Thematic Bible: Priesthood of
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Aaron » Priesthood of
Again no one takes this honorable office for himself, but he is called by God, just as Aaron was.
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Christ » Priesthood of » Exaltation
The pith of all that we have been saying is this; we do have such a High Priest; and he has taken his seat on the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens,
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But when Christ came, a High Priest of good things to come, he passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is to say, not of this material creation,
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and since we have a great High Priest over the house of God;
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Christ » Priesthood of » Human as well as divine
Therefore, holy brothers, comrades of a heavenly calling, fix your thoughts then upon Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession.
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And so it was necessary that he should in all points be made like his brothers, so that he might become a compassionate and faithful high priest, in all that relates to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
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Christ » Priesthood of » Sympathetic
Christ » Priesthood of » Eternal
whither Jesus himself is entered as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.
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Christ » Priesthood of » Sinless
For we needed just such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens;
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Christ » Priesthood of » Divinely appointed
So even the Christ was not raised to the high glory of the priesthood by himself, but on the contrary by Him who said to him. Thou art my Son; this day have I become thy Father;
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Christ » Priesthood of » Prince of peace
Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » After the order of melchizedek
whither Jesus himself is entered as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.
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and again, Thou art a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.
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And this is yet more abundantly clear if, after the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another Priest,
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For the words are in evidence, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
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Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Blesses
"It was for you first that God raised up his Servant, and sent him to bless you in turning every one of you away from your wicked ways."
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Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Superior to aaron and the levitical priests
But Jesus has obtained a better ministry, by so much as he is also Mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted upon better promises.
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Now if there were perfection through the Levitical priesthood, (and it was under it that the people received the Law) why was it still necessary for another kind of priest to arise, after the order of Melchizedek, instead of being reckoned according to the order of Aaron?
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who has become such, not according to the law of a transitory enactment, but according to the energy of an indissoluble life.
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The pith of all that we have been saying is this; we do have such a High Priest; and he has taken his seat on the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens, a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
And by so much Jesus becomes the guarantor of a better covenant.
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Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Appointed and called by God
Therefore, holy brothers, comrades of a heavenly calling, fix your thoughts then upon Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession. How faithful he was to the God who appointed him! For while Moses also was faithful in all God's house,
Again no one takes this honorable office for himself, but he is called by God, just as Aaron was. So even the Christ was not raised to the high glory of the priesthood by himself, but on the contrary by Him who said to him. Thou art my Son; this day have I become thy Father;
Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Entered into heaven
this Priest, after offering one Sacrifice for sins, sat down forever on God's right hand;
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Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Sympathizes with saints
For inasmuch as he himself has suffered, being tempted, he is also able instantly to succor those who are tempted, he is also able instantly to succor those who are tempted.
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Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Intercedes
Hence also he is able to continue saving to the uttermost those who are ever drawing near to God through him, seeing that he is ever living to intercede for them.
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For it was not into a Sanctuary made by hands, a mere type of the reality, that Christ entered, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the very presence of God on our behalf.
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Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » His sacrifice superior to all others
While, then, it was necessary that the copies of the heavenly things should be cleansed by such sacrifices, the heavenly things themselves required nobler sacrifices than these.
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For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleansing of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through his eternal spirit offered himself free from blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works unto the service of an ever-living God!
Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Has an unchangeable priesthood
For the Law appoints human beings to be high priests, men with all their weakness; but the word of the oath, which was later than the Law, appoints a Son, perfected forevermore.
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And they indeed have been made priests, many in number, because they have been prevented by death from continuing;
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Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Offered himself as a sacrifice
(for in that case he would have needed to suffer repeatedly, ever since the foundation of the world;)but now, once for all, at the end of the ages, he has appeared to abolish sin, but the offering of himself.
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how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through his eternal spirit offered himself free from blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works unto the service of an ever-living God!
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Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Consecrated with an oath
mightier because it was not promised apart from an oath. For although those priests became such without an oath, He had an oath form God who said to him, The Lord hath sworn and will not change, Thou art a priest forever.
Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Is of unblemished purity
For the Law appoints human beings to be high priests, men with all their weakness; but the word of the oath, which was later than the Law, appoints a Son, perfected forevermore.
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For we needed just such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens;
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Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Aaron and his sons
Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Typified » Melchizedek
Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Appointment of, an encouragement to steadfastness
Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Offered sacrifice only once
one who has no need, like the high priests, to offer up daily sacrifices, first for his own sins, then for those of the people. For his sacrifice was made once for all, when he offered up himself.
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Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Needed no sacrifice for himself
one who has no need, like the high priests, to offer up daily sacrifices, first for his own sins, then for those of the people. For his sacrifice was made once for all, when he offered up himself.
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Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Obtained redemption for us
not taking the blood of goats and oxen, but his own blood, and entered once for all into the Holy Place, obtaining for us an eternal redemption.
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Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Made reconciliation
And so it was necessary that he should in all points be made like his brothers, so that he might become a compassionate and faithful high priest, in all that relates to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
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Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » On his throne
Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Faithful
How faithful he was to the God who appointed him! For while Moses also was faithful in all God's house,
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