1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,760 Good morning. How are you all doing today? 2 00:00:04,980 --> 00:00:08,240 Awesome, it's good to hear. I'm doing great. Thank you so much 3 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:15,040 If you are joining us here at Hosanna for the first time here in the sanctuary or if you're watching online for the first time 4 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,760 We want to say welcome. We're so glad you're here to worship with us today at Hosanna. I 5 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:26,640 Am pastor Nathan and today we're gonna be taking a very short topical break from Genesis to 6 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,840 Answer the question who is Melchizedek? 7 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:38,480 You know, this is a very mysterious figure that suddenly appears on the pages of Genesis in Genesis 14 8 00:00:38,480 --> 00:00:40,480 And then just as suddenly he vanishes 9 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:45,600 Scholars for years have been debating his identity and who he is 10 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:50,080 And you know for any reader of Genesis says you read through these these 11 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:56,600 Verses and you come upon this character. One of the natural questions is who is this guy? He seems important 12 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,120 He seems to have a major 13 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:03,400 Place in the story, but he just comes and goes and we almost never hear from him again 14 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,040 And so, you know in Genesis 14 as we studied through that last week 15 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:11,200 We pointed out some of the details about this guy Melchizedek and you know 16 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:19,040 There are very few very few details, but those details give rise to a lot of potential theories about who 17 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,880 He is and to make the issue even more unclear 18 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:29,440 Is this man Melchizedek is only mentioned directly in four places in the entire Bible? 19 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:34,880 Genesis 14 as we saw is the only historical reference to Melchizedek 20 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:41,960 Him as a man living doing something but then there's no mention of him again until we get to Psalm 110 in 21 00:01:41,960 --> 00:01:43,480 Psalm 110 is a 22 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:50,480 Prophetical Psalm written by King David that mentions the name Melchizedek and then nothing else 23 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:54,400 Until we get to Hebrews chapter 5 and Hebrews 7 24 00:01:54,720 --> 00:02:00,720 Where the writer of Hebrews is is connecting the dots between this man Melchizedek and 25 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:02,640 Jesus Christ 26 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:07,360 And then of course, he's indirectly referenced in Matthew Mark Luke and Acts 27 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:12,080 Where there's often conversations where Psalm 110 is quoted 28 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:17,600 specifically in identifying the identity of the Messiah and so 29 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:23,120 If you just had Genesis and just read the book of Genesis and that was it 30 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,080 I don't think we would think too much about Melchizedek 31 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,080 We would go who's this interesting character? 32 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:34,240 But we never hear about him again and so we might move on from that he's just a real small detail in the overall story 33 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,520 Of Abram's life just some king priest who knew 34 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,520 God most high the same God that Abram worshipped 35 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:48,560 But when we consider the other places in scripture where his name comes up, we find out that what he is 36 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:55,200 What that means and then by secondary reference who he might be 37 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,480 That information is an incredible value to our faith 38 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:04,240 What it all means what he points to what he represents is all very important to our faith 39 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:08,400 And it teaches us a very important truth that from the very very beginning 40 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:11,120 Before the law existed 41 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:16,160 Before the temple existed before the Jewish people even existed 42 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:21,440 God was already speaking to the world about who he was 43 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:26,880 Already speaking to the world about who the savior of the world would be 44 00:03:27,920 --> 00:03:33,600 And really that nobody would ever have an excuse to say that they didn't know who he was when he arrived 45 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,400 So we'll be dealing through the dealing with that today 46 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,000 And and really just answering that question 47 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,960 There's a lot of people that have been asking well, who do you think he is? 48 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,840 And and what do you think he is? And that's what we're going to go through today 49 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:47,840 But first we're going to worship God 50 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:52,960 Because as we study God's word, we have these wonderful opportunities to dig into these treasures 51 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:57,840 And to dig deep and and just really enjoy the the discovery that is in God's word 52 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,400 And what it ultimately reveals is him 53 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:05,760 Him our savior him our God him our love him our everything 54 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:09,200 And so we want to worship him as we start out today praising his name 55 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,000 And just letting him know that we love him so very much 56 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,520 Let's pray father we thank you God for who you are 57 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:19,920 Lord we thank you so much that that we have these opportunities to dig into your word and 58 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,880 Really deal with these interesting topics Lord 59 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:29,600 God sometimes you don't reveal details to us because well, they're really not that important in the big picture 60 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:36,320 But God every single part of your word is a is a treasure to be mined to be dug into and developed and 61 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,440 Thought about and chewed on and Lord we want to do that today 62 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,920 So we ask that you would just encourage us as we dig into this question Lord who this 63 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:48,640 This man Melchizedek might be and what it means to our faith today 64 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:53,600 But Lord we want to start by praising your name because you are holy you are worthy 65 00:04:55,120 --> 00:05:02,400 You are Lord our God our salvation you are our king you are our peace you are everything 66 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,400 And so Lord we thank you for the opportunity to to come together 67 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:10,160 We thank you for the opportunity to praise you and we thank you for the opportunity to study your word 68 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:14,960 Bless us Lord and we bless you as well in Jesus name we pray. Amen 69 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,720 We are going to be in a few places this morning as we 70 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:26,400 Try and answer this question. Who is Melchizedek? Obviously we we saw him last week. We were introduced to him 71 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:31,360 In Genesis 14 that was the context where we were introduced to him 72 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,600 And we're going to be looking at that again, but we're also going to be in psalm chapter 110 73 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:40,960 We're going to spend a little time in Hebrews chapter 5 and a little bit more time in Hebrews chapter 7 74 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:47,520 And so there's going to be a lot of information. I pray that it doesn't just hit you like like a tsunami 75 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:52,240 But if there's information you miss we are live streaming the video will be online 76 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,280 And so I encourage you to go back and and and watch it from there 77 00:05:55,280 --> 00:06:01,200 But to recap the context of where we're introduced to this very mysterious figure Melchizedek 78 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:08,240 It was in Genesis 14 and the background was that this king named Chetoleomer and three other kings from the east 79 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:14,720 Came to battle with Sodom and Gomorrah and the three other towns that were a part of that little confederation 80 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:20,720 Because they had rebelled against the rule of Chetoleomer and these other kings 81 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:26,240 Well, obviously the army of these four kings defeated Sodom and all the people that were there 82 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:30,960 and actually took all the people and all the material goods as 83 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:38,400 As the spoils of war and so they went back north on the way back to their their lands and then Abram 84 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:40,720 was 85 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:47,280 Informed by a survivor of the battle that they had done this but more importantly that in taking all the people 86 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:53,120 They had taken Abram's nephew Lot and so Abram rallied his people his 318 87 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:58,160 Trained troops along with some help from the three other canaanites that he was living close to and they went up 88 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,840 To defeat this army and they did they defeated the entire army of the four kings 89 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:07,520 They recovered all the people that were taking captive. They recovered all the spoils of war, which is significant 90 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:10,240 five cities worth of riches and goods 91 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,160 And as Abram was on his way back home to Hebron 92 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:17,200 We are then introduced to this man 93 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,120 Melchizedek that he ran through the city of Hebron 94 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:26,960 Melchizedek that he ran into outside of what would become known as the city of Jerusalem 95 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:32,320 This is where they meet and so let's read the story again in genesis 14 starting in verse 17 96 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:37,520 It says after abram returned from defeating chedoleomer and the kings who were with him 97 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,680 The king of Sodom went out to meet him in the shavev valley. That is the king's valley 98 00:07:42,300 --> 00:07:47,760 Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was a priest to god most high 99 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:51,520 He blessed him and said abram is blessed by god most high 100 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:58,480 creator of heaven and earth and blessed be god most high who is handed over your enemies to you and 101 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,040 Abram gave him a tenth of everything 102 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,040 so 103 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:07,440 This is where we get the the the primary details of who this man is 104 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:13,760 One of the important details that will be pointed out in hebrus later on is the meaning of his name 105 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,200 Melchizedek. This is an important starting point when we try and 106 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:19,760 Just determine who is this man? 107 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:26,160 In the scriptures now Melchizedek is a combination of two hebru words. The first word is melek 108 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,760 Which means king and the second part is sedek 109 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:38,480 So you got Melchizedek the second part means righteousness. And so what his name literally means is king of righteousness 110 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,320 We also find here that he is called the king of the 111 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:47,120 City of Jerusalem. Now that city of Jerusalem is called the king of the city of Jerusalem 112 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:51,840 And it's a city of Jerusalem. So we find that he is called the king of 113 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:56,960 Salem now that city Salem is come to be comes to be known as 114 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:04,720 Jerusalem later on it is a holy city and we get this understanding from psalm chapter 76 verse two 115 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:10,080 Where it tells us speaking of god it says his tent is in Salem 116 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,080 And that the city of Salem is Jerusalem 117 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,720 Well the place name Zion 118 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:19,360 Initially referred to the hill that Salem was founded on 119 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:25,440 Salem was conquered by David at some point and became known as the city of David. Well the hill that this 120 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,000 City was on was called Mount Zion 121 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:36,320 That name Zion eventually over time came to came to refer to the entire city of Jerusalem and then by extension 122 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:41,680 The entire nation of the Jewish people Israel and so Salem and Zion 123 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:43,040 are 124 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:44,800 the same place 125 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:50,640 And Salem we know became the city Jerusalem later on but what's interesting is the word Salem 126 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,200 means peace 127 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:59,440 So this man Melchizedek is the king of righteousness by name and the king of peace by position 128 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:01,680 very interesting 129 00:10:01,680 --> 00:10:08,800 We also read here that when he came out to meet Abraham, he brought out bread and wine and that should immediately remind all of us 130 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:13,280 Of the last supper as Jesus gave the bread and wine to his apostles 131 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,280 We're told that he is priest to god most high 132 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:22,880 A priest is simply somebody who performs religious duties and ceremonies, right? 133 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:28,880 We call those people pastors today, but in the catholic church, there's priests and in other places 134 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:34,480 They might call him reverend or whatever, but it's that person who does and performs those religious duties 135 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:38,400 But he is priest of a very special name god most high 136 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:46,400 We talked about that last week. That's that hebrew phrase el elion, right that refers to god in the almighty sense 137 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,900 Right god in the eternal transcendent 138 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:54,560 Beyond our comprehension huge holds the entire universe in the palm of his hand god 139 00:10:54,560 --> 00:11:01,520 The one true god above everything that's this name that we're called that we're told that he is a priest of and that's the only 140 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:05,520 Descriptor of who Melchizedek is a priest of god most high 141 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:11,840 How he became a priest of god most high. We don't know we're not told it just says that he is 142 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:17,760 But these details tell us that this Melchizedek was more than just a worshiper of god 143 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:22,560 More than just a believer in god that he was an honored representative 144 00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:24,560 of this god most high 145 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:30,560 Now we see him pronounce a blessing from god most high upon abraham 146 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,840 That's the function of a priest, right? 147 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:39,440 He pronounces a blessing that that that you are being blessed by god and as god's representative 148 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:44,320 He does that and then he pronounces a blessing on god most high, which is worship 149 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:49,120 When you proclaim the name of god, it's worship and also the function of a priest and every believer 150 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:54,560 And then the last detail we get here in genesis 14 is abraham gave a tenth to him 151 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,200 That word tenth means tithe 152 00:11:57,680 --> 00:12:01,840 So as abraham was was um met by this guy Melchizedek 153 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:11,040 Melchizedek blesses him in the name of god. It doesn't tell us how but apparently they recognize that they worship the same one true and living god 154 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:17,280 And in response of that recognition that this priest is a representative of the god. He knows 155 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:19,600 abraham then gives a tenth of the spoils which 156 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:23,440 um ancient times and biblically is always seen as 157 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:29,200 Somebody honoring one who is superior to them. So abraham recognized that Melchizedek was 158 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,520 uh spiritually superior to him as a priest of god most high 159 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,320 And then that's it 160 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:41,200 Melchizedek is gone no mention of him ever again at least historically 161 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:45,440 But when we get to psalms chapter 110 162 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:52,480 We see his name again now psalms chapter 110 was written by king david hundreds of years after this story with 163 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:57,360 Melchizedek and we're going to read that to see how his name comes up again 164 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:00,960 Verse one. This is the declaration of the lord to my lord 165 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:04,720 Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool 166 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:08,480 The lord will extend your mighty scepter from zion 167 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,200 Rule over your surrounding enemies 168 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:16,000 Your people will volunteer on your day of battle in holy splendor from the womb of the dawn 169 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:18,320 The dew of your youth belongs to you 170 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:25,200 The lord has sworn sworn an oath and will not take it back. You are a priest forever 171 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:27,840 According to the pattern of Melchizedek 172 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:32,480 The lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings on the day of his anger 173 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:38,080 He will judge the nations heaping up corpses. He will crush leaders of the entire world 174 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:42,800 He will drink from the brook by the road. Therefore. He will lift up his head 175 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:45,360 So that's a happy warm and fuzzy psalm 176 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,000 That is written by david 177 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:56,720 Now it's it's it's considered a messianic psalm because it was prophetic of the messiah that israel was expecting to come 178 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:04,800 Now this psalm incidentally is the most quoted old testament scripture in the new testament 179 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:10,080 Out of all the old testament this is quoted more than any other old testament scripture in the new testament 180 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:14,720 Specifically verse one where it says the declaration of the lord to my lord 181 00:14:15,680 --> 00:14:22,400 There's 27 or so direct or indirect allusions to this and the reason the new testament quotes this psalm so much 182 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:30,880 Is because it establishes very important details about who the messiah is going to be who the savior world is going to be 183 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:37,840 Now the big part that's quoted often is the very beginning where it says this is the declaration of the lord to my lord 184 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,440 Now if you got your bible in front of you your bible app you'll notice 185 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:46,480 That the first lord there is in all capital letters. The second lord is not 186 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:55,360 David is writing this and david is saying the declaration of the lord to my lord. The question is is who is david talking about? 187 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,240 What is he talking about? 188 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:05,040 Now this was an issue that came up later on in the new testament when the Pharisees were trying to talk to jesus about his identity 189 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,040 And jesus quotes this verse 190 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:14,960 But the lord in capital letters is the word yawai. We've talked about that word. That's that covenant name of god, right? 191 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:20,960 El elion is the big mighty god out there yawai is the big mighty god who knows me 192 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:25,360 Who loves me and has a relationship with me and so what it's talking about is 193 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:31,600 Yawai spoke to someone that david is calling lord lowercase letters 194 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:34,160 That word lord is adonai 195 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:38,240 Which simply means a person that is greater than the one speaking 196 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:45,600 So david says here yawai is speaking to someone greater than me making a declaration to him 197 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:48,800 That doesn't make it any less confusing, right? 198 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,880 Now in scripture when we have the declaration of the lord 199 00:15:52,880 --> 00:16:00,160 Now in scripture when we have this word yawai and there's no specific connection to the son or the spirit 200 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:05,840 It's generally assumed that it's referring to god the father right who is spirit 201 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:09,360 He is the the the part of the trinity there and so 202 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:15,920 What we have here incidentally is god the father declaring something to another personage that is greater than david 203 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:19,600 Someone that david calls lord and so you go. Well, who is it? 204 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:23,120 Well if we go through all the new testament places where psalm 110 is quoted 205 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:29,760 We're going to see that it's quoted over and over and over saying that these things apply to jesus christ 206 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:36,240 Matthew 22 43 was the first example I gave you where jesus quotes psalm 110 207 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:39,920 When the pharisees are arguing with him about who the messiah is 208 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:46,000 And they're saying look he goes who do you think the messiah is they go the son of david he's a descendant of david 209 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:51,840 And then jesus responds by quoting psalm 110 here and he goes well if he's a descendant of david why is david calling him lord? 210 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:58,640 And so he walks through this whole little argument here that says look the messiah is a descendant of david 211 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:05,280 And he existed before david and he is greater than david by david's own word right so 212 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:12,240 Whole point of that is that psalm 110 is being used by jesus to say that jesus is the one being talked about 213 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:19,520 Acts chapter 2 verse 34 when peter is prophesying about the deity of the messiah and the ascension 214 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:26,000 Of jesus he quotes psalm 110 so again we see that the psalm 110 here is speaking of jesus 215 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,040 first corinthians 15 216 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:31,760 hebrews 113 hebrews 1013 217 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:37,360 These are all quoting the psalm in the new testament referring to the dominion of the messiah 218 00:17:37,360 --> 00:17:42,080 The rule of the messiah and the superiority of jesus christ as the messiah 219 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:47,520 so psalm 110 we understand that this psalm is quoted always 220 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:53,600 To refer to the identity of the messiah to say who jesus is as the messiah that he's not an angel 221 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:56,320 That he's greater than david and so on and so forth 222 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:02,400 So what we have here in psalm chapter 110 verse 1 is god the father 223 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:06,400 Declaring to god the son these things 224 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:08,960 Throughout psalms 110 225 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,800 Now one of those things is that he will be holding a mighty scepter 226 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:19,840 That is a symbol of kingly rule like the kings would have a scepter and it would be like the symbol of their office and so 227 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:22,720 What god the father is saying to god the son 228 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:25,680 Is that you're going to be a king 229 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:29,280 And then later on down in the psalm 110 230 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:32,480 God the father makes this oath to the son in verse 4 231 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,840 The lord has sworn an oath and will not take it back 232 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:40,640 You are a priest forever according to the pattern of melchizedek 233 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:45,920 Well, we've heard nothing about melchizedek since genesis 14 234 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:51,280 Right. This is hundreds and hundreds of years later. What does that mean? What is the connection there? 235 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:53,120 well off the 236 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:56,160 On the very surface of it. We have the 237 00:18:56,160 --> 00:19:02,480 The the um on the very surface of it. We understand from genesis 14 that melchizedek was both a king 238 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:09,280 And a priest at the same time. He held both offices, which is something that wasn't allowed in the jewish law 239 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:16,640 And so what we see here in psalm 110 is that this coming messiah is going to be both a king and a priest 240 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:22,240 So now we jump to hebrews chapter 5 where we start to get a little more 241 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:25,680 More commentary more description on what this all means 242 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,600 In hebrews chapter 5 the writer says this 243 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:36,480 For every high priest taken from among men is appointed in matters pertaining to god for the people 244 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:40,000 to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins 245 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:46,720 He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray since he is also clothed with weakness 246 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,640 Because of this he must make an offering for his own sin 247 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:52,640 as well as the people 248 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:57,600 Now no one takes this honor on himself instead a person is called by god 249 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,600 Just as erin was erin was the first high priest 250 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,240 of the of the jewish people 251 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:09,680 In the same way verse 5 says christ did not exalt himself to become a high priest 252 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:13,760 But god who said to him you are my son today. I've become your father 253 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:19,200 It also says in another place you are a priest forever according to the order of melchizedek 254 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,200 So it's quoting psalm 110 here 255 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:27,760 During his earthly life jesus offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death 256 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:30,800 And he was heard because of his reverence 257 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:38,480 Although he was the son speaking of his place as god in the trinity he learned obedience from what he suffered 258 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:44,000 After he was perfected he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him 259 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:49,120 And he was declared by god a high priest according to the order of melchizedek 260 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:54,240 So genesis 14 is the first mention psalm 110 is the second place 261 00:20:54,240 --> 00:21:01,200 We see this word melchizedek and now we're here in hebrus 5 and this same psalm 110 is being quoted 262 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:07,760 Now the book of hebrews just as a quick background the whole book of hebrews was written to jewish people 263 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:11,600 Who had become believers in jesus christ so they were jewish christians 264 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:13,600 So they were jewish christians 265 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:19,520 But due to all kinds of things persecution and whatnot they were being tempted to say 266 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:23,440 You know what trusting in jesus alone isn't enough. We need to go back to the old ways 267 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:29,760 We need to go back to the temple and the sacrifices where the high priest made we need to go back to that because 268 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:34,480 That's where our security in christ is going to be they were being tempted to do this 269 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:39,200 And so the writer of hebrews is writing this whole book to say that's dumb 270 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:42,240 Jesus is all you need paraphrase of the whole book. Okay 271 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:47,040 So 272 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:52,160 As he's developing his thought he starts out the book of hebrews by saying jesus is greater than the angels 273 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,160 He's not an angel, right? 274 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:59,440 And then he goes on to develop other thoughts and he gets here to chapter 5 where he starts talking about the high priest 275 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:04,960 The person in the jewish temple who is called to to do all the religious duties 276 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:09,680 And one of them mainly talks about here was to offer sacrifices for sin 277 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:15,920 That the high priest in the jewish temple was the mediator between god and people right? 278 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:22,960 And so what he's saying here is all the way since the beginning when levi was born the original 12 tribes 279 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:28,800 Levi and the people of his line were designated to be high priests 280 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:31,360 They were designated to be the people who worshiped god 281 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:36,960 Back when all of israel got to the promised land everybody got some land that was theirs, right judah. This is for you 282 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:42,080 Benjamin this is for you dan. This is for you levi you get nothing 283 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:50,000 No, you get to serve god most high in the temple. You're going to be the tribe that that officiates all of the religious 284 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:55,760 Observances you're going to be the people who are the bridge between god and god's people 285 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,240 You are the ones doing all the rights and ordinances 286 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:02,000 You are the ones that are set apart for that that special work 287 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:06,320 But because you're set apart for that special work, you don't get any land 288 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:11,360 That you have to go work instead you're going to be taken care of by the people with land 289 00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:14,480 So that you could be the priests for them in your culture 290 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,560 Now the high priest of 291 00:23:19,120 --> 00:23:22,640 These priests was always from the tribe of levi 292 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,200 He was a descendant of aron 293 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,600 Who is the very first high priest? 294 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:32,400 And so although they offered atonement for people's sins. He's saying look in this old system 295 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:40,160 That guy that's offering sin for or offering sacrifices for your sin to make atonement to god. He himself is a sinner 296 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,880 So keep that in mind guys, so he's developing this thought here 297 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:50,480 And then he says look there's there's a lot of depth to this argument in the rest of hebrews 5 298 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:55,520 And then he says but you guys are too like spiritually lazy to understand it all and then through all of chapter 299 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,040 Six he's talking about how they're lazy, right? 300 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:03,840 And then in the end of chapter six he gets back to his topic about melchizedek and jesus 301 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:10,720 So starting with the idea that aron and all the high priest and all the priests after him were 302 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,400 Called by god because god said this is the tribe of the priest 303 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,600 Just like aron was called jesus was called 304 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:25,600 to be a high priest but not after the order that aron and the levites were called from he's called from a different order altogether 305 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:30,400 The order or the pattern of melchizedek so hebrews chapter 6 verse 19 306 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,000 The writer goes on to say we have this hope 307 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,120 As an anchor for the soul firm and secure 308 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,320 It enters the sanctuary behind the curtain 309 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:44,160 That is a reference to what the levitical priests got to do 310 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,520 Or the high priest got to do once a year where he went behind the veil 311 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:51,680 Into the holy of holies to make atonement for the sins of the people 312 00:24:53,120 --> 00:24:55,120 He would go in there with the blood that was 313 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:59,760 Shed from the sacrifice and he would sprinkle that blood all over the the mercy seat 314 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:03,680 Which was the lid over the ark of the covenant he only got to do that once a year 315 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:07,200 Here the writer of hebrews is saying we have a different hope 316 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:11,040 And it's a hope that enters the sanctuary behind the curtain 317 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:14,320 Jesus has entered there on our behalf as a forerunner 318 00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:19,600 Because he has become a high priest forever according to the order of melchizedek 319 00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:25,280 So again we're connecting jesus to melchizedek here 320 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:30,720 Now the primary function of a priest as I said was mediation between god and man due to the guilt of sin 321 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,880 And what we're being told here is jesus does that now 322 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,720 But not in the same way that we're being told 323 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:45,840 That now but not after the order of levi after the pattern or example of this man melchizedek 324 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:51,440 So then we get to chapter seven you guys still following me here, okay 325 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,640 For this melchizedek 326 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,200 King of salem priest of god most high 327 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:03,280 Met abraham and blessed him as he returned from defeating the kings. That's what we read in genesis 14 328 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,880 And abraham abraham gave him a tenth of everything 329 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:12,400 First his name means king of righteousness and then also king of salem meaning king of peace 330 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,880 So that's where we get the confirmation on that 331 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,440 Meaning of melchizedek's name 332 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:24,240 So this chapter seven is where the writer starts connecting all these dots between melchizedek and jesus christ 333 00:26:25,120 --> 00:26:28,160 One he tells us his name means king of righteousness 334 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:34,800 Well first john chapter two verse one it's written we have an advocate with the father jesus christ the righteous one 335 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:36,800 connection 336 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:41,040 Then it says he's king of salem which means king of peace 337 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:46,240 Isiah 9 6 told us that there was a child born who was the prince of peace 338 00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:50,080 Romans 5 1 says we have peace with god through jesus 339 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:52,800 So he is the mediator of peace 340 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,320 Let's go on in hebra seven 341 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,080 without father 342 00:26:58,080 --> 00:26:59,040 mother 343 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:03,600 Genealogy having neither beginning of days nor end of life but resembling the son of man 344 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,720 But resembling the son of god he remains a priest forever 345 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:13,920 Now considering how great this man was even abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of his plunder to him 346 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:19,280 So what it's telling us here now about this man melchizedek we read about in genesis 14 347 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:24,960 Is that he's without father without mother without genealogy no beginning of days no end of life 348 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,040 And he remains a priest forever 349 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,440 And abraham ties to him 350 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:34,720 So this verse is where all the conversation about who melchizedek comes from 351 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,840 There's a bunch of different ideas on who he might be 352 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:45,440 Um and what that means but one of the the popular ideas 353 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:52,160 One of the two biggest uh most popular ideas is that melchizedek is what we call a christophany 354 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:58,080 An appearance of jesus an appearance of god the son in the old testament 355 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:05,520 In the old testament right now in the old testament when we have an appearance of god just god in his in his totality 356 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:07,680 Appearing we call that a theophany 357 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:12,320 but when there's a specific thing in the old testament it's like wow that that looks like 358 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:17,540 Jesus the messiah god the son appearing in the old testament we call it a christophany 359 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:23,680 And there's a lot of connections here that that that are drawn that support that idea one 360 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:29,840 And then well it said melchizedek is without father jesus had no earthly father. We know he had a heavenly father 361 00:28:31,120 --> 00:28:33,120 Skip the mother part 362 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,640 But jesus always existed he had no beginning of days 363 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:39,840 Jesus 364 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,440 Had no end right he's alive and lives forever more 365 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:49,520 We talked about the same titles melchizedek means king of righteousness jesus is king of kings lord of lords 366 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:52,160 And he is the righteous one 367 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:58,480 Melchizedek is the king of salem jesus is is king of kings again, and he's the one that brings ultimate peace 368 00:28:59,660 --> 00:29:02,400 Melchizedek brought bread and wine to abram 369 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:08,240 Well jesus brought bread and wine to his his disciples during communion the last supper 370 00:29:09,580 --> 00:29:11,920 abram recognized that melchizedek was 371 00:29:12,700 --> 00:29:17,780 Superior to him and that was seen in his tithing his giving to melchizedek 372 00:29:17,780 --> 00:29:22,500 Well later on in hebraeus chapter 7 when when he's specifically talking about tithing 373 00:29:22,580 --> 00:29:27,940 He says that abram tithed to the one whose scripture testifies that he lives 374 00:29:29,140 --> 00:29:33,140 Who does scripture testify that is alive today jesus christ? 375 00:29:34,100 --> 00:29:39,300 So those are the major support points for this there's there's a bunch of others, but we'd be here all day so 376 00:29:40,820 --> 00:29:43,540 Now that it's very possible it's very likely 377 00:29:44,180 --> 00:29:46,580 That that there's truth to this right? 378 00:29:46,580 --> 00:29:48,820 But that's just one of the major interpretations 379 00:29:49,380 --> 00:29:56,100 And these all these elements that we just walked through are the things that that refute other ideas about who melchizedek is so 380 00:29:56,420 --> 00:30:00,580 The first idea is that melchizedek was actually god the sun 381 00:30:00,980 --> 00:30:02,980 bodily here on earth 382 00:30:03,060 --> 00:30:08,820 Ruling and reigning in jerusalem and he met abram on the road and abram realized who he was okay 383 00:30:09,860 --> 00:30:14,980 There's other suggested interpretations on who melchizedek is one of them is that he's a 384 00:30:14,980 --> 00:30:18,340 Jesus one of them is that he's shem noah's son 385 00:30:19,940 --> 00:30:25,460 Now of course if he's noah's son and he knew noah and noah knew god of course shem would be a priest of god most high 386 00:30:25,540 --> 00:30:31,140 Right problem is is there's no evidence for that. It's just jewish tradition ancient jewish tradition 387 00:30:32,580 --> 00:30:35,140 Some people say melchizedek was an angel 388 00:30:36,900 --> 00:30:41,620 And and there's some supports for that that that I don't think really hold 389 00:30:41,620 --> 00:30:46,740 Uh any merit but one of the things against that is it tells us that this melchizedek 390 00:30:47,300 --> 00:30:49,300 Had no beginning of days 391 00:30:50,020 --> 00:30:52,100 Well angels were created 392 00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:56,260 They had a beginning of days. So that is a big refutation of that 393 00:30:57,300 --> 00:30:59,540 and then the next one the the 394 00:31:00,420 --> 00:31:07,380 The second of the two biggest interpretations is that melchizedek wasn't jesus. He wasn't an angel. He wasn't shem 395 00:31:07,700 --> 00:31:09,620 He was just a human dude 396 00:31:09,620 --> 00:31:13,460 He was a canaanite who happened to be king and priest 397 00:31:14,100 --> 00:31:17,700 And he lived in a real place called salem and he existed for a time 398 00:31:17,700 --> 00:31:23,620 Just like every human does and he was just the guy that came out as abram went past salem and said hey 399 00:31:24,260 --> 00:31:27,140 I recognize that you worship the same god. I do and blessed him 400 00:31:28,420 --> 00:31:30,260 that interpretation 401 00:31:30,260 --> 00:31:32,260 follows the line that 402 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,980 Melchizedek is not jesus, but he's a type 403 00:31:34,980 --> 00:31:41,060 Of jesus you guys may have heard that word in bible study that he's a type of christ 404 00:31:41,860 --> 00:31:44,820 When you hear something referenced in the old testament as a type 405 00:31:45,380 --> 00:31:54,020 It simply means a person place or thing in the old testament that represents pre-figures or anticipates a corresponding reality in the new testament 406 00:31:55,780 --> 00:31:57,460 For example 407 00:31:57,460 --> 00:31:58,820 the ark 408 00:31:58,820 --> 00:32:01,380 We say is a type of christ why? 409 00:32:01,380 --> 00:32:06,980 Because the ark was this thing that people were hidden inside and they were protected from wrath protected from judgment 410 00:32:06,980 --> 00:32:09,140 And they were saved and let out the other side 411 00:32:09,700 --> 00:32:11,700 Saved from judgment right? 412 00:32:11,700 --> 00:32:17,780 That's what the new testament tells us about jesus that we are in christ and because we are in christ clothed with his righteousness 413 00:32:17,780 --> 00:32:20,820 We are saved from judgment. The ark is a type of christ 414 00:32:21,380 --> 00:32:25,300 If you've read the book of ruth, there's a guy in that book named boaz 415 00:32:25,300 --> 00:32:27,620 Who's known as the kinsman redeemer? 416 00:32:28,100 --> 00:32:30,100 He is a type of christ 417 00:32:30,100 --> 00:32:37,620 He's an old testament example and you go I see characteristics in him that speak of who this jesus is in the new testament, right? 418 00:32:38,420 --> 00:32:40,420 now 419 00:32:40,420 --> 00:32:46,100 The type of christ interpretation has its own critiques of the christophany and i'm going to walk through those real quick 420 00:32:46,900 --> 00:32:50,100 Obviously, we read hebra's 110 and hebra's 620 421 00:32:50,900 --> 00:32:58,420 Both of those places it says that it references the messiah who we know to be jesus is going to be a high priest forever according to the 422 00:32:58,420 --> 00:33:00,420 pattern of melchizedek 423 00:33:00,980 --> 00:33:07,620 Older translations say according to the order like fashioned after the order of melchizedek 424 00:33:07,620 --> 00:33:09,620 If jesus was melchizedek 425 00:33:11,380 --> 00:33:14,900 It would make more sense to say you are a high priest forever melchizedek 426 00:33:15,940 --> 00:33:21,540 Who is jesus right? There's there's a different way to say that that wouldn't imply they're two different things 427 00:33:22,580 --> 00:33:26,420 hebra's chapter 7 verse 3 we read that this melchizedek is 428 00:33:26,420 --> 00:33:28,420 resembling the son of god 429 00:33:29,060 --> 00:33:31,060 This one is a pretty substantial 430 00:33:31,140 --> 00:33:36,340 Proof text for me anyways because I was looking up that word resembling. What does that mean? Right? 431 00:33:37,620 --> 00:33:45,380 In every instance that word is used in the bible. It's always assuming two distinct separate identities 432 00:33:46,900 --> 00:33:52,660 I looked for places where it was referring to the same person, but it's always used to say a 433 00:33:53,540 --> 00:33:55,540 resembles b 434 00:33:55,540 --> 00:33:57,540 resembles b 435 00:33:57,780 --> 00:34:00,660 Not that a is a does that make sense? 436 00:34:01,300 --> 00:34:02,580 okay 437 00:34:02,580 --> 00:34:07,140 That word resembling there is is the idea of a becomes or is the same 438 00:34:07,860 --> 00:34:09,860 Becomes the same or is similar to b 439 00:34:10,420 --> 00:34:13,540 In characteristics, that's what that word resembling means there 440 00:34:14,020 --> 00:34:19,400 So that is one that you look at and you go. Well, that doesn't say that jesus is melchizedek. It says melchizedek 441 00:34:20,180 --> 00:34:22,840 Is similar to or like or resembling? 442 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:24,840 Hebrews chapter 7 verse 4 443 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:30,360 When it told us now consider how great this man is that abram tithed to him 444 00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:34,600 It says now consider how great this man was 445 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:37,480 past tense 446 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:41,880 If jesus is melchizedek, it would have made more sense to say consider how great this man is 447 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,360 right 448 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:51,400 And then herews 7 15 talks about another priest like melchizedek coming on the scene 449 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:53,400 Melchizedek coming on the scene 450 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:59,560 So there's there's these things that seem to imply that they're not the same person 451 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:04,120 But one looked like one resembled one was a type of the other 452 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:10,520 And then these are just a couple thoughts that that crossed my mind if melchizedek is christ 453 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:19,240 Then what that means is that jesus christ or god the son was physically bodily ruling on earth as priest and king 454 00:35:19,240 --> 00:35:22,760 He was being from jerusalem already 455 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:31,400 The new testament seems to indicate that that doesn't happen until the millennial kingdom 456 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:35,960 Where jesus is ruling and reigning bodily on the earth from jerusalem? 457 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:43,400 And then the tithing thing this is what the author of hebrews gets into here. Um the fact that abraham tithed to him 458 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:49,400 Now some people go abraham tithed to him that that that proves that it was jesus right he was he was tithing to that 459 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:52,780 Which was spiritually superior to him now. That's a possibility 460 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,240 however 461 00:35:55,240 --> 00:35:57,240 We know tithing doesn't 462 00:35:57,720 --> 00:36:01,080 Go straight to god like when you guys tithe here in the church 463 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:05,240 Like it's not going straight to god. Does that make sense? 464 00:36:05,720 --> 00:36:10,920 You're tithing to the lord you're giving to him of of what he's commanded you to give but 465 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:14,120 But what you're giving it to is actually the church the 466 00:36:14,900 --> 00:36:20,600 representatives of god and then they are to steward those funds in pursuing the work of god's kingdom 467 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:27,160 And so that's what the writer of hebrews gets into right here and back in hebrews chapter 7 verse 4 468 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:30,780 So after he makes these really interesting points about melchizedek 469 00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:33,800 He goes now consider how great this man was 470 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:36,440 Even abraham gave him a tenth of plunder 471 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:43,800 Here the sons of levi who received the priestly office have a command according to the law to collect a tenth from the people 472 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,040 That is their brothers and sisters 473 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:48,600 Though they have descended from abraham 474 00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:53,000 The idea there is he's going levi is one of the 12 brothers 475 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:57,400 But the 11 brothers were commanded to give tithes to levi 476 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:04,120 So in a way that that that kind of signifies that levi was was superior spiritually in that sense 477 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:07,160 Not like he was better than them, but he was at a at a more 478 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,520 higher level of responsibility 479 00:37:11,240 --> 00:37:13,800 So he goes though they have also descended from abraham 480 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:21,160 But one without this lineage collected a tenth from abraham and blessed the one who had the promises 481 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:23,880 Hold on to that phrase. Okay without lineage 482 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:27,720 Without a doubt the inferior is blessed by the superior 483 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:33,480 In the one case speaking of the levi's taking tithes from the people men who die 484 00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:35,480 I receive a tenth 485 00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:40,360 Right those priests they live a life they die, but they're receiving this tithe from the people 486 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,080 but in the other case 487 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:45,080 Speaking of this melchizedek situation 488 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:51,640 scripture to but in the other case scripture testifies that he lives meaning that when abraham tithed to melchizedek 489 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:55,000 It was like he was tithing directly to jesus 490 00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:58,200 verse 9 in a sense 491 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,440 Levi himself 492 00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:07,400 Who receives a tenth has paid a tenth through abraham for he was still within his ancestor when melchizedek met him 493 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,360 so what he's developing here is the fact that 494 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:18,440 abraham tithes to melchizedek speaks volumes of of the spiritual authority in the spiritual position of melchizedek 495 00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:24,600 And what he's telling these people that are writing this is is jesus is a priest after the order of melchizedek 496 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:30,680 And so when when they tithed to melchizedek they were in a sense tithing directly to jesus who is the right high priest 497 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,960 Not the levitical high priests you guys following 498 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:37,640 Wow less enthusiastic that time, okay 499 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:47,800 This section regarding the whole tithing thing because again some people go abraham tithed to melchizedek that means melchizedek is jesus 500 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:56,200 So what this is saying here is that the melchizedekian priesthood is greater than the levitical priesthood 501 00:38:56,600 --> 00:39:02,360 It's greater. It's superior to and then the example or the the reasoning he uses is because look 502 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:07,240 Levi who didn't exist yet but was still within the genetic code of abraham 503 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:13,960 Who would eventually be born since abraham tithed to melchizedek in a sense levi was tithing to melchizedek 504 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:19,240 And that makes melchizedek in his priestly order superior to the order of levi 505 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:25,960 And so and that ties back into that idea that we're reminded here that it was people who collected tithes 506 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,800 It was people who tithed to these earthly priests 507 00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:36,680 And so melchizedek receiving the tithe as a priest and a representative of god that doesn't necessarily mean that he was jesus 508 00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:39,800 It means that he was a priest 509 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:43,960 Of god who received the offering to god from one of god's people? 510 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:50,120 And that's just the same thing when we do today right when we give our offering we're giving to the lord 511 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:56,680 But it's going to the church you're a part of who stewards that on god's behalf. So 512 00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:02,540 If melchizedek is not a christophany 513 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:05,960 If he's not shem 514 00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:08,360 If he's not an angel, but he is a type 515 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:10,360 of jesus 516 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:16,840 Then what does melchizedek was without father without mother without genealogy having either beginning of end 517 00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:20,760 Beginning of days end of life. He remains a priest forever. What does that mean? 518 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:23,960 Right is is that telling us? 519 00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:25,080 um 520 00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:27,080 What we think it's telling us 521 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:31,880 I'm glad you're asking because i'm going to explain it to you. Okay 522 00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:36,760 Let's go back and read a couple things 523 00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:38,760 Hebrews chapter 7 verse 6 524 00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:45,240 The writer said but one without this lineage speaking of melchizedek 525 00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:49,400 He didn't have the lineage of a levitical priest because levi didn't exist yet 526 00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:53,800 He collected a tenth from abraham and blessed the one who had the promises 527 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,000 Now jump down to verse 11 528 00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:02,360 The writer of hebrew says if perfection came through the levitical priesthood 529 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:08,440 For on the basis of it people received the law what further need was there for another priest to appear 530 00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:13,560 Said to be according to the order of melchizedek and not according to the order of erin 531 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:18,040 For when there is a change in priesthood, there must be a change of law as well 532 00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:23,160 For the one these things are spoken about belong to a different tribe 533 00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:28,120 He's saying this jesus who were who were saying is of the order of melchizedek 534 00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:34,360 Jesus who is the messiah who was prophesied in psalm 110 to be a priest forever after the order of melchizedek 535 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:38,600 Says he belonged to a different tribe meaning he wasn't a levite 536 00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:42,360 No one from that tribe is served at the altar 537 00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:48,520 Only the levitical priests were allowed to serve at the altar in the temple verse 14 538 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:52,040 Now it is evident that our lord came from juda 539 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:56,280 And moses said nothing about that tribe concerning priests 540 00:41:56,280 --> 00:42:00,520 And this becomes clearer if another priest like melchizedek appears 541 00:42:01,240 --> 00:42:08,200 Who did not become a priest based on a legal regulation about physical descent but based on the power of an indestructible life 542 00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:13,640 For it has been testified you are a priest forever according to the order of melchizedek 543 00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:19,640 This section clarifies verse 3 when it says without father without mother without genealogy without all of that 544 00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:23,080 Verse 3 when it says melchizedek didn't have any of that 545 00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:31,560 What it's telling us is melchizedek wasn't a priest of high god most god most high based on the legal regulations of physical descent 546 00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:36,360 What do I mean by that to be a priest 547 00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:40,280 In jerusalem to be a priest in judaism in the temple 548 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:43,560 You had to be able to prove your lineage 549 00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:47,640 You had to be able to prove that you were of the tribe of levi 550 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:51,560 You had to be able to prove you were a descendant of erin who was the very first 551 00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:55,080 High priest you had to be able to prove that guess how you proved that 552 00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:57,880 With your genealogical records 553 00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:00,360 We've all seen genealogical records, right? 554 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:06,280 The afternoon will say father born died mother born died offspring born died 555 00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:09,720 And you see this whole list my mom used to be really into that stuff 556 00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:14,200 And and found out some really cool things about our background and has nothing to do with this 557 00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:19,080 So i'm not going to go into it, but but we've seen genealogies, right? We've seen those types of lists 558 00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:25,240 So when it says in verse three that melchizedek was without father without mother without genealogy no birth no death 559 00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:32,200 It's about whether or not melchizedek was a priest based upon the legal regulations about physical descent 560 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:37,240 It's not about whether he was really ever born or really ever died 561 00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:43,880 It's not about the fact that he didn't actually have a physical father mother what it's saying is that we have no record 562 00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:46,680 of melchizedek's father 563 00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:48,680 We have no record 564 00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:55,000 Of melchizedek's qualifications to be a priest based upon the levitical thing you guys want to go back to 565 00:43:56,440 --> 00:44:00,440 So according to the levitical law melchizedek couldn't have been a priest. He doesn't qualify 566 00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:05,720 And so 567 00:44:05,720 --> 00:44:07,720 We have no record of his genealogy 568 00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:10,520 We have no record of his birth or death, right? 569 00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:14,120 Go back to genesis 14. Does it tell us when melchizedek was born? 570 00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:16,440 No, he just showed up. Does it tell us when he died? 571 00:44:17,240 --> 00:44:20,200 No, he just it didn't even tell us he went home. It just moves on 572 00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:24,600 So there's no record of his birth. There's no record of his death 573 00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:29,640 There's a record of who his mom is who his dad is. There's no record of his genealogy. It means there's no 574 00:44:30,340 --> 00:44:35,480 Demonstratable record yet melchizedek was still a priest of god most high 575 00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:40,760 And so what the writer of hebrews is saying here 576 00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:42,760 Or at least his point 577 00:44:43,240 --> 00:44:48,680 Isn't melchizedek was never born never died jesus never born never died. They're the same person 578 00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:52,600 What he's saying here is that melchizedek's 579 00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:59,800 Qualifications to be a priest were not based on the levitical qualifications of the law and neither are jesus's 580 00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:04,360 He's a high priest declared by god of a completely different order 581 00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:09,800 Jesus doesn't need to come and prove your lineage even though he doesn't have a priest 582 00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:14,120 Your lineage even though he did it we have it in the gospels, right? Here's his lineage of the king of david 583 00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:17,000 Here's his lineage here, but he didn't need any of that 584 00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:26,540 He's qualified on a completely different set of qualifications. In fact, he was from the tribe of juda. He wasn't even a levite 585 00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:31,320 And that's the point 586 00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:34,440 That like melchizedek was a priest of god most high 587 00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:39,240 Outside of the levitical law that they so desperately wanted to cling to 588 00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:41,720 Jesus is a high priest 589 00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:48,440 Not after the pattern of levi not after the pattern of erin, but he's a priest after the pattern of melchizedek 590 00:45:51,240 --> 00:45:54,120 And then another thing that people point to to say jesus 591 00:45:54,920 --> 00:46:00,680 Can't be the same as melchizedek, but melchizedek is a type of jesus is if you follow things chronologically 592 00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:03,640 Melchizedek was here in genesis 14 593 00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:06,680 And then hundreds of years later you get to psalm 110 594 00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:13,320 Now david is writing the psalm the commentary of the bible says he was writing this under the inspiration of the holy spirit 595 00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:14,840 Which all scripture is? 596 00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:21,400 And as he's writing that he says the lord has sworn an oath and he will not take it back 597 00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:25,240 You are a priest forever according to the order of melchizedek 598 00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:32,280 That was when it was declared that the messiah was going to be a priest according to the order of melchizedek 599 00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:35,720 According to the order of melchizedek not before there's no record of it 600 00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:41,800 So people go if if if the messiah was declared there to be after the order of melchizedek 601 00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:46,840 He couldn't be melchizedek because melchizedek existed hundreds of years later. Make sense 602 00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:49,560 Okay, good 603 00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:52,120 I'm waiting for everybody. Just go. Oh, we don't get it. Okay 604 00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:56,520 Moving on we're almost done 605 00:46:57,320 --> 00:47:01,080 Hebrews chapter 7 verse 18 we're moving on through the argument of the author 606 00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:06,120 So the previous command is annulled because it was weak and unprofitable for the law perfected nothing 607 00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:10,040 But a better hope is introduced through which we draw near to god 608 00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:15,400 What he's saying is all those never-ending sacrifices under that levitical system 609 00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:21,560 With those levitical high priests who are sinners themselves. Anyways, all of that stuff is no more 610 00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:29,880 You don't have to do any of that anymore because jesus who came after a different order who has declared a high priest by god himself 611 00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:32,600 Is the once for all atoning sacrifice? 612 00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:35,160 Let's go on verse 20 613 00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:38,520 None of this happened without an oath 614 00:47:39,720 --> 00:47:43,880 That's what we read in psalm 110 for others became priests without an oath 615 00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:49,240 But he jesus became a priest with an oath made by the one who said to him 616 00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:52,600 The lord has sworn and will not change his mind. You are a priest forever 617 00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:57,800 Because of this oath jesus has also become a guarantee of a better covenant 618 00:47:57,800 --> 00:47:59,800 again 619 00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:04,200 Levitical priests qualified based upon the the jewish law 620 00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:08,680 They had to prove their lineage. They had to prove mom and dad. They had to prove all this stuff 621 00:48:09,560 --> 00:48:11,560 but jesus qualified 622 00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:17,480 Based on the power of an instruct indestructible life that word indestructible means unending 623 00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:24,040 How did jesus qualify to be a high priest for all mankind according to the order of melchizedek 624 00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:27,800 Because he came he died and he rose again and he's alive forever 625 00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:31,800 That's how he qualified put that on your resume 626 00:48:32,760 --> 00:48:34,760 I rose from the dead 627 00:48:35,080 --> 00:48:37,720 Right. I mean, it's pretty powerful so 628 00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:40,920 verse 23 629 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:43,320 Now many have become levitical priests 630 00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:48,200 Since they are prevented by death from remaining in office 631 00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:51,640 But because he jesus became a priest 632 00:48:51,640 --> 00:48:55,880 But because he jesus remains forever. He holds his priesthood permanently 633 00:48:56,600 --> 00:49:01,720 Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to god through him since he always lives to intercede for them 634 00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:07,160 For this is the kind of high priest we need holy innocent undefiled separated from sinners 635 00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:10,920 Unlike the levitical priest and exalted above the heavens 636 00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:17,640 He doesn't need to offer sacrifices every day like the high priests do first for their own sins and then for the people 637 00:49:17,640 --> 00:49:24,680 He did this once for all time when he offered himself for the law appoints his high priests men who are weak humans 638 00:49:25,720 --> 00:49:33,160 But the promise of the oath which came after the law psalm psalm 110 came after the law of moses was instituted 639 00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:37,640 The promise of the oath appoints a son who has been perfected forever 640 00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:45,400 So like we have no record of melchizedek's death 641 00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:48,680 And so technically his priesthood never ended 642 00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:55,320 Jesus has a priesthood that never ends 643 00:49:56,120 --> 00:49:58,120 Because he's alive 644 00:49:58,120 --> 00:50:00,120 You guys get that connection 645 00:50:00,680 --> 00:50:05,640 So jesus who lives always has lived will live forever is our high priest permanently 646 00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:09,560 See the problem with the levitical system is hey, that's the high priest. Oh he died 647 00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:13,000 Right, and then they would say once a year when he died 648 00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:17,240 Right, and then they would say once a year when he would go in there to make the sacrifice for people 649 00:50:17,240 --> 00:50:20,440 He had to wear bells on the end of his thing because if he wasn't prayed up and ready 650 00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:22,760 Boom, he was killed 651 00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:26,680 They tied a rope around his ankle because when they heard thump they'd go. Well, we need a new high priest 652 00:50:28,840 --> 00:50:30,040 Because he was a weak man 653 00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:31,480 He was a sinful man, right? 654 00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:36,840 He was atoning for his own sin as well as the people's sin when he went in to make the sacrifice but jesus 655 00:50:38,740 --> 00:50:40,660 Sinless 656 00:50:40,660 --> 00:50:44,840 Jesus qualified to be a priest by the order of milk is a deck 657 00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:48,120 after the pattern of 658 00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:49,480 meaning 659 00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:51,480 It wasn't based on genealogy 660 00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:53,560 It wasn't based on who his mom and dad was 661 00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:56,200 We have no record of his birth and death 662 00:50:57,640 --> 00:51:02,600 All we know is that milk is a deck was a priest and then he was gone and so technically his priesthood is forever 663 00:51:03,080 --> 00:51:04,440 Well like 664 00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:10,280 That jesus we know who is alive his priesthood will be forever. He will be interceding for us for all time 665 00:51:11,560 --> 00:51:13,560 Unlike the levitical system now 666 00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:23,320 So does one does what one might believe about whom elkiz adik is affect anything important in our faith and salvation 667 00:51:24,360 --> 00:51:25,720 No 668 00:51:25,720 --> 00:51:27,960 You're like, why do we just spend a whole day then on that? 669 00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:32,280 People argue people are concerned people want to make hard stances 670 00:51:34,040 --> 00:51:38,440 I've been yelled at once because I was like, I'm not sure it's a christophany 671 00:51:38,440 --> 00:51:42,280 I I think it kind of there's a lot of evidence the other ways and and 672 00:51:42,760 --> 00:51:46,920 Someone just looked at me and said you're wrong. Okay, sorry, you know 673 00:51:47,240 --> 00:51:54,360 Now I do acknowledge that that the fact that it's a christophany that that's possible. There's there's there's possible support support for that 674 00:51:54,360 --> 00:51:59,640 But there's also kind of more holes in that argument than the fact that melkiz adik was just a real canine 675 00:51:59,640 --> 00:52:03,320 I priest who was a type of christ that's kind of where I stand on it 676 00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:07,320 The idea is don't divide over this. Okay, it's an interesting topical thing to walk through 677 00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:13,400 We're blessed that the word is infinitely deep that we can mine and mine and mine forever to connect things, but 678 00:52:14,200 --> 00:52:16,200 It's not a salvational issue 679 00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:21,800 Whether you believe melkiz adik is a christophany or he's a type of christophany 680 00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:25,320 If you think he's an angel or shim, that's a whole nother conversation we need to have but 681 00:52:25,880 --> 00:52:29,800 Whether you think it's christ or not what melkiz adik for sure shows us 682 00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:35,320 Is that our god your god my god loved us so much 683 00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:38,920 That all the way back in the beginning 684 00:52:41,160 --> 00:52:44,520 He made sure to give us at least glimpses 685 00:52:45,480 --> 00:52:49,000 To give us pictures to give us hints to give us time to think about 686 00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:54,520 To give us pictures to give us hints to give us types of who the messiah would be 687 00:52:54,840 --> 00:52:57,000 So that when he got here, we wouldn't miss it 688 00:52:59,320 --> 00:53:03,400 Instead we be able to look back and go man god's been talking about this from the very beginning 689 00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:10,760 He's been showing us that this person in this person all these people who are examples of who our savior would be 690 00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:17,160 And then when you take that and you couple that with all the prophecies of the messiah that were fulfilled by jesus 691 00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:23,800 We simply walk away with something that is is so powerful. We can rest assured that our hope 692 00:53:25,480 --> 00:53:28,040 Rests in the one true and living god 693 00:53:29,880 --> 00:53:35,320 The god who who came to this earth who lived and died for us who died on the cross for our sins 694 00:53:35,640 --> 00:53:42,600 He was our atoning sacrifice once and for all time that we would be able to stand before god forever pure and forgiven 695 00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:48,440 That our relationship with god wouldn't be one based upon the old system of i gotta keep coming back 696 00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:53,560 I messed up. I messed up. I messed up which is how a lot of people want to live their faith today 697 00:53:53,560 --> 00:53:55,560 And god's like you don't have to do that 698 00:53:56,680 --> 00:54:01,400 No, I messed up yesterday. I have to pay the price for it today. Jesus already paid the price 699 00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:09,320 And so knowing these things knowing that we're going to be with him forever because of what he did 700 00:54:09,320 --> 00:54:13,000 Allows us to live free not shackled to the law 701 00:54:14,120 --> 00:54:19,560 But free from the law saying god I could live a life in obedience to you to glorify your name 702 00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:25,320 Without having it to be about performance and it happened to be about earning points and then no 703 00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:31,080 God I can live for you and endeavor to to glorify you just because you're you 704 00:54:34,120 --> 00:54:36,120 And knowing you're gonna stumble 705 00:54:36,120 --> 00:54:39,320 Along the way jesus is like I knew that too. That's why I died for that already 706 00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:43,720 You see the freedom in that that's a completely different relationship 707 00:54:45,880 --> 00:54:49,160 The fact that malchysidic was a priest without any of the 708 00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:52,600 qualifications that the law said were so important 709 00:54:53,720 --> 00:54:55,720 Proves that the law was temporary 710 00:54:56,920 --> 00:54:59,160 It's not the foundation. It's not the end-all 711 00:54:59,720 --> 00:55:03,160 In fact the bible tells us very clearly the law existed for one and all time 712 00:55:03,160 --> 00:55:06,520 In fact, the bible tells us very clearly the law existed for one reason 713 00:55:07,480 --> 00:55:09,480 To drive you to christ 714 00:55:09,880 --> 00:55:11,880 It says it was a school master, right? 715 00:55:12,280 --> 00:55:16,760 The law wasn't anything we were ever to look at and go I could follow those rules. I'm righteous 716 00:55:18,680 --> 00:55:20,840 No, what the law said is you can't 717 00:55:21,560 --> 00:55:23,560 No matter how hard you try 718 00:55:24,200 --> 00:55:26,760 That's why you got to keep coming back to the priest you get it 719 00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:30,520 Blood needs to be shed to pay the price for our disobedience to god 720 00:55:30,520 --> 00:55:33,800 That's what those sacrifices are reminding for generation after generation 721 00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:38,280 And jesus 722 00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:41,960 Who came on the scene from the tribe of juda the lion? 723 00:55:43,400 --> 00:55:45,400 Not of the tribe of levi 724 00:55:46,440 --> 00:55:47,960 God said 725 00:55:47,960 --> 00:55:49,880 You're a high priest 726 00:55:49,880 --> 00:55:55,260 In fact, you're the high priest who will intercede forever because you live forever 727 00:55:55,260 --> 00:55:59,580 Forever and then while we're here on this earth, right? 728 00:56:01,420 --> 00:56:03,420 We are blessed by jesus 729 00:56:04,940 --> 00:56:07,840 Just like abram was blessed by malchistak 730 00:56:08,940 --> 00:56:15,420 We respond to jesus and honor him through our obedience and our offering and our worship and given given 731 00:56:15,820 --> 00:56:18,780 Giving to him what's due him because he's he's god 732 00:56:18,780 --> 00:56:24,540 Because he's so much far above us we give in in in with needs and we give in our church and we give on these things 733 00:56:24,540 --> 00:56:26,540 What why? 734 00:56:26,540 --> 00:56:33,500 It's an example of what abraham did with malchistak. I recognize who you represent and I serve that same god 735 00:56:33,980 --> 00:56:37,100 And i'm gonna give to you in faith to honor him 736 00:56:39,420 --> 00:56:42,940 And we do all that knowing that we're in interceded for always 737 00:56:43,740 --> 00:56:45,740 Because jesus's priesthood 738 00:56:45,740 --> 00:56:47,740 After the pattern of malchistak 739 00:56:47,740 --> 00:56:49,740 Has no end 740 00:56:50,860 --> 00:56:52,860 Amen, let's pray 741 00:56:55,100 --> 00:56:57,100 Father 742 00:56:58,700 --> 00:57:00,700 Again lord, we're grateful that your word is 743 00:57:02,060 --> 00:57:04,060 Is a mine we could mine infinitely 744 00:57:05,500 --> 00:57:07,740 And pull out gems and treasures of truth 745 00:57:10,220 --> 00:57:14,060 But god, I think there was a reason why malchistak came on the scene and then left 746 00:57:14,060 --> 00:57:18,940 Is because it's not about malchistak it's about jesus 747 00:57:20,620 --> 00:57:25,660 Lord there's so much you did in the old testament with your people israel that pointed to jesus 748 00:57:28,780 --> 00:57:35,020 And so god why it's can be fun and interesting to dig into these things and to answer these questions lord 749 00:57:36,220 --> 00:57:41,660 God just remind us that as fun as that is lord to not lose focus on the real goal the real mission 750 00:57:41,660 --> 00:57:43,660 To be like jesus 751 00:57:43,980 --> 00:57:45,980 To preach jesus 752 00:57:45,980 --> 00:57:49,660 To be able to answer people who jesus is and what it means in their lives 753 00:57:50,140 --> 00:57:53,580 To be able to crack open the bible and say see everything's about jesus 754 00:57:55,420 --> 00:58:01,020 But god at the same time we know you bless us in our study and you know you bless us when we see a detail in here 755 00:58:01,020 --> 00:58:03,020 And we go chase it like a rabbit trail 756 00:58:03,580 --> 00:58:07,180 Because god every detail of your word reveals to us who you are 757 00:58:07,180 --> 00:58:12,220 And we are so thankful that jesus you are our king 758 00:58:14,060 --> 00:58:16,060 You are our king by right 759 00:58:17,660 --> 00:58:24,700 And that you are our high priest you are our high priest by calling and ordination from the father himself 760 00:58:27,340 --> 00:58:32,620 That god we would understand that our relationship with you is not about laws and rules and regulation 761 00:58:32,620 --> 00:58:37,420 But that from the very beginning god you wanted to give us pictures and and and show us 762 00:58:38,940 --> 00:58:42,780 That our relationship with you was always meant to be what originally was in the garden 763 00:58:44,940 --> 00:58:47,340 Just blessing and freedom 764 00:58:49,500 --> 00:58:53,180 And so god we're so thankful and grateful that jesus sets us free 765 00:58:53,660 --> 00:58:55,660 From the bondage of sin and death 766 00:58:56,140 --> 00:58:58,860 We're so grateful that in our in our self-righteousness 767 00:58:58,860 --> 00:59:06,700 And the bondage of sin and death we're so grateful that in our in our salvation our faith that we put in jesus what is granted to us by you 768 00:59:09,420 --> 00:59:14,860 Allows us to live a life free from the worries about having to appease you 769 00:59:16,220 --> 00:59:20,140 But lord instead we could live a life just thinking of ways to glorify you and to honor you 770 00:59:21,820 --> 00:59:24,140 We're so grateful god that you forgive us when we sin 771 00:59:24,140 --> 00:59:27,580 That you already forgive us for all of our sin 772 00:59:28,540 --> 00:59:33,020 Help us to live lives that are just in honor of that lord the way abram lived his life 773 00:59:34,220 --> 00:59:36,540 Not that he was a perfect man, but wow 774 00:59:37,740 --> 00:59:42,060 He made choices to glorify your name at great cost in many different ways 775 00:59:43,980 --> 00:59:46,140 And so lord help us to be people like that 776 00:59:47,580 --> 00:59:50,700 People that would be like a milk is a deck lord 777 00:59:50,700 --> 00:59:53,980 Just a person who honors you in all ways in all things god 778 00:59:55,020 --> 00:59:58,460 Not that we are the king of righteousness or the king of peace far from it 779 00:59:59,020 --> 01:00:03,100 But that we are representatives of the king of righteousness and the king of peace 780 01:00:05,020 --> 01:00:07,020 Lord help us to reflect you in every way 781 01:00:07,660 --> 01:00:13,980 At all times that others would come to know you as well. We love you so much. We thank you jesus. It's in your name. We pray 782 01:00:13,980 --> 01:00:20,960 Amen. All right guys, let's worship