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LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 50
Hebrews 6:11 – 7:19

Okay, back to Hebrews chapter 7 and we’re going to continue on in our study of this Melchisedec, a high priest of "the most high God." Now I always have to emphasize; God is God. We don’t have two or three different God’s in Scripture. We have One God! Of course, Jesus Christ, born in Nazareth, was the appearance in the flesh of that same God. So, when we come to Melchisedec I have to feel we’re speaking of the same God. Jesus Christ in a theophany, as a priest of The Most High God.
So now as you come into verse 3, this Melchisedec, the king of peace was:
Hebrews 7:3a
Well, in human form for a little while. Alright, the last part of verse 3.
Hebrews 7:3b
"…abideth a priest (not a year at a time. Now in verse 4. Paul, and remember who he’s talking to, is talking to Jews who had embraced Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah but they were still practicing the Law. We’ve covered that when we went into chapter 6 verse 1. "Now leave the principles of the first words of Christ?" Alright, so now verse 4 where Paul says:
Hebrews 7:4a
"Man" M-A-N. Come back to I Timothy chapter 2 and verse 5.
"For there is one God, (I’ve already stressed that) and one mediator between God and men, the (what?) man (the man!) Christ Jesus;"
Alright now come on over to verse 9 still in Acts chapter 1. Remember the eleven saw Him, and Paul rehearses it in I Corinthians 15, the resurrection chapter. Now we’re not talking about an invisible spirit. We’re talking about a human appearance. Some invisible spirit going up? So let’s find it in chapter 2, and let’s drop down to verse 8.
Colossians 2:8
"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." That we are supposed to stay true to Christ! Now the next verse.
Colossians 2:9
"For in him (Christ) dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead (how?) bodily."
Bodily. In human form. Fixed breakfast. Never forget that. "The most high God." Then verse 5 of Hebrews chapter 7.
Hebrews 7:5a
Law,…"
Another verse comes to mind that I never thought of last night. Flip back to Romans chapter 6, and here it’s as plain as day that tithing, the ten percent, was part of the Law. Remember I want you to see what Romans chapter 6 says about the Law, and let’s drop in at verse 14. Romans 6:14
Now here it is) for ye are not under the law, but under grace."
We’re not under any law. You’ve heard me say that a few hundred times. We are not under the Law but we’re under grace. The Law of tithing was set aside, along with all the Law, when Christ finished the work of the Cross and put us under Grace. The Holy Spirit! Now let’s come back again to Hebrews chapter 7. Now reading verse 5 again.
Hebrews 7:5
Not from any Gentiles) though they were come out of the loins of Abraham:" Naturally, because Abraham was the father of all these tribes of Israel.
Well, what promises? 7" class="scriptRef">Hebrews 7;7
Christ. The Law was good but what’s better? Grace. Now verse 8.
Hebrews 7:8
Now verse 9.
Hebrews 7:9
"And as I may so say, Levi (the priestly tribe, remember) also, who receiveth tithes, (now this is tough) paid tithes in Abraham." That we can have faith like the man of faith, Abraham. And Abraham was not saved under Law. He was saved before the Law was given. Abraham believed God, Romans says, and it – his believing – was accounted unto him for righteousness.
Then the Nation of Israel appeared, and then came the Law. But Abraham was never under any of the ramifications of the Law. Why did Levi pay tithes?
Hebrews 7:10-11
If the legal system of the Mosaic Law, the Levitical priesthood, the Temple worship, the sacrifices, the tithing, all the things that were part and parcel of the Law; had that been perfect would there have been a need for anything else? If you’ve got something perfect you leave it alone. "If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it." It was perfect from God’s side, naturally. God can’t make anything that isn’t perfect. Come back to Galatians chapter 4, verses 8 and 9. Galatians 4:8-9a
"Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, (in other words, when they were still in their paganism) ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. 9. But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God,…" What’s the weak and beggarly? The Law. Now if you think through all this, why was the Law beggarly? Turn the page to chapter 5 verse 1.
Galatians 5:1
What’s the yoke of bondage? The Law. Peter used the same word. Well, I guess our time is gone but we’ll come back and pick the next program up again in Hebrews chapter 7 - but always remember that the Law, the Temple worship for its time, it was good.

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