Quote of the Week: Phillips
Friday, October 17, 2008 at 08:55PM Jesus is now in heaven, victorious, no longer laboring for what Aaron sought, but now ministering like Melchizadek. . .it is from an exalted and glorified high priest that we receive a better hope: the living Spirit of God to renew us, restore us, lead us, and empower us in newness of life.
Since our high priest is exalted in heaven with power to transform us, the Christian life is not a matter of outward performance but of drawing near to God by the Holy Spirit. Jesus has opened the way for us, so that we no longer relate to God through an external code, but in a living relationship through faith in Jesus Christ.
Richard Phillips, Hebrews, Reformed Expository Commentary, pg.240
Hebrews 7:15 This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, 16 who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it is witnessed of him,
“You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek.”
18 For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness 19 (for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
Reader Comments (1)
Some say that Hebrews and Romans are the most important books in the New Testament when it comes to understanding the whole of Scripture. It sounds like you are having a worthwhile study.