HEBREWS 14


     We will begin this lesson in Hebrews 7:13 "For he of whom these
things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave
attendance at the altar."

     In the previous lesson we were studying about Melchisidec who was
High Priest forever. We were discussing the similarities between Him
and Jesus Christ. This Scripture above explains, again, that this
Melchisidec is not of the Levitical tribe. Since He had no mother and
father, He is not a descendent of any tribe. He is of heaven.

     Hebrews 7:14 "For [it is] evident that our Lord sprang out of
Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood."

     Neither Jesus nor Melchisidec sprang from the Levitical tribe.
The only way Jesus sprang from the tribe of Judah was in the flesh.
His Spirit which is eternal sprang from no one. The priesthood of
Jesus and Melchisidec was of God.

     Hebrews 7:15 "And it is yet far more evident: for that after the
similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest," Hebrews 7:16
"Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the
power of an endless life."

     Jesus and Melchisidec, as we said before, are the Eternal One.
Neither had a beginning or an end. The power of an endless life shows
them to be part of the Godhead. Revelation 1:18 "I [am] he that
liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and
have the keys of hell and of death."

     Hebrews 7:17 "For he testifieth, Thou [art] a priest for ever
after the order of Melchisedec."

     Just the repetition of this statement makes us know how important
it is to realize who this is.

     Hebrews 7:18 "For there is verily a disannulling of the
commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness
thereof."

     We see in this, that the law came first. When the weakness of man
to keep the law was evident, God sent another plan to save mankind.

     Hebrews 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."

     Galatians 2:16 "Knowing that a man is not justified by the works
of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in
Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and
not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no
flesh be justified."  This Scripture in Galatians explains that with
faith in Jesus Christ plus nothing, we are saved. The law condemned
man and the grace of Jesus Christ brought hope to all who will
believe.

     Hebrews 7:20 "And inasmuch as not without an oath [he was made
priest]:" Hebrews 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:)"

     This oath, that Jesus was an High Priest after the order of
Melchisedec, was an oath that God took on Himself. This leaves no room
for dispute.

     Hebrews 7:22 "By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better
testament."

     Testament means a contract or a covenant. Surety means pledge. We
see then from this that the new contract between God and man is much
better than the law.

     Hebrews 7:23 "And they truly were many priests, because they were
not suffered to continue by reason of death:" Hebrews 7:24 "But this
[man], because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood."

     If we were to look in the book of Chronicles in the
Old Testament, we would find many, many names of priests and high
priest beginning with Aaron. Some of these were sincere ministers of
the temple, but some of them were bad. Two of Aaron's sons brought
strange fire into the temple and God killed them. God spoke to the
people through the high priest. The high priest also represented the
people before God.  The only Eternal High Priest was Jesus Christ and
Melchisedec.

     Hebrews 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."

     There is a beautiful prayer of Jesus to the Father and in it, it
tells so much about how He intercedes on our behalf. It begins in John
chapter 17 verse 9 and goes through chapter 17 verse 26. I quote " I
pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast
given me; for they are thine.  And all mine are thine, and thine are
mine; and I am glorified in them.  And now I am no more in the world,
but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep
through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be
one, as we [are]. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in
thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is
lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that
they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.  I have given them thy
word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the
world, even as I am not of the world.  I pray not that thou shouldest
take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the
evil.  They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou hast sent
me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.  And
for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified
through the truth.  Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also
which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be
one; as thou, Father, [art] in me, and I in thee, that they also may
be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.  And
the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be
one, even as we are one:  I in them, and thou in me, that they may be
made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent
me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.  Father, I will that
they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they
may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me
before the foundation of the world.  O righteous Father, the world
hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that
thou hast sent me.  And I have declared unto them thy name, and will
declare [it]: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in
them, and I in them."

     Hebrews 7:26 "For such an high priest became us, [who is] holy,
harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the
heavens;"

     II Corinthians 5:21 "For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who
knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."
We have no righteousness of our own. We are made righteous when we
accept Jesus as our Savior and are washed in His blood and made
righteous in Him.

     Hebrews 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."

     The blood of an animal could not do away with sin, it just
covered it up. There is absolutely no way that anyone could even
remember all of the ordinances of the law, much less keep them. The
blood of animals did not clear a person's conscience of sin. Hebrews
9:12 "Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood
he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal
redemption [for us]." Hebrews 9:13 "For if the blood of bulls and of
goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth
to the purifying of the flesh:" Hebrews 9:14 "How much more shall the
blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself
without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve
the living God?"

     Hebrews 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."

     We see from this that imperfect men were the high priest of the
people while the law was in effect. Our Eternal High Priest [Jesus
Christ is the perfect one. His dedication and love for His followers
is everlasting. Romans 8:34 "Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is]
Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the
right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us." He sits at
the right hand of the Father and pleads our case before Him. I John
2:1 "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin
not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus
Christ the righteous:"
















































                             Questions 14

1.  Melchisedec and Jesus were not from the _________ tribe.
2.  Our Lord Jesus sprang out of _____.
3.  Jesus was made a High Priest forever not after carnal commandment,
    but after the power of an _________ _____.
4.  When the weakness of man to keep the ___ was evident, God sent
    another plan to redeem mankind.
5.  Man is not justified by the law, but by what?
6.  What difference was there in the priesthood of Jesus and the
    earthly priesthood?
7.  Jesus was made a _______ of a better pledge.
8.  What does testament mean?
9.  What does surety mean?
10. What book in the Old Testament list many of the earthly priests?
11. Which high priest had two sons who brought strange fire into the
    temple?
12. What was the job of the high priest?
13. He ever liveth to make ____________ for them.
14. John chapter 17 verses 9 through 26 is what?
15. Who does Jesus pray for?
16. Who was the only one Jesus lost of His?
17. Who hates the Christians?
18. Why do they hate them?
19. Jesus prays not that they will be taken out of the world, but
    what?
20. How is the Christian sanctified?
21. Describe Jesus from Hebrews chapter 7 verse 26.
22. Quote 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 21.
23. How often did the earthly priests sacrifice?
24. The blood of an animal could not do away with sin, what was all it
    could do?
25. Who is the perfect One?
26. Who is He that condemneth?
27. Who is Jesus called in 1 John Chapter 2 verse 1?