Priesthood

By David Maas
{HIS PRIESTHOOD}

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  • Purification of Sins - (Having achieved the purification of sins, Jesus “sat down” at the right hand of God where he intercedes for his people) - {PDF Copy}
  • His Priestly Qualifications - (Jesus qualified to become our high priest by participating fully in human suffering, weakness, and death) - {PDF Copy}
  • Merciful and Faithful - (Jesus is well-equipped to be our faithful and sympathetic high priest having participated fully in humanity’s plight) - {PDF Copy}
  • Surpassing Moses - (The word of the Son is superior even to the word of Moses, the servant and Great Lawgiver in the house of Yahweh) - {PDF Copy}
  • Priest Forever - (His priesthood is superior since it rests on his endless resurrection life. He is the priest after the order of Melchizedek) - {PDF Copy}
  • The Tent Pitched by God - (Jesus intercedes without ceasing for his people in the true heavenly Tabernacle, one not made with human hands) - {PDF Copy}
  • Change of Law - (The new priesthood after the order of Melchizedek inaugurated in Jesus also means a change in the Law - Hebrews 7:12) - {PDF Copy}

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