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Tuesday, April 04, 2006
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Okay thoughts are flying here and the fastest way I know of to make any sense of them is to type them out. Writing is too slow. Even talking is too slow for my thoughts, but typing is good because I can see them forming before me and then correct them as they need it, without ever having to retract a statement.
So anyway, here I am looking at my bible. It's opened to Hebrews chapter seven, where Pastor Cattell had pointed out one lonely little verse in the middle of his message Sunday. Verse 25 was the one he cited, but I really think it needs to be taken into context, so I while I have read the whole previous chapter and a half to find out what we're talking about, I'll leave that to you and only bring out the previous two verses.
vs. 23- And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
vs. 24- But this man (Christ), because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
vs. 25- Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come to God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Pastor was talking about how Christ is always interceding for us before the Father that we may not walk into temptation. (And btw, that word that means "walk into" has the idea attached to it of "walking into" a brick wall, not a room.) Anyhow, he was talking about that, but what caught my attention was the next verse.
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; vs. 26
Verses like this always catch my attention, because they connect with my favorite hobby--clothes. Yes, they do; look. When a style or color becomes you, it flatters, or more correctly, complements you. A color can sometimes look as though it was made to match your eyes or a style may be made to fit perfectly, tailored just for you. It becomes you.
Christ became us, as a high priest. He was tailored--made to fit. God purposely went looking for a high priest that would match. Christ needed to be able to "save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him." He needed to be allowed to live forever for the purpose of interceding for you. So God made a new kind of priest. He made a man who "hath an unchangeable priesthood," not one who would inherit the priesthood from his right as a Levite, or would leave the office for someone else to pick up after his death. It is his office and his alone, because He will ever live and ever pray for you.
For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath . . . maketh the Son, who is consecrated forevermore. vs. 28 |
posted by cori
4/04/2006 08:10:00 AM
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