Hebrews 7:16

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one who has become a priest not on the basis of a law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life.

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  • Rev 1:18 : 18 'the living One. I was dead, but look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.'
  • Gal 4:3 : 3 In the same way, we too, when we were children, were enslaved under the elemental principles of the world.
  • Gal 4:9 : 9 But now, having come to know God—or rather, having been known by God—how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles, whose slaves you want to be once more?
  • Col 2:14 : 14 He erased the legal debt that stood against us with its decrees. He took it away, nailing it to the cross.
  • Col 2:20 : 20 If you died with Christ to the elemental principles of the world, why, as though still living in the world, do you submit to its decrees?
  • Heb 7:3 : 3 Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.
  • Heb 7:17 : 17 For it is testified: 'You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.'
  • Heb 7:21 : 21 but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him: 'The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: You are a priest forever.'
  • Heb 7:24-25 : 24 but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25 Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
  • Heb 7:28 : 28 For the law appoints men who are weak as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
  • Heb 9:9-9 : 9 This is a symbol for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered cannot perfect the worshiper in conscience. 10 They are only regulations concerning food and drink and various ceremonial washings, external ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.
  • Heb 10:1 : 1 For the law, being only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very image of those realities, can never, through the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make those who draw near perfect.

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  • Heb 7:17-28
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    17For it is testified: 'You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.'

    18The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless,

    19(for the law made nothing perfect), but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

    20And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath,

    21but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him: 'The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: You are a priest forever.'

    22Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.

    23Now there have been many priests since death prevented them from continuing in office;

    24but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood.

    25Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

    26Such a high priest truly meets our need: one who is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

    27He does not need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do—first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people. He did this once for all when he offered himself.

    28For the law appoints men who are weak as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

  • Heb 7:10-15
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    10For he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.

    11If perfection could have been achieved through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), why was there still a need for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, rather than one according to the order of Aaron?

    12For when there is a change in the priesthood, there must also be a change in the law.

    13For the one about whom these things are spoken belongs to a different tribe, one from which no one has ever served at the altar.

    14For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe, Moses said nothing about priests.

    15And this becomes even more evident if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

  • Heb 7:1-3
    3 verses
    82%

    1This Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of the Most High God, met Abraham as he returned from defeating the kings and blessed him.

    2Abraham also gave him a tenth of everything. First, his name means 'King of Righteousness'; then also, he is 'King of Salem,' which means 'King of Peace.'

    3Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.

  • Heb 5:5-6
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    5In the same way, Christ did not glorify Himself to become high priest, but was appointed by the One who said to Him, 'You are My Son; today I have begotten You.'

    6As He also says in another place, 'You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.'

  • Heb 5:9-10
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    9And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.

    10He was designated by God as a high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 6:20
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    20where Jesus, the forerunner for us, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.

  • Ps 110:4
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    4The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: "You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."

  • Heb 8:4-7
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    4If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.

    5These priests serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned when he was about to set up the tabernacle. For God said, 'See that you make everything according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain.'

    6But now Jesus has obtained a more excellent ministry, as he is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been established on better promises.

    7If that first covenant had been without fault, there would have been no need to seek a second one.

  • Heb 8:1-2
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    1Now here is the main point: We have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.

    2He serves in the holy place and the true tabernacle, which was set up by the Lord and not by man.

  • Heb 9:11
    71%

    11But Christ came as the high priest of the good things that are to come. He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.

  • Heb 7:5-8
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    5Now the sons of Levi who receive the priesthood are commanded by the law to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—even though they too are descendants of Abraham.

    6But this man, who does not trace his descent from them, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.

    7It is universally recognized that the lesser is blessed by the greater.

    8In one case, mortal men receive tithes, but in the other case, it is testified that he lives.

  • Heb 9:17
    69%

    17For a will takes effect only when someone has died; it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive.

  • Heb 10:1
    69%

    1For the law, being only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very image of those realities, can never, through the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make those who draw near perfect.

  • Heb 10:14-15
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    68%

    14For by one offering, He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

    15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First, He says:

  • Gal 3:17
    68%

    17This is what I mean: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus cancel the promise.

  • Rom 7:6
    68%

    6But now we have been released from the law, having died to what once bound us, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.

  • Rom 8:2
    68%

    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

  • 2 Cor 3:6
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    6He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

  • Heb 9:15
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    15Therefore, Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that He has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

  • Gal 3:21
    67%

    21Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

  • Heb 6:17
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    17Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

  • Heb 10:11
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    11Every priest stands daily ministering and offering the same sacrifices time after time, which can never take away sins.