Hebrew 5 - 7

Melchizedek

Christ is our Melchizedek.  He is the high priest forever before the throne of God, His blood the perfect atonement for our sin and fulfilling every requirement of the Law.  Melchizedek was introduced to us in Genesis 14 when Abraham met him after the slaughter of the kings.  He, Melchizedek, had to be God in a human form.  Many scholars state that he was a human priest, but the scripture does not support this theory.  "Without father, without mother, with out descent, having neither beginning of days, or ending of life: but made like unto the Son of God; abiding a priest continually." (Heb 7:3).

This person can only be God.  Christ is now our (the spiritual seed of Abraham) Melchizedek having offered once, for all, the perfect sacrifice of His blood.  Hebrews 7:26, "He is the kind of high priest we need because he is holy and blameless, unstained by sin."

Praise the Lord!