Hebrews 7:11-28 - The Superiority Of Jesus To Melchizedek
11 If, then, Perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood--and it was under this priesthood that the people received the Law--why was it still necessary that a priest of a different order should appear, a priest of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron? 12 With the change of the priesthood a change of the Law became a necessity. 13 And he of whom all this is said belonged to quite a different tribe, no member of which has ever served at the altar. 14 For it is plain that our Lord ad sprung from the tribe of Judah, though of that tribe Moses said nothing about their being priests.
15 All this becomes even yet plainer when we remember that a new priest has appeared, resembling Melchizedek, 16 and that he was appointed, not under a Law regulating only earthly matters, but by virtue of a life beyond the reach of death; 17 for that is the meaning of the declaration-- 'Thou art for all time a priest of the order of Melchizedek.'
18 On the one hand, we have the abolition of a previous regulation as being both inefficient and useless 19 (for the Law never brought anything to perfection); and, on the other hand, we have the introduction of a better hope, which enables us to draw near to God.
20 Then again, the appointment of this new priest was ratified by an oath, which is not so with the Levitical priests, 21 but his appointment was ratified by an oath, when God said to him-- 'The Lord has sworn, and will not change, "Thou art a priest for all time."'
22 And the oath shows the corresponding superiority of the Covenant of which Jesus is appointed the surety.
23 Again, new Levitical priests are continually being appointed, because death prevents their remaining in office; 24 but Jesus remains for all time, and therefore the priesthood that he holds is never liable to pass to another. 25 And that is why he is able to save perfectly those who come to God through him, living for ever, as he does, to intercede of their behalf.
26 This was the High Priest that we needed--holy, innocent, spotless, withdrawn from sinners, exalted above the highest Heaven, 27 one who has no need to offer sacrifices daily as those High Priests have, first for their own sins, and then for those of the People. For this he did once and for all, when he offered himself as the sacrifice. 28 The Law appoints as High Priests men who are liable to infirmity, but the words of God's oath, which was later than the Law, name the Son as, for all time, the perfect Priest.