7:15,16
The Levitical priesthood was inaugurated by the Law. The Levitical priests were priests because of the requirements of the Law. Jesus became the great high priest “on the basis of an indestructible life”. Jesus offered Himself as a sacrifice on the cross. He died and was then raised from the dead. The resurrection demonstrated that the sacrifice was accepted, it paid for all our sins. Jesus is priest on the basis of the inherent value of His life. He earned the right to be the great high priest. This was not true of the Levitical priests, none of them had any inherent right to be a priest.
7:17
The writer again quotes from Ps 110:4. He is at pains to emphasise that the Levitical priesthood has been superseded by the Jesus priesthood, and that this was always God’s intention. God declared it would be so.
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