{"id":28868,"date":"2023-11-24T22:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T05:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/hebrews-7_1-10-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T12:38:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T19:38:51","slug":"hebrews-7_11-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/hebrews-7_11-19\/","title":{"rendered":"A Better Hope Through Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hebrews 7:11-19 <\/strong>\u00a0(CLICK HERE FOR\u00a0BIBLE VERSES)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs!<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s passage is\u00a0Hebrews\u00a07:11-19.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Hebrews 7:11-19 (NIV)<\/em><\/strong>
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the law was given to the people), why was there still need for another priest to come–one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron?
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must also be a change of the law.
\n13\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar.
\n14\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
\n15\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,
\n16\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life.
\n17\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0For it is declared: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
\n18\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless
\n19\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses\u00a011-19:\u00a0\u00a0Moses was the one who wrote down and introduced the Jewish law to govern the people of Israel.\u00a0\u00a0These laws are found in the first five books of the Old Testament, also known as the Pentateuch, and are sometimes called the law of Moses, or simply \u201cthe law\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0The law of Moses stipulated that Israel\u2019s priests, beginning with the first high priest Aaron, must come from the tribe of Levi.\u00a0\u00a0Yet along comes Jesus who breaks this mold in that:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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  • Jesus is not a descendant of the tribe of Levi, but from the tribe of Judah (v13-14)<\/li>\n
  • Jesus becomes a priest not because of his family ancestry but because of the indestructible life he lived (v16);<\/li>\n
  • Jesus is named a priest not in the typical order of Aaron as stipulated in the law, but in the order of Melchizedek as prophesied in Psalm 110 (v11).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    By recognizing Jesus as a priest despite him not being from the tribe of Levi or from the priestly order of Aaron, God was effectively changing the law (v12).<\/p>\n

    What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0A major theme in the book of\u00a0Hebrews\u00a0is that the old system put in place by the law of Moses was not a perfect system.\u00a0\u00a0It could not make perfect those who used it to draw near to God (see for example\u00a0Hebrews\u00a010:1).\u00a0\u00a0But then Jesus comes and ushers in a new system, also known as a new covenant, that is better and more effective than the old<\/strong>\u00a0(for example, see\u00a0Hebrews\u00a08:6; 9:13-14; 10:11-14).\u00a0\u00a0This new system established by Jesus does perfectly what the old system only did imperfectly: it provided full and complete cleansing of those who used it to draw near to God.\u00a0\u00a0When Jesus stepped in as our priest and sacrificed His body to pay for our sins, He made it possible for our sins to be paid for once and for all.\u00a0\u00a0In this way, Jesus opened \u201ca new and living way\u201d for us to draw near to God (Hebrews\u00a010:20).\u00a0\u00a0As verses 18 and 19 say:<\/p>\n

    18\u00a0<\/sup>The former regulation\u00a0[referring to the law]\u00a0is set aside because it was weak and useless
    \n19\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Here\u2019s another way to illustrate what the writer of\u00a0Hebrews\u00a0is saying in these verses:\u00a0\u00a0imagine an old house with leaky, rusted pipes that deliver water in such a slow and ineffective way that when you turn on the sink, you get at best a few drops.\u00a0\u00a0Now imagine that those old pipes are replaced with a brand new, beautiful set of pipes that are made of a different and much stronger material and that deliver water with power and efficacy.\u00a0\u00a0That is a picture of the difference Jesus made.\u00a0\u00a0The law of Moses and the priestly order of Aaron are those old, rusted pipes.\u00a0\u00a0Jesus is that new set of pipes that God installed to make His living water far more accessible to His people.<\/p>\n

    Father, thank You that You changed the game when You sent Jesus Christ to be our great high priest, not in the order of Aaron, but in the order of Melchizedek.\u00a0\u00a0Thank You that through Jesus Christ and His shed blood, You provided a new and better way by which we can draw near to You, be cleansed completely of our sins and be made perfect in Your sight.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Copyright \u00a9 2021 Justin Lim. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Hi GAMErs!<\/p>\n

    Today\u2019s passage is\u00a0Hebrews\u00a07:11-19.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

    Hebrews 7:11-19 (NIV)
    \n11\u00a0\u00a0If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the law was given to the people), why was there still need for another priest to come–one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron?
    \n12\u00a0\u00a0For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must also be a change of the law.<\/p>\n

    On verses\u00a011-19:\u00a0\u00a0Moses was the one who wrote down and introduced the Jewish law to govern the people of Israel.\u00a0\u00a0These laws are found in the first five books of the Old Testament, also known as the Pentateuch, and are sometimes called the law of Moses, or simply \u201cthe law\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0The law of Moses stipulated that Israel\u2019s priests, beginning with the first high priest Aaron, must come from the tribe of Levi.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28868"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28871,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28868\/revisions\/28871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}