7:12
“For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well”. Why does he say this? This is not something that we would naturally think of, but in the Jewish system the priesthood was absolutely central. Judaism was fundamentally dependent upon the priesthood, so if the priesthood changed, everything changed. So the writer has demonstrated that God always intended the priesthood to change, so everything else changed as well. It is important to note here that it is primarily the sacrificial and priestly aspects of the Law that the writer is concerned with, not the moral aspects.
7:13,14
It is not just that Jesus is the Great High Priest, but also that the Levitical priesthood has now been superseded, and no longer has any part to play. Jesus came from the tribe of Judah, and this tribe had no connection with the priesthood under the Law. The emphasis is that the people need to let go of the former things, for God is doing a new thing.
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