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AND THE FORMER
PRIESTS, ON THE ONE HAND, EXISTED IN GREATER NUMBERS: kai oi men pleiones
eisin (3PPAI) gegonotes (RAPMPN) hiereis: (Heb
7:8;
1 Chronicles
6:3-14;
Nehemiah 12:10,11)
Priest (hiereus from
hieros = sacred) is a sacred person serving at God’s altar. There were
24 classes for the service of the temple (see 1 Chr 24)
Compare to Webster's definition of
pontifex [Latin pontific-, pontifex, from pont-, pons bridge + facere to
make — more at find, do] is literally one who makes a bridge! Spanning the
gap between God and man caused by man's sin.
BECAUSE THEY WERE
PREVENTED BY DEATH FROM CONTINUING: dia to thanato koluesthai (PPN)
paramenein (PAN):
As if to picture that
the Levitical priesthood would never be able to bring them to salvation, God
gave Israel a dramatic and significant demonstration, recorded in Nu
20:23-29. When Aaron, the first high priest and progenitor of all succeeding
priests, was about to die, God commanded Moses to bring Aaron and his son
and successor, Eleazar, to Mount Hor, in view of all the people. Aaron’s
high priestly garments were taken from him and placed on Eleazar. After
Aaron died, the people mourned for him for 30 days. The people’s attention
was specially focused on Aaron’s death, as if God were impressing upon them
the fact that the priesthood he represented was a dying priesthood.
In this brief demonstration, along with Moses’ own death shortly afterward,
two things about the Old Covenant were symbolized: it was not permanent, and
it could not bring the people into the Promised Land. It was temporary and
it could not save. Neither the law (represented by Moses) nor the sacrifices
(represented by Aaron) could deliver from the wilderness of sin and bring
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BUT JESUS, ON THE
OTHER HAND BECAUSE HE CONTINUES FOREVER HOLDS HIS PRIESTHOOD PERMANENTLY: ho de dia to menein (PAN) auton eis
ton aiona echei (3SPAI) ten hierosunen:(Heb
7:8-25,28;
13:8;
Isaiah 9:6,7;
John 12:34;
Romans 6:9;
Revelation 1:18
) (1 Samuel 2:35)
Permanently (531) (aparabatos)
from a = w/o + parabaíno = go beyond, transgress) is literally
that which does not go beyond and thus does not pass away. It means more than
incidental permanence or something that simply will not be changed. It
means unchangeable, unalterable, inviolable. It is something that cannot be
changed. Carries idea of “valid and unalterable” and in secular Greek was used at the end of legal
contracts.
Jesus’ priesthood does not just happen to be permanent. It cannot possibly
be anything but permanent. It is not capable of anything but permanence. By
its very divine nature it can never conclude or weaken or become
ineffective. Jesus Christ has a priesthood that is absolutely incapable of
ever being altered in any way! He is the last High Priest. No other will
ever be needed.
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