What does this mean to you?

[Netzari5730]

Hebrews 7:11 Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron? 12For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law.

I am paricularly interested in what it mean by there is also a change of the law? Granted, no one can base a doctrrine upon one or two verses alone, but I am also aware that scripture cannot be broken, and as such, whatever is said cannot be removed or changed, even by other scriptural references. Therefore, if scripture says that there is a change of the law, what does this entail?

In Yeshua...
Netzari5730

 

[I’m_Lesha]

I have heard so many different interpretations of this text, but this is the one that seems right to me.

The difference in Aaron and Melchizedek's priesthood is that Melchizedek was not only a priest, but also a king. He didn't do the same type of priesthood as Aaron in the way of the sacrifices. I am not sure, but I don't think he did the daily, but only the once a year sacrifice. ??Or he may not have offered sacrifices, but only prayers for Israel??

Aaron's priesthood was in service to do the daily as well as the yearly, and of course he wasn't a king. I do not know all the ins and outs of the sacrifices, maybe someone else would know.

So the change in the law was a change in the sacrificial law where the Great High Priest sacrificed once for all and fulfilled the law. Which changed some of the rolls of the priests and made sacrifices obsolete.

Someone else may have a different answer. I do not claim that mine is the correct one. And this is a short version.

Lesha

 

[visionary]

Lesha..I think you are right...their is a change of the law, the law of the Levi, after the order of Melechisedec.....


Psalm 110:4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 5:6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 10 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.

Hebrews 6:20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

Hebrews 7:11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? 17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec

This would make it a royal priesthood being that it of both the kingship and priesthood .

1 Peter 2 :1-9 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. 4 As you come to him, the living Stone--rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him-- 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For in Scripture it says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame." 7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, "The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone," 8 and, "A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall." They stumble because they disobey the message--which is also what they were destined for. 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

1 Corinthians 3:9-11 For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, you are God's building. 10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. 11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Do you not know that you are the Temple of God? Following Paul's thinking, as we are the Temple and the services that we are to perform are of the priesthood performing the daily within us. This would be after a new order.

This is where there was a change in the law.

Hebrews 7:13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. 14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. 15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,

Up to the time of Yeshua, the priesthood came from the line of Levi. Paul is showing that Yeshua came out of Judah and not of the Levi line, so concerning the priesthood there was a change and how Yeshua can be the High Priest in heaven for us. Paul had to go back to Melchisedec who was both King and Priest. This is the similtude of Melchisedec to the ministry of Yeshua. Yeshua is the High Priest of the spiritual kingdom. His kingdom and His throne is not made with hands.

Mark 14:58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.

Acts 7:47 But Solomon built him an house. 48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, 49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

Acts 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Hebrews 9:11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

Yeshua entered into a special ministry as our High Priest in Heaven and Our King. His Coronation and High Priest work are both found in the Day of Atonement.

Hebrews 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

Luke 17:21 For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you

Thy Will be done in earth, as it is in heaven, bring into the picture how what is happening in heaven in the ministry of Yeshua is paralleling. We will by faith, be moved into the final ministry of Yeshua on the Day of Atonement, where the fulfillment will occur as it is in heaven, so it will be done on earth.

Let's look at the whole ministry of Yeshua from God's perspective.

1 Chronicles 28:2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

The entire ministry is considered by Yeshua to be a footstool. Talk about putting it into prespective. He will crush the serpent with His heel. While we are going through this period of Satan and sin, it is a big deal. But in the eons of time, it will always be under the King of King's feet. It will be a footstool, that He rests His foot on.

2 Chronicles 9:18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:

This will the reminder left when we come before the Lord in eternity, and we will worship our LOrd for being able to rest His feet upon this footstool.

Psalm 99:5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.

Psalm 110:1 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Psalm 132:7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.

Isaiah 66:1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

Lamentations 2:1 How hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!

Matthew 5:35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

Matthew 22:44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?

Mark 12:36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Luke 20:43 Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Acts 2:35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

Acts 7:49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

Hebrews 1:13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?

Hebrews 10:13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.

James 2:3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:

May we be poor and humble and honored when our Lord says to us, sit here under my footstool.

 

[debi b]

I'll throw my hat into the ring...

Heb 1:1-2
In days gone by, Elohim spoke...through the prophets. But now he has spoken to us through his Son...

Heb 2:1
...we must pay much more careful heed to the things we have heard, so that we will not drift away.

Heb 3:1
Therefore, ...think carefully about Yeshua....whom we acknowledge as Cohen Gadol (high priest).

Paul now begins to talk about Yeshua as a high priest. Those to whom this is addressed would want some explaination about this as Yeshua is from the tribe of Judah and not of the lineage of the Levitical priests.

Heb 4 and 5 talks about encouraging them to enter His rest and continues with the theme of what a high priest does. I think the comparison is to state that Yeshua can be a high priest as Meleki-Tzedek was, and that this was different than the Levitical priesthood.

Heb 5:11
We have much to say on this subject, but it is hard to explain...

He starts making comparisons that identify what maturity is. I think the list in Heb 6 is interesting.

Heb 6:1
Therefore, leaving behind the initial lessons about the Messiah, let us go on to maturity, NOT laying again the foundations of:

1 turning form works that lead to death

2 trusting God

3 instruction about washings

4 ordination

5 the resurrection of the dead

6 eternal punishment

Paul considered these things to be foundation but not maturity. Interesting...

So if we remember he is comparing the Levitical priesthood to a previous priesthood this is helpful.

Heb 7:11-12
Therefore, if it had been possible to reach the goal (he has previously defined the goal as entering his rest) through the system of priests derived from Levi (since in conncetion with it the people were given the Torah), what need would there have been for another, different kind of priest, the one spoken of as to be compared with Meleki-Zedek and not to be compared with Aaron? For if the system of priests is transformed, there must of necessity occur a transformation of the Torah.

I think that he is specifically referring to the priesthood here. But he is identifying that this only applies to Messiah.