Saturday, August 23, 2014

Opening the door of Salvation

Opening the door of Salvation 

Hebrews 7:11-25 


11 If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the law was given to the people), why was there still need for another priest to come—one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron? 

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


13 He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar. 


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


15 And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, 


16 one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. 


17 For it is declared: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”


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


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


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


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.’”


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


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


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.


Hebrews 9:11-15 


11 When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation. 


12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. 


13 The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. 


14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!


15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, 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.

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