JESUS OUR NEW PRIEST LIKE MELCHIZEDEK
(Hebrews 7:4-6, 12, 15-16 NLT)
# Consider then how great this Melchizedek was.
# Even Abraham, the great patriarch of Israel, recognized this by giving him a tenth of what he had taken in battle.
# Now the law of Moses required that the priests, who are descendants of Levi, must collect a tithe from the rest of the people of Israel, who are also descendants of Abraham.
# But Melchizedek, who was not a descendant of Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham.
# And Melchizedek placed a blessing upon Abraham, the one who had already received the promises of God.
# And if the priesthood is changed, the law must also be changed to permit it.
# This change has been made very clear since a different priest, who is like Melchizedek, has appeared.
# Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed.
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