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High Priest |
Jesus Christ |
| Earthly Ministry (Heb. 5:1; 8:5) | Heavenly Ministry (Heb. 4:14, 6:19; 8:1, 2; 9:11, 24) |
| A Sinner (Heb. 5:3) | Without Sin (Heb. 4:15)
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| High Priest came from Aaron’s line (Heb. 5:4, 7:11) | Jesus came in the order of Melchizedek (Heb. 5:6, 10; 7:3) |
| Became a priest because of his ancestry (Heb. 7:16) | Became our High Priest on the basis of the power of an indestructible life (Heb. 7:16) |
| Death prevented them from continuing in office (Heb. 7:23) | Jesus lives forever; He has a permanent priesthood. He always lives to intercede for us (Heb. 7:24, 25) |
| Had to offer sacrifices for sin daily (Heb. 7:27) | Jesus sacrificed for our sins once for all (Heb. 7:27) |
| Able to deal gently with others because he himself was subject to weakness (Heb. 5:2) | Jesus, able to meet our need because He is holy, blameless, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens (Heb. 7:26; 4:15, 16). |
| Law appoints as priests men who are weak (Heb. 7:28) | But God’s oath appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever (Heb. 7:28; 5:8, 9) |
| Offered gifts and sacrifices (Heb. 8:3) which could not clear the conscience of the worshipper (Heb. 9:9, 10). Only outward cleansing (9:13). | The Blood of Christ cleanses our consciences from acts that lead to death to enable us to serve the living God (Heb. 9:14) |
| Ministry was made obsolete (Heb. 8:13) because of the failure of the people (Heb. 8:7, 8) | Ministry superior because it if founded on better promises (Heb. 8:6) |
| Entered the Most Holy Place once every year by the blood of goats and calves (Heb. 9:12, 25). | But Jesus entered the Most Holy Place, once for all, by His own blood, having obtained eternal redemption (Heb. 9:12, 26) |
Instead of sacrifices God prepared a body for Jesus Christ so that He could offer Himself as the once for all sacrifice for sin. Read Hebrews 10:5—10; then 10:1—4, and finally Psalm 40:6—8 which prophetically talked about Jesus coming to do God’s will and sacrificing His body for us!