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The high priest serves as a mediator between God & the people.
God appointed Aaron as the 1st (physical/temporal) High Priest (Num 17:1-9)
Num 17:8 Now on the next day Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony, and [a]the rod of Aaron of the tribe of Levi had sprouted and put out buds and produced blossoms and yielded [ripe] almonds.
Bible source link: Bible Gateway passage: Numbers 17 - Amplified Bible
(MY NOTE: Aarons dead wood staff blossomed overnight with stems/branches full of ripe almonds. A foreshadow of resurrection life)
God appointed Jesus (spiritual/eternal) High Priest (Heb 4:14, 5:5)
Heb 5:
5 So too Christ did not glorify Himself so as to be made a high priest, but He [was exalted and appointed by the One] who said to Him, “You are My Son, today I have begotten You [declared Your authority and rule over the nations]”
Bible Gateway passage: Hebrews 5 - Amplified Bible
(MY NOTE: Father God appointed Christ high Priest/mediator between God & all within our realm/universe)
Christ's appointment nullifies the old (physical/temporal) Levitical sin management covenant.
Heb 8:
6 But as it is, Christ has acquired a [priestly] ministry which is more excellent [than the old Levitical priestly ministry], for He is the Mediator (Arbiter) of a better covenant [uniting God and man], which has been enacted and rests on better promises.
Bible Gateway passage: Hebrews 6 - Amplified Bible
(MY NOTE: Christ acquired/mediates a more excellent Priestly/sin management ministry)
13 When God speaks of “A new covenant,” He makes the first one obsolete. And whatever is becoming obsolete (out of use, annulled) and growing old is ready to disappear.
Bible Gateway passage: Hebrews 6 - Amplified Bible
(MY NOTE: Christ's new Priestly ministry covenant nullified the old Mosaic/Levitical covenant)
This Christ New Testament/covenant Priestly sin management ministry, forever replaces the old Mosaic/Levitical sin management covenant)
Implementation of a testament/covenant requires a death:
Heb 9:
15 For this reason He is the Mediator and Negotiator of a new covenant [that is, an entirely new agreement uniting God and man], so that those who have been called [by God] may receive [the fulfillment of] the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has taken place [as the payment] which redeems them from the sins committed under the obsolete first covenant.
(MY NOTE: Believers in Christ sin atoning death & resurrection receive an eternal inheritance)
16 For where there is a will and [d]testament involved, the death of the one who made it must be established,
(MY NORE: Christ's death & resurrection is where the new covenant is established)
24 For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but [He entered] into heaven itself, now to appear in the very presence of God on our behalf;
28 so Christ, having been offered once and once for all to bear [as a burden] the sins of many, will appear a second time [when he returns to earth], not to deal with sin, but to bring salvation to those who are eagerly and confidently waiting for Him.
Bible Gateway passage: Hebrews 9 - Amplified Bible
(MY NOTE: Christ's perfect sinless once for all time sin offering. Fulfilled the laws required wage/price for sin [Rom 6:23] Jesus conquered & destroyed sins death grip, administered through old covenant law ordinances.)
We seize/access this new sin management covenant by faith [Rom 5:1-2] When we trust in Jesus' sin atoning death [sins required wage PAID] burial [proof Jesus died] & resurrection [Father God's receipt, sins required wage received & accepted - 1 Cor 15:1-4] Amen
Ps 37:28 For the Lord loves justice And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.
(MY NOTE: The Lord doesn't forsake His saints/believers but PRESERVES them FOREVER!)
Heb 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
(MY NOTE: Christ obtained ETERNAL REDEMPTION for all believers)
Heb 10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified.
(MY NOTE: Christ PERFECTED FOREVER all believers He has sanctified)
Heb 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
(MY NOTE: This new sin management blood covenant is EVERLASTING! Not just 1 year or until the next time to stumble or fall/sin)
Believer's sins are forgiven & washed away via an EVERLASTING COVENANT!
God appointed Aaron as the 1st (physical/temporal) High Priest (Num 17:1-9)
Num 17:8 Now on the next day Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony, and [a]the rod of Aaron of the tribe of Levi had sprouted and put out buds and produced blossoms and yielded [ripe] almonds.
Bible source link: Bible Gateway passage: Numbers 17 - Amplified Bible
(MY NOTE: Aarons dead wood staff blossomed overnight with stems/branches full of ripe almonds. A foreshadow of resurrection life)
God appointed Jesus (spiritual/eternal) High Priest (Heb 4:14, 5:5)
Heb 5:
5 So too Christ did not glorify Himself so as to be made a high priest, but He [was exalted and appointed by the One] who said to Him, “You are My Son, today I have begotten You [declared Your authority and rule over the nations]”
Bible Gateway passage: Hebrews 5 - Amplified Bible
(MY NOTE: Father God appointed Christ high Priest/mediator between God & all within our realm/universe)
Christ's appointment nullifies the old (physical/temporal) Levitical sin management covenant.
Heb 8:
6 But as it is, Christ has acquired a [priestly] ministry which is more excellent [than the old Levitical priestly ministry], for He is the Mediator (Arbiter) of a better covenant [uniting God and man], which has been enacted and rests on better promises.
Bible Gateway passage: Hebrews 6 - Amplified Bible
(MY NOTE: Christ acquired/mediates a more excellent Priestly/sin management ministry)
13 When God speaks of “A new covenant,” He makes the first one obsolete. And whatever is becoming obsolete (out of use, annulled) and growing old is ready to disappear.
Bible Gateway passage: Hebrews 6 - Amplified Bible
(MY NOTE: Christ's new Priestly ministry covenant nullified the old Mosaic/Levitical covenant)
This Christ New Testament/covenant Priestly sin management ministry, forever replaces the old Mosaic/Levitical sin management covenant)
Implementation of a testament/covenant requires a death:
Heb 9:
15 For this reason He is the Mediator and Negotiator of a new covenant [that is, an entirely new agreement uniting God and man], so that those who have been called [by God] may receive [the fulfillment of] the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has taken place [as the payment] which redeems them from the sins committed under the obsolete first covenant.
(MY NOTE: Believers in Christ sin atoning death & resurrection receive an eternal inheritance)
16 For where there is a will and [d]testament involved, the death of the one who made it must be established,
(MY NORE: Christ's death & resurrection is where the new covenant is established)
24 For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but [He entered] into heaven itself, now to appear in the very presence of God on our behalf;
28 so Christ, having been offered once and once for all to bear [as a burden] the sins of many, will appear a second time [when he returns to earth], not to deal with sin, but to bring salvation to those who are eagerly and confidently waiting for Him.
Bible Gateway passage: Hebrews 9 - Amplified Bible
(MY NOTE: Christ's perfect sinless once for all time sin offering. Fulfilled the laws required wage/price for sin [Rom 6:23] Jesus conquered & destroyed sins death grip, administered through old covenant law ordinances.)
We seize/access this new sin management covenant by faith [Rom 5:1-2] When we trust in Jesus' sin atoning death [sins required wage PAID] burial [proof Jesus died] & resurrection [Father God's receipt, sins required wage received & accepted - 1 Cor 15:1-4] Amen
Ps 37:28 For the Lord loves justice And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.
(MY NOTE: The Lord doesn't forsake His saints/believers but PRESERVES them FOREVER!)
Heb 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
(MY NOTE: Christ obtained ETERNAL REDEMPTION for all believers)
Heb 10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified.
(MY NOTE: Christ PERFECTED FOREVER all believers He has sanctified)
Heb 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
(MY NOTE: This new sin management blood covenant is EVERLASTING! Not just 1 year or until the next time to stumble or fall/sin)
Believer's sins are forgiven & washed away via an EVERLASTING COVENANT!
