Biblestudy: Hebrews (Part Seven)

Biblestudy: Hebrews (Part Seven)

Hebrews 6:9 – 7:10
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John W. Ritenbaugh
Given 03-Nov-87; 86 minutes

Go to the Hebrews (1987) (Bible study series)

description: (hide) Many of the pillars of faith had to wait many years (Abraham, for example, waited over 25 years before he saw the beginning of the fulfillment of God’s promise) for the fruition of their faith’s target. With godly hope, we need to envision the possibility of successful accomplishment of God’s purpose for us, realizing that God has bound that promise with an oath and that Jesus Christ (having empathy for us) intercedes for us as High Priest. Melchizedek, a prototype as well as equivalent of Christ, establishes the validity and dignity of Christ as High Priest. The divine appointment of Jesus as our High Priest precedes our divine calling, more important than genealogy or external physical characteristics.