Tag: high priest

Hebrews 6:19-20 “We have this hope as an anchor for our soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where Jesus, Who went before us, has entered on our behalf. He has become a High Priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”

Melchizedek was both…king of Salem (the early name for Jerusalem) and high priest of the Most High God.  In these verses Jesus is also being shown to have combined both kingly and priestly duties.  For it tells us in Hebrews that Jesus entered the Most Holy Place, once for all, by way of His own blood and for our sake, and made atonement for the sins of all people.  And in doing so, we can now have this eternal hope…secure and reliable, that will never fail.

Hebrews 10: 11-12 ” Day after day every Priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.”

We can’t save ourselves.  We can try, and try, and try…but nothing we’ll ever do can rescue us from hell.  We need a Savior…a High Priest that offered the ultimate sacrifice on our behalf…Himself on the Cross…once for all.  And in doing so, gave us the greatest gift ever…the gift of eternal life.  Jesus Christ  is the only answer for this dying world…will you turn to Him today?