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The high priest » Inferior to Christ in » Offering oftentimes the same sacrifices
For by that one sacrifice He has made perfect for all time those who are consecrated to Him.
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And He does not enter to offer Himself over and over again, as the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own; for, if that had been the case, He would have had to suffer over and over again, ever since the creation of the world. But, as it is, once at the close of the ages He has appeared, to put away sin by His sacrifice.
Every other priest stands officiating day after day and over and over again offering the same sacrifices, although they are unable to take away our sins. But this One offered up once for all and for all time one sacrifice for sins, and once for all took His seat at God's right hand,
The high priest » Inferior to Christ in » Being of the order of aaron
(6:19) where Jesus has blazed the way for us and became a High Priest with the rank of Melchizedek.
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Now if perfection had been reached through the Levitical priesthood -- for on it as a basis even the law was enacted for the people-- what further need would there have been of appointing a different priest, with the rank of Melchizedek, instead of designating one with the rank of Aaron? For when a change in the priesthood takes place, a change in its law necessarily takes place. For He of whom this is said became a member of a different tribe no member of which ever officiated at the altar. read more.
For it is very clear that our Lord sprang from Judah, a tribe about which Moses said nothing as to priests. And it is still more overwhelmingly clear, since a different priest in the likeness of Melchizedek is appointed, who is appointed not on the basis of a physical qualification but on the basis of a power flowing from a life that cannot end. For the Scripture bears witness: "You are a priest forever, with the rank of Melchizedek."
For it is very clear that our Lord sprang from Judah, a tribe about which Moses said nothing as to priests. And it is still more overwhelmingly clear, since a different priest in the likeness of Melchizedek is appointed, who is appointed not on the basis of a physical qualification but on the basis of a power flowing from a life that cannot end. For the Scripture bears witness: "You are a priest forever, with the rank of Melchizedek."
However, if He were still on earth, He would not be a priest at all, because there are those who officiate in accordance with the law in offering the gifts; and yet they officiate in a sanctuary that is a mere copy and shadow of the heavenly one, as Moses, when he was about to make the tent of worship, was warned, for, said He, "See to it that you make it all just like the pattern shown you on the mountain."
The high priest » Inferior to Christ in » Needing to make atonement for his own sins
but into the second or inner part nobody but the high priest may go, and he only once a year, and never without blood which he offers for himself and for the sins committed in ignorance by the people.
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Such a one is capable of dealing tenderly with the ignorant and erring ones, since he himself is subject to weakness,
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For we needed such a High Priest, holy, innocent, unstained, far removed from sinful men, and elevated far above the very heavens, who does not need, as did the Levitical priests, to offer sacrifices, first for his own sins and then for those of the people; this latter is just what He did once for all when He offered up Himself. For the law appoints imperfect men as high priests, but the assertion about the taking of an oath, which was spoken after the time of the law, appoints a Son who is perfectly qualified to be High Priest forever.
The high priest » Inferior to Christ in » Entering into holiest every year
but into the second or inner part nobody but the high priest may go, and he only once a year, and never without blood which he offers for himself and for the sins committed in ignorance by the people.
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and not with blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He once for all went into the real sanctuary and secured our eternal redemption.
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And He does not enter to offer Himself over and over again, as the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own;
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The high priest » Inferior to Christ in » Being made without an oath
And by so much as He was not appointed without God's taking an oath -- for the Levitical priests were appointed without His taking an oath, but He with His oath, when He said to Him: "The Lord took oath and will not change, You are a priest forever" -- so much the more Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
The high priest » Inferior to Christ in » Not being able to continue
And the Levitical priests, on the one hand, have become numerous, because they have been prevented by death from continuing in office, but He, on the other hand, because He Himself lives on forever, enjoys the only priesthood that has no successors in office.