is addressed to Christian Jews who were in danger of reverting to the Jewish system to escape persecution. In today’s verses the subject is the superiority of Jesus Christ as the High Priest ordained by God,  who guarantees the salvation of all who approach God through faith in Christ. The Levitical high priests were temporary because of death and were tainted because they were sinful men  Christ Jesus is superior because He is sinless, holy, innocent and permanent.  He is our once and for all High Priest: in Christ we have permanent access to God unlike the ancient Jewish mediators.

Spiritually EVERYONE needs to be saved from the wrath of God. The wages of Adams sin is death and the just penalty for this sin must be paid.  So Biblical salvation starts from hopeless, sinful man. but God made us alive with Christ. We are saved at the instant of faith and God has promised in Christ, to bring this process to completion in our salvation. Our High Priest will be our mediator with God in the process of sanctification. Jesus saves forever those who come to God through Him.

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