The Better Covenant part 15

The Better Covenant

God’s Righteousness Through Christ

Hebrews 7:1-10

1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

2 to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,”

3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.

4 Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils.

5 And indeed those who are of the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to receive tithes from the people according to the law, that is, from their brethren, though they have come from the loins of Abraham;

6 but he whose genealogy is not derived from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

7 Now beyond all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better.

8 Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives.

9 Even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak,

10 for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.

(1) The Model

- Melchizedek:

    - king of Salem – Canaanite

    - priest of the Most High God,

    - king of righteousness

    - king of peace

    - without father

    - without mother

    - without genealogy

    - having neither beginning of days nor end of life

    - made like the Son of God

    - remains a priest continually

(2) The Nature of the Lesser

- Self-serving

- Self-dealing

- Sinful

- Base

- Downright ornery

(3) The Nature of the Better

- Loving

- Kind

- Compassionate

- Giving

- Desiring to Bless