Priest of the Most High God

Heb 7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
Heb 7:2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
Heb 7:3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
Heb 7:4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.


Melchisedec- God's High Priest. A man of mystery- made LIKE unto the Son of God. He wasn't the Son of God, He did not have a birth as Jesus had a birth- born of the Spirit-God become man. Melchisedec was not a God. But he was like the Son of God. Where is says 'without father without mother' we know that Jesus had a mother, that Jesus was born of a woman. Melchisedec's birth was unknown. Perhaps like any child abandoned in secret and found, raised by others, the parents are unknown- the origins of that child are unknown. Melchisdec could have been abandoned as a child. It's not unheard of and we really don't know. With no history- no descent- a person's heritage is completely unknown. We can guess at certain parts by the color of skin, the color of hair, and physical features but even those aren't perfect indicators. God chose Melchisedec to be His High Priest- a personal High Priest on earth not appointed by any man, but appointed by God Himself before the Levitical Priesthood institution was in place. When they say he had neither beginning of days nor end of life- again these are things that can't be verified all the time- this does not make Melchisedec a Son of God, it makes Him a Priest of God, a priest that abides continually. This was a great man and we are to consider how great-- so great that Abraham- promised of God- honored this man. He didn't honor Him as if he were God, but from God. God deserves a 10th of all we own, Abraham as God's chosen respected that Melchisdec was God's chosen High Priest and gave him a 10th of all the spoils he'd gained from the slaughter of the kings.


Chosen of God.


Heb 6:20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.


God's High Priest!


It's important for us to know this, it really is. We have to understand that our Savior is a High Priest appointed so by His Father, appointed by God. It's necessary for us to consider the High Priest's role in God's plan. A High Priest is necessary. At first each man was a priest to himself, for his family offering sacrifices to God for their sins and the sins of their family. God's plan for the future involved High Priests above the priest role. God appointed the High Priests to offer sacrifices for the priests and for all, answerable only to God Himself. The Levitical system formalized this plan of God's, and all of it pointed towards the Innocent Lamb of God- God's Son who alone could offer a PERFECT sacrifice. Is it no wonder we have to recognize our Savior as our High Priest before God, appointed by God?


We don't live in a time and haven't lived in a time without God's ultimate Sacrifice for over 2000 years. We've gone far away from the idea of having a priest, or a high priest offering animal sacrifices so that our sins can be forgiven. The priest NEVER forgave sin, God forgave sins as the blood was offered by the priests. No man can forgive sin against God, only God can forgive that sin and the only acceptable sacrifice is His Son's perfection, His Son's sacrifice. We can try all we want to obtain forgiveness through rituals if that's what we want to do, but no ritual will give us that forgiveness, only Christ Himself can give us that forgiveness. We have to confess to Him, we have to repent of our sins, we have to seek forgiveness through HIM and no other. But to believe we don't have to confess to Him, to believe we can have forgiveness merely through knowing He exists, to believe we have forgiveness without repentance and confession is a fallacy that we need to understand. That repentance can't be found through another. Even though we like to believe that there is no priestly services involved in anything any more, it's not true. Heaven has a temple, our High Priest is in that temple, God's sacrificial system moved from type on earth to reality in heaven and we need to know this.


By the grace of God we will understand more and more of all we need to understand by His will. Our hope is in Christ and Christ alone. Our Savior is our only hope and our belief in our Savior is that hope. We must believe that He is.


Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.


Let us have faith!


By His love now and forever!




Amen.