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the anchorage of our souls. Sure and immovable, it reaches that inner sanctuary beyond the veil,✻ (Hebrews 6, 19)
which Jesus Christ, our escort, has entered already, a high priest, now, eternally with the priesthood of Melchisedech. (Hebrews 6, 20)
That is all; no name of father or mother, no pedigree, no date of birth or of death; there he stands, eternally, a priest, the true figure of the Son of God.✻ (Hebrews 7, 3)
Consider how great a man was this, to whom the patriarch Abraham himself gave a tenth part of his chosen spoil. (Hebrews 7, 4)
The descendants of Levi, when the priesthood is conferred on them, are allowed by the provisions of the law to take tithes from God’s people, although these, like themselves, come from the privileged stock of Abraham; after all, they are their brothers; (Hebrews 7, 5)
here is one who owns no common descent with them, taking tithes from Abraham himself. He blesses him, too, blesses the man to whom the promises have been made; (Hebrews 7, 6)
and it is beyond all question that blessings are only given by what is greater in dignity to what is less. (Hebrews 7, 7)
In the one case, the priests who receive tithe are only mortal men; in the other, it is a priest (so the record tells us) who lives on. (Hebrews 7, 8)
And indeed, there is a sense in which we can say that Levi, who receives the tithe, paid tithe himself with Abraham; (Hebrews 7, 9)
as the heir of Abraham’s body, he was present in the person of his ancestor, when he met Melchisedech. (Hebrews 7, 10)
Now, there could be no need for a fresh priest to arise, accredited with Melchisedech’s priesthood, not with Aaron’s, if the Levitical priesthood had brought fulfilment. And it is on the Levitical priesthood that the law given to God’s people is founded. (Hebrews 7, 11)
When the priesthood is altered, the law, necessarily, is altered with it. (Hebrews 7, 12)
