A New Order

Isn't him dying a big part, a huge component of our faith? Well, yes. But that death didn't take. Look at what Peter says in his sermon at Pentecost about this. Acts two verse 22. Men of Israel, hear these words. Jesus of Nazareth, the man attested to you by god with the mighty works and wonders and signs that god did through him in your midst as you yourselves know this Jesus delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men, but God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death because it was not possible for him to be held by it. Can that be said of anybody else in all of history? [01:07:45] (60 seconds)  #NotHeldByDeath

If somebody has failing kidneys, dialysis works. But what do you need to do? You need to come back for more dialysis. Dialysis works. It doesn't cure. Does that make sense? Now if somebody has failing kidneys, in order for them to be cured, what do they need? New kidneys. They need a transplant in order to be healed. Now you might say, what does this have to do with dialysis? The Levitical priesthood was good. The law perfect. And yet they offered or they were perfect for what we're gonna call temporary satisfaction of God's standards. [00:57:10] (56 seconds)  #TemporaryAtonement

You see, that is why we need a different kind of priest from a different kind of tribe and a different order. We need a high priest from the tribe of Judah after the order of Melchizedek. Look look what that verse said in Hebrews seven. For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well. For the one of whom these things are spoken belong to another tribe from which no one has ever served at the altar for it is evident that our lord was descended from Judah. And in connection with that tribe, about the priest. Now pause for a second. Just pause for one second. If the law was perfect, why would we need a change? [00:55:10] (55 seconds)  #ChangeInPriesthood

The question is for us today then is this. We've talked so much about this order of Melchizedek. Why then was was the tribe of Levi, the family of Aaron, enough to the point where we would need this great high priest? Well, we see it in verse 11. Now if the perfection now if perfection had been attained through the Levitical priesthood, for under it, people received the law, what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek rather than one named after the order of Aaron? For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well. [00:49:13] (49 seconds)  #LeviticalLimitations