BOOK XX PRIESTHOOD – Jesus v Aaron
Can we assess the relationship between the priesthoods of Jesus and Aaron? Sometimes Christians have compared both without realising that the Bible has not followed their assessment of both. Often people lock onto some OT expression about Aaron and then attempt to tie together Aaron’s priesthood and Jesus’ priesthood, without going to the only biblical source for Jesus’ priesthood.
The following study is taken from the book of Hebrews, chapters 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10 as our only information base for Jesus’ priesthood. Six out of 13 chapters are devoted to the subject of Jesus’ Priesthood and High Priesthood. Hebrews is the only place in the Scriptures where we learn these truths about Jesus and his current heavenly intercession on our behalf. Read the following and make up your own mind about what priesthood Jesus, the Word made flesh, is compared to in the Bible. Many, losing their way, still line Jesus up with Aaron and the Levitical Priesthood. Are they correct? ‘No’ gets the tick.
HEBREWS 4:14-16: JESUS our GREAT HIGH PRIEST
The author was at pains to stress this point. He could introduce and expand on the high priestly nature of Jesus and ultimately set forth in the following chapters his superiority to the …show more content…
He is more than adequately able to feel towards his people the utmost sympathy. The word feeling is from the Greek word συμπαθῆσαι (sumpathesai). It is made up of two Greek words συμ (sum) and παθεω (patheo) which give the idea of ‘with passion or feelings’ and enters English as sympathy. The aorist tense (here the aorist infinitive) signifies and draws our attention to the fact that he lacks no compassion and has the right makeup to be our champion voice before God the Father. Our high priest is not cold and unsympathetic, one who says, ‘tough luck, you've made your bed, stay there and rot‘. No, He is on his people's side 100
Can we assess the relationship between the priesthoods of Jesus and Aaron? Sometimes Christians have compared both without realising that the Bible has not followed their assessment of both. Often people lock onto some OT expression about Aaron and then attempt to tie together Aaron’s priesthood and Jesus’ priesthood, without going to the only biblical source for Jesus’ priesthood.
The following study is taken from the book of Hebrews, chapters 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10 as our only information base for Jesus’ priesthood. Six out of 13 chapters are devoted to the subject of Jesus’ Priesthood and High Priesthood. Hebrews is the only place in the Scriptures where we learn these truths about Jesus and his current heavenly intercession on our behalf. Read the following and make up your own mind about what priesthood Jesus, the Word made flesh, is compared to in the Bible. Many, losing their way, still line Jesus up with Aaron and the Levitical Priesthood. Are they correct? ‘No’ gets the tick.
HEBREWS 4:14-16: JESUS our GREAT HIGH PRIEST
The author was at pains to stress this point. He could introduce and expand on the high priestly nature of Jesus and ultimately set forth in the following chapters his superiority to the …show more content…
He is more than adequately able to feel towards his people the utmost sympathy. The word feeling is from the Greek word συμπαθῆσαι (sumpathesai). It is made up of two Greek words συμ (sum) and παθεω (patheo) which give the idea of ‘with passion or feelings’ and enters English as sympathy. The aorist tense (here the aorist infinitive) signifies and draws our attention to the fact that he lacks no compassion and has the right makeup to be our champion voice before God the Father. Our high priest is not cold and unsympathetic, one who says, ‘tough luck, you've made your bed, stay there and rot‘. No, He is on his people's side 100