Shall we wind up the chapter?
19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. 20 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: 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:) 22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. 23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: 24 But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. 26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; 27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. 28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, makeththe Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
The final nail that seals the crate is the oath that God took when appointing Jesus to be high priest. While the priests of the line of Aaron have to be replaced when they become infirm or die, Jesus continues His priesthood indefinitely, because Jesus cannot die again. Therefore, Jesus is able to intercede forever for the sins of men and women. His attributes are that He is holy, that is separate unto God; has no sin of His own to attend to; different than the sinners; and seated at the right hand of the Father in Heaven. He doesn’t need to continually make new offerings to God for sins, since the one offering He made is perfect and permanent: Himself.
The Law made ordinary men into high priests, with all their faults and foibles. But the oath of God that made Jesus permanently high priest came after the Law, and it made the Son and Heir a high priest who is never desecrated. Jesus is the last of His line, and the first fruits of the next world. What kind of choice is it to abandon Him?
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