THE BOOK OF HEBREWS CHAPTER 7:1-19

Mike Balloun teaches on 02-08-2020.

THE BOOK OF HEBREWS CHAPTER 7:1-19

Verses: Genesis 14-15; Psalm 2, 110; Galatians 3:3,17, 5:4-14; Revelation 19:15-21

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The first verses of Chapter 7 takes us to the events recorded by Moses in Genesis regarding Melchizedek, who Paul has twice mentioned in his argument in chapters past and then paused, and now takes him up in earnest to show us God’s meaning in the history recorded. Paul is looking forward and backward from Psalm 110, where previously Paul established the legitimacy of the Son being appointed High Priest at the right hand of God, and that being after the order of Melchizedek. He now brings our attention to Genesis 14:17-20… “And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of -- Chedorlaomer, and -- of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale. And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.”

The differences between Melchizedek and the Law of Moses are to be derived from these verses in the Old Covenant. Paul now sets forth the strong assertion based upon Scripture, of how great a man Melchizedek; King and priest of Salem (Jerusalem) was, “Without father, without mother, without, descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.” [Hebrews 7:3] It is as much as what is not said in Scripture as what is said, when properly interpreted, as Paul shows that all understanding of Christ’s comparison to Melchizedek is understood from the Holy Spirit’s perfect limited portrayal of Melchizedek’s biography. He is so spoken of that he might be a perfect example of Jesus Christ, of whom the entirety of the Old Covenant was a reflection. So Melchizedek, having mother and father, and having lived and died, but on the pages of Scripture he in all points reflects the Son of God eternal. How great was he? So great an anointed man, that Abraham was blessed by him, “And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.” Even to him, Abraham tithed a tenth part of all the spoils from the battle of the Kings. Additionally, Levi being in the loins of Abraham, then effectively paid tithes also to him. The point being, in Chapter 7 of Hebrews, that Paul is establishing the superiority of Melchizedek’s person and priesthood over Abraham, and by extension to Levi and his sons, the heirs of Abraham and the appointed priests of the Mosaic Covenant.

And further, Paul on the legitimacy of the 110th Psalm written by David, long after the establishment of the Law of Moses, which is reliant upon the Priesthood perpetuated after the order of Aaron, interprets the prophecy as being fulfilled by the appointment of Jesus Christ as King & High Priest of the Most High after the order of Melchizedek. Paul concludes as Old Covenant Scripture attests, to the superiority of Christ over the Levitical priesthood and the redundancy then of the Mosaic Law.

(The entire sequence of events in Genesis 14 & 15 speak to an event in the future that is foreshadowed as well in Psalm 2, a confirming sister Scripture. When the Kings of the earth set themselves against the Lord and his anointed High Priest and victorious King; this greater than Melchizedek returns and shall break those 10 confederated kings along with all those of the earth gathered against Him with a rod of iron…and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel (Revelation 19:15-21). He shall also bless, after the intercession and mediation is done, when the “today” of grace is over, after the invitation to enter into His Redemption Rest with its cleansing has past. The time of recompense will have arrived, His courageous, humble servants will be blessed with Millennial glory for their complete trusting in Him, and the refreshing wine and bread will be served by the Master at the victor’s table. Again, note the type in the Old Covenant of the bread and wine being brought in after the slaughter of kings, for it relates to the antitype of how Christ (the King/Priest to whom Melchizedek points) blesses his faithful servants after the slaughter of the kings gathered against Him. Also note: There is no mention of rescued Lot among the blessed. He seems to be regarded as property of Sodom, which speaks loudly that it shall take more than mere justifying faith.....

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