4.5.2015 Easter Sunday Hebrews 7:23-8:13 The High Priest of a New
Covenant
The Resurrection of our Lord
Jesus is our eternal High Priest whose
sacrifice was for all people for all time. This passage deals with the argument
that Jesus is an eternal high priest after the order of Melchizedek. The Levitical
priests of the past were compelled to give up their priesthood because of
death, but Jesus lives forever! Therefore He can save all for all time because
He is a living Christ who intercedes for all who call upon Him.
Not
only is Christ the high priest eternal, but He is sinless as He is seated at
the right hand of God in exaltation. His sacrifice was perfect and timeless.
Therefore, other sacrifices are unnecessary.[2]
We need an intercessor who alone is
Christ Jesus our Savior. His perfect
sacrifice made it possible for the Father and disobedient people to be
reconciled. This reality is made
perfectly clear to us today. Because of what Jesus did on Good Friday we can be
guaranteed a happy and blessed Easter.
Almighty God the Father, through Your
only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, You have overcome death and opened the gate of
everlasting life to us. Grant that we, who celebrated with joy the day of our
Lord’s resurrection may be raised from the death of sin by Your life-giving
Spirit; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the
Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen[3]
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