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Have you ever wondered about the
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mysterious Melkisedc in verse 4 of Psalm
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110? He's only briefly mentioned one
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other time in the Old Testament, yet his
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symbolic importance grants him nearly a
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chapter's worth of verses in the New
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Testament.
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More so, actually, if you put all of the
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three different parts together through
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this episode of Wisdom Forging, we'll
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examine the Order of MelkiseDC and what
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it means for us today. I'm Jacob Mlan
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and this is the wisdom crucible where
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wisdom distills transformation through
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the word of God. In our previous
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discussion of Psalm 110, we studied from
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the superscript through all seven verses
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to prove beyond a reasonable shadow of a
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doubt that the who's who in verse one is
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David writing about Yahweh communing
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with Jesus which sets the stage for the
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rest of the psalm. This is important to
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understand because without that you miss
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out on the rich christoologgical
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prophecy of this psalm and you likely
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miss similar revelation in other
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scriptures as well. To paint a picture
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for you, psalter prophecies are the
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hinges allowing the door to be opened
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from the mortal court of David to the
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eternal court of Christ. Let me assure
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you this door has many prophetic hinges
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in the Old Testament.
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We are just going to look at one of
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them.
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for now. Anyway, we'll begin with Psalm
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110 again, as this is part three of my
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three-part study through Psalm 110. But
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we will spend most of our time in this
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discussion allowing other scriptures to
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expand our understanding of the meaning
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of the order of Melkisedc in verse 4.
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That said, let's dig in together.
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So, now that you can see the verse up on
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your screen, I'm going to read verse
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four again.
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The Lord has sworn and will not change
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his mind. You are a priest forever after
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the order of Melkisedc.
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This is the only psalm mentioning the
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order of Melkisedc.
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What do you make of this?
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Let's examine Genesis 14 for some
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historical context. I'm going to start
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in verse 8 and read through verse 16.
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I'm going to go through this part
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quickly. Then the king of Sodom, the
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king of Gomorrah, the king of Admma, the
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king of Zeboim, and the king of Bella
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went out, and they joined battle in the
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valley of Sadim, with Kador Lamore, king
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of Elum, Tidal, king of Goim, Amrafel,
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king of Shinar, and Aroch king of
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Elisar. Four kings against five. Now the
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valley of Sadim was full of Bitamin
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pits. And as the kings of Sodom and
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Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, and
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the rest fled into the hill country. So
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the enemy took all the possessions of
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Sodom and Gomorrah and all their
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provisions and went their way. They also
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took Lot, the son of Abrams
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brother, who was dwelling in Sodom, and
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his possessions, and went their way.
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Then a one who had escaped came and told
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Abram, the Hebrew, who was living by the
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oaks of Memory, the Amorite, brother of
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Escoul, and of Anor. These were allies
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of Abram. When Abram heard that his
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kinsmen had been taken captive, he led
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forth his trained men born in his house,
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318 of them, and went in pursuit as far
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as Dan, and he divided his forces
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against them by night, he and his
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servants, and defeated them, and pursued
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them to Hoba, north of Damascus. Then he
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brought back all the possessions, and
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also brought back his kinsmen Lot with
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his possessions and the women and the
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people.
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So to summarize verses 8-2, you got one
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battle, four kings against five kings.
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The armies of Sodom and Gomorrah flee
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and their enemies take all their
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possessions, including Lot, Abraham's
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nephew. Verse 13, one who escapes
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informs Abram. So he pursues Lot's
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captives with his men. Verses 15- 16,
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Abram defeats Lot's captives and rescue
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all the captives and possessions. Now,
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before I read verses 17 and 18, I want
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to make note of something that I think
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is really cool. Ancient kings often
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claim divine favor. Um, even divinity
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itself, as in the case of the pharaohs
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of ancient Egypt, for example. Through
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the next few verses, though, the word of
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God seems to reveal divine favor on
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behalf of Melkisedc. As we'll see, he is
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a king and a priest of God most high.
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I appreciate that historical contrast.
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It's also interesting to note that
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MelkiseDC is said to be both king and
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priest. The kind of and that kind of
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dual political and spiritual leadership
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role was not an established pattern at
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this time in the Old Testament. So now
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I'm going to read just verses 17 and 18.
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After his return from the defeat of
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Kador Lamore and the kings who were with
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him, the king of Sodom went out to meet
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him at the valley of Sheva. that is the
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king's valley and Melkazedc the king of
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Salem brought out bread and wine. He was
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priest of God most high.
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So Abram returns victorious greeted by
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two kings. The first is a king of Sodom.
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The second is Melkisedc, king of Salem,
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priest of God most high. He brings out
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bread and wine, foreshadowing of
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communion due to him serving as a
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typology or a representation
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of uh Christ.
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Up to this point in Genesis, it seems
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every major character has a genealogy or
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at least a father named and even the
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measure of their lifespan for some. The
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Holy Spirit omits these details for
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Melkisedc to prefigure an eternal
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priesthood with no beginning and no end.
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The New Living Translation of John 1:1
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says, "In the beginning, the word
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already existed." The word was with God
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and the word was God. The word is Jesus.
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He is the eternal priest with no
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beginning and no end. Amen.
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Next, I'm going to read verses 19 and
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20. And he blessed him and said,
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"Blessed be Abraham by God most high,
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possessor of heaven and earth, and
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blessed be God most high, who has
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delivered your enemies into your hand."
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And Abram gave him a tenth of
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everything.
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Abram
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gave him a tenth of everything. A
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symbolic confession that success belongs
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to the Lord. As Melkisedc indicated in
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verse 20 there that we just read. It
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also foreshadows the coming Mosaic law
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in which the people of Israel would be
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commanded to give onetenth of all they
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earned directly to the Levitical
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priesthood indirectly to God most high.
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Abram demonstrates the heart of the law
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400 years before the letter of the law
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was written. He gave through genuine
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faith and gratitude without needing to
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be explicitly legislated.
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We too should strive to develop an
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attitude of gratitude that acts without
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requiring obligation.
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Moving on, MelkiseDC is said to be a
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priest of God most high. We're going to
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go to Hebrews chapter 5 to get a
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thorough explanation of what that means.
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I'm going to read the first two verses
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to start off. For every high priest
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chosen from among men is appointed to
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act on behalf of men in relation to God,
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to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
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He can deal gently with the ignorant and
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weward since he himself is beset with
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weakness.
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First, God empathized from on high.
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Then he empathized from down here in the
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incarnation to the cross.
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It's amazing to consider.
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Now, you might wonder after reading the
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next verse if there's a contradiction in
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applying the previous verses to Jesus
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since it mentions an obligation to offer
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sacrifices for their own sins. Jesus was
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the perfect man, right? He doesn't have
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any personal sin to offer sacrifices
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for. The answer is in verse 5's subtle
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clarification of how Jesus is like but
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not necessarily equal to the previous
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priesthood. So listen to what verses 3
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through 7 have to say.
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Oops.
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Because of this he is obligated to offer
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sacrifice for his own sins just as he
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does for those of the people. And no one
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takes this honor for himself but only
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when called by God just as Aaron was. So
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also Christ did not exalt himself to be
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made a high priest but was appointed by
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him who said to him you are my son today
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I have begotten you as he says also in
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another place you are a priest forever
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after the order of MelkiseDC.
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In the days of his flesh Jesus offered
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up prayers and supplications with loud
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cries and tears to him who was able to
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save him from death.
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and he was heard because of his
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reverence.
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Every high priest is appointed to act on
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behalf of men in relation to God to
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offer gifts and sacrifices for sin.
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That's the primary similarity between
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Jesus in case you want to see it again
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while I'm explaining the primary
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similarity between Jesus and the
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previous priesthood that the author of
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Hebrews is revealing to us.
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Let's discuss appointment u for a
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moment. Appointment indicates calling
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rather than ambition.
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Not that it's inherently contrary. Um
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you could be ambitious and have a
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calling. That's fine. But just bear with
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me for a moment. The appointment of
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priesthood is to all believers under the
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new covenant. But we are still given
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prescriptions for local leadership such
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as in Titus 15 where Paul describes the
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qualification for elders.
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Those of you who lead in ministry listen
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and think carefully about what I'm about
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to say.
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Do you lead to be ambitious, type A,
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upwardly mobile, strong and independent,
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your best self? Or do you lead because
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God called you to him? because you want
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to lead the way straight into our
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father's arms.
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A true calling should bring you to your
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knees before it lifts you to a pulpit
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or a streaming platform in these days.
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If you need to pray about that, I
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encourage you to pause this recording
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and take a minute to do so before you
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resume.
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Looking back at the scripture, the blood
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in the Mosaic sacrifices points to the
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punishment and suffering of Jesus, which
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we now live in the glorious reality of.
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Praise the Lord. Jesus was appointed by
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God the Father to act through his
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perfect righteousness to offer the gift
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and sacrifice of his own suffering and
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blood. Not just the blood, but also the
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suffering to remove the relational
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distance between us and God, which
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essentially is sin.
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There's an eternity of difference
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between a sterile blood donation and a
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redemptive sacrifice.
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Blood donations don't typically cause us
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any real suffering. If the cross didn't
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involve suffering, it wasn't a
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sacrifice. If the cross didn't involve
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sacrifice, it wouldn't have meant
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anything to you or God. And it would
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have it would have justified the
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skeptical objection that God being
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omnipotent cannot truly suffer.
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Therefore, God did not just have to
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bleed on my behalf. He had to suffer on
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my behalf.
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Hebrews 6:20 affirms Jesus as a high
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priest forever after the order of
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Melkisedc.
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That's also ech e echoed here on your
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screen in chapter 5 verse 6.
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This says quote straight out of Psalm
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110
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in verses chapter 6 20 through chapter 7
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28 expands on how Jesus fulfills and
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surpasses the priesthood. You can
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picture it like this. The Levitical
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priest was the shadow of Christ cast by
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the brilliance of the father through the
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law.
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Let's talk about Hebrews chapter 7.
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Hebrews chapter 7 can be described as an
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inspired commentary revealing everything
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we need to know about Melkisedc that was
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not explained in Genesis.
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Listen to verses 1 through3.
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For this MelkiseDC, king of Salem,
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priest of the most high God, met
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Abraham, returning from the slaughter of
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the kings, and blessed him, and said to
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Abraham, Abram by a different name,
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aortioned a tenth part of everything. He
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is first, by translation of his name,
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king of righteousness, and then he is
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also king of Salem, that is king of
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peace. He is without father or mother or
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genealogy, having neither beginning or
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of days nor end of life. But resembling
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the son of God, he continues a priest
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forever.
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Melkisedc equals king of righteousness,
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Jesus. King of Salem means king of
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peace, Jesus.
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As an aside, personally, I prefer the
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sound of the Hebrew pronunciation of
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Salem, which would sound more like
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shalom because it sounds more like the
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root word shalom for peace. It has a
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more gentle and peaceful resonance to it
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that I just appreciate.
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Anyway, moving on. MelkiseDC has no
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genealogy, beginning or end. This
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reminds me of a certain title for God
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the Father, Alpha and Omega.
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Similarly, yet still intentionally
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submissive to the Father, Revelation 1:1
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17 says that Jesus is the first and the
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last.
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Verse three here in Hebrews 7 says that
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MelkiseDC resembles the son of God. I
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want to clarify that this is not a
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theophony, a literal appearance of God
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in some form.
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or a christophonyhony, a literal
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appearance of God through Christ.
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A statue may bear a king's face, but
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it's not the king himself.
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So MelkiseDC is a literal king of a
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physical city, Shalm, which by the way
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is geographically located where
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Jerusalem would later stand. Isn't that
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awesome? God is the unfathomably
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thoughtful and intentional author of
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history.
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So listen to verses 4-9
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now.
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Well 4 through 10. See how great this
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man was to whom Abraham the patriarch
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gave a tenth of the spoils. And those
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descendants of Levi who received the
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priestly office have a commandment in
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the law to take tithes from the people
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that is from their brothers. though
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these also are descended from Abraham.
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But this man who does not have his
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descent from them received tithes from
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Abraham and blessed him who had the
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promises. It is beyond dispute that the
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inferior is blessed by the superior. In
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the one case, tithes are received by
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mortal men, but in the other case by one
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of whom it is testified that he lives.
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One might even say that Levi himself who
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receives tithes, paid tithes through
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Abraham, for he was still in the loins
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of his ancestor when Melkisedc met him.
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Love that.
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Listen to this. A man was sent out to
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pursue the lost.
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And returning to the King of
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righteousness and peace, he was blessed
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with the bread and the cup. That was
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Abram or Abraham. That is us.
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Pursuing the lost with the gospel of
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Christ is our mission and Jesus awaits
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us with peace and rest at the end.
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So thinking back to Genesis 14,
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the exchange between Abram and MelkiseDC
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in verses 18- 20 foreshadows what would
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later be fulfilled between David and the
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Messiah. So to help you think about
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that, I'm going to reread those verses
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with some different terms. Uh, no. Now,
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note that I'm not saying that this is
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the literal intended meaning of Genesis
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14 18 through 20. Okay?
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Now, consider this. And the king of
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righteousness, king of peace, brought
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out bread and wine. And he blessed David
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and said, "Blessed be David by mo God
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most high, possessor of heaven and
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earth. And blessed be God most high, who
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has delivered your enemies into your
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hand."
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Isn't that awesome how I can read that
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with some different names in there?
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And it still sounds like it like it's
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true. It still fits so well. I suspect
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that God uses motifs um repetitive
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elements pointing back to common themes
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to train our eyes to recognize the
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fulfillment of scriptures in Jesus
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Christ.
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Some of these motifs are the bread and
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wine, kingship, priesthood, blessings
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from the superior to the inferior.
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Let's move on and talk about the
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resurrection freedom for a minute. Even
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the liberty that we have in Jesus's
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resurrection was foreshadowed in the Old
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Testament.
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Only the sons of Levi were to be
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priests. Jesus, the lion of Judah, was
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from a tribe outside the Levitical
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bloodline. Therefore, the first time the
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Old Testament prophesied a Messiah
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outside the tribe of Levi, it set the
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stage for the letter of the law, the
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order of the Levitical priesthood to be
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laid aside for the heart of the law, the
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order of Melkisedc, Jesus Christ, who
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established the un universal priesthood
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of all believers sharing direct access
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to God through Jesus. as 1 Peter chapter
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2 starting in verse 9 describes.
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So let's consider an overview of pro
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prophetic progression through the
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scriptures.
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The proteangelium in Genesis 3:15
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reveals the promise of a human savior.
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The Abrahamic covenant in Genesis 22:18
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narrows the promise to within Abraham's
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descendants. The Judah prophecy in
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Genesis 49:es 8-12 specifies a son of
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Judah, his clothes stained with wine and
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the blood of grapes.
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Isaiah 53, the whole chapter, it's not
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that long of a chapter, but the the
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whole chapter describes the life and
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suffering in incredible detail 700 years
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prior to Jesus.
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Chaos and coincidences.
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No, order and design.
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Let's skip back to Hebrews chapter 7.
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Now, I'm going to start in verse 11 and
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read through 18.
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Here, scripture explains that the law by
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which no one was made perfect was always
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planned to eventually be set aside for
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the hope of a better covenant.
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So, I'll read now. The text says, "Now
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if perfection had been attainable
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through the Levitical priesthood, for
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under it the people received the law,
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what further need would there have been
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for another priest to arise after the
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order of MelkiseDC
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rather
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than one named after the order of Aaron.
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For when there is a change in the
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priesthood, there is necessarily a
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change in the law as well. For the one
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whom these things are spoken belonged to
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another tribe, from which no one has
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ever served at the altar. For it is
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evident that our Lord was descended from
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Judah. And in connection with that
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tribe, Moses said nothing about priests.
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This becomes even more evident when
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another priest arises in the likeness of
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Melkisedc, who has become a priest not
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on the basis of a legal requirement
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concerning bodily descent, but by the
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power of an indestructible life. for it
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is witnessed of him. You are a priest
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forever after the order of MelkiseDC.
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There we have it. That's Psalm 110
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verse4.5
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I'll call it in Hebrews 7:1 17
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right there.
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Praise God and amen for that truth.
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Been sick so throat's kind of rough.
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Now, let's back up to chapter 5 again
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and read verses 11 through 14.
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This is a warning against apostasy
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about this. We have much to say, and it
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is hard to explain since you have become
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dull of hearing. For though by this time
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you ought to be teachers, you need
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someone to teach you again the basic
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principles of the oracles of God. You
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need milk, not solid food. For everyone
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who lives on milk is unskilled in the
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word of righteousness, since he is a
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child. But solid food is for the mature,
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for those who have their powers of
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discernment trained by constant practice
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to distinguish good from evil.
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The analogy is this. Milk is good, but
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our father expects us to eventually move
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on to solid food, to write the basics of
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Christianity on our hearts, grow in
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discernment, and become leaders
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ourselves.
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Remember that all of us believers are
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priests in the order of Christ our
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Messiah. If if pews sitter conotes
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passivity, universal priesthood demands
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action.
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James chapter 2 verse1 17 confirms this.
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Faith without works is dead.
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Moving on to Hebrews chapter 6 starting
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right here. I want you to well let me
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read verses 1-8 first.
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Therefore, let us leave the elementary
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doctrine of Christ and go on to
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maturity, not laying again a foundation
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of repentance from dead works, and of
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faith toward God, and of instruction
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about washings, the laying on of hands,
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the resurrection of the dead, and
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eternal judgment. And this will do if
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God permits. For it is impossible in the
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case of those who have once been
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enlightened, who have tasted the
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heavenly gift, and have shared in the
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Holy Spirit, and have tasted the
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goodness of the word of God and the
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powers of the age to come, and then have
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fallen away to restore them again to
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repentance, since they are crucifying
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once again the son of God to their own
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harm and holding him up to contempt.
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For land that has drunk the rain that
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often falls on it and produces a crop
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useful to those for whose sake it is
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cultivated receives a blessing from God.
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But if it bears thorns and thistles, it
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is worthless and near to being cursed,
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and its end is to be burned.
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Take notice of the consequences of
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tasting the truth of scripture yet
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falling away from repentance, the proper
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attitude towards sin.
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Before I reread verse 8, I want to
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emphasize that falling away apostasy is
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not momentary doubt. It's intentionally
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running away from the cross.
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Mark 9:4,
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I believe, held my unbelief. That
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desperate cry was good enough for Jesus.
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So, he healed the doubting man's son.
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That in mind, let verse 8 speak to you
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again as though the ink were still wet.
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But if it bears thorns and thistles, it
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is worthless and near to being cursed
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and its end is to be burned.
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That statement is sobering. It warns
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against the mindset or the belief that
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you can act however you want simply
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because you prayed the sinner's prayer.
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For those who run away from the light,
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there is only darkness.
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understanding and confidence in your
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relationship with God requires
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discipline, obedience, and ongoing
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transformation.
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The trans uh
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the transformation of sanctification is
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an is a process, not a quick burst of
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Sunday morning church feels, not the
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moment when a pastor cried an amen from
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your tongue. Remember that as both a
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warning and encouragement.
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Maintain an attitude of repentance and
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trust that God will continue to refine
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your spirit through the process of
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sanctification making you holy.
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It's not going to happen at the snap of
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a finger. It takes time. It takes
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diligence and obedience.
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God can change your life in an instant
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and that can be awesome and empowering
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and wonderful to see. But after that
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moment, you have to keep going. You have
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to keep charging along. You have to keep
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going in the process of ongoing
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purification
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to become more and more holy until you
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enter the new creation.
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It's time to tie it back to the psalm.
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Let me put Psalm 110 back on your screen
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so you can see it if you'd like.
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Reading from Genesis to Revelation is
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like watching God weave themes of
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righteousness, sacrifice, and peace into
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a tapestry depicting the Christ. You
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have no idea whose hand is reaching out
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for you until you come to the point
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where the threads converge on the face
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of Jesus. And then through Revelation,
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we see him pointing us towards and
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leading us into the new creation.
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Psalm 110 carries those threads clearly,
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beautifully, and poetically.
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He sits at the right hand of the Lord,
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exalted in heaven. His enemies are made
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his foottool, bruising the head of the
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serpent. He will execute judgment on the
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nations and hold his head high. Jesus
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Christ, the spotless lamb that was slain
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for me and for you. How could you not
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take his outstretched hand?
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Thinking through the word of God always
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blesses me. And I hope the way I've
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presented scripture in this message
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encourages genuine dialogue, both
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private and public, rather than merely
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passive media consumption. If you're
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interested in further studies and
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reflections related to the Holy Bible,
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then you're welcome to subscribe and
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engage with my other teachings and
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reflections.
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Mediametrics drive the algorithms, but
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the word of God is what drives me. And
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that's what I hope to pass on. May the
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Lord bless you.
