We are taking a moment to look at the old covenant and the requirements for worship within it. The focus is on the Tent of Meetings. When Moses was given the Law he was also given specific instructions for a place of worship. EVERY detail was specified by God and crafted to those exacting details. […]
The priesthood of Aaron was not sufficient. We needed a High Priest of a different line. We need Jesus as our High Priest. Melchizedek was the first priest named in the bible. He was outside of the Law God would give to Moses later on. We are not given any specifics of how he attained […]
Our author takes us back to Genesis where we find Melchizedek and Abraham’s interaction. He is laying the groundwork for the comparison of Jesus’ and Melchizedek’s priesthoods. In the story of Melchizedek and Abraham, we meet God’s Most High Priest. We never before or after encounter this man again in scripture but this encounter was […]
Today’s reading focuses on God’s promises. What He says, you can believe. He cannot lie and there is none higher than Him. Being our author it writing to Jewish believers, he uses one of their greatest faith examples; that of Abraham. All of his readers can recount this story but they may not have thought […]
Today our author scolds his audience for not moving beyond the basics of the faith. He wants to take them further in the word but he has to follow God’s leading and timetable. They will get to the “solid food” of the word, if God permits. How many times have you heard, or even said […]