Beetow
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Prior to the institution of the Israelite priesthood tribe of Levi, there was a Gentile
man named Melchizedek in Abraham's day who served God as the supreme being's
high priest. Quite a bit is written about him in the new testament's letter to
Hebrews.
The thing is: the covenant that Moses' people agreed upon with God as it's stated in
the old testament books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy isn't
retroactive. (Deut 5:2-4 & Gal 3:17) Seeing as how Melchizedek served God
something like +/- 400 years before the covenant, then none of its curses for non
compliance were ever a danger to him.
So then, seeing as how Christ has been appointed a high priest whose arrangement
with the supreme being is more or less patterned after Melchizedek's (Ps 110:4 &
Heb 5:5-6) then none of the covenant's curses for non compliance will ever be a
danger to him either.
* I think it can be safely assumed, and rightly so, that if Melchizedekian high
priests are immune to the curses listed in the covenant, then everyone they
represent, in matters pertaining to God, are blessed with that very same immunity.
For example: when Christ is somebody's high priest, they need not fear that none
compliance with the Ten Commandments will some day endanger their afterlife
safety.
● John 5:24 . . I assure you; those who listen to my message, and believe in God
who sent me, have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but
they have already passed from death into life.
_
Prior to the institution of the Israelite priesthood tribe of Levi, there was a Gentile
man named Melchizedek in Abraham's day who served God as the supreme being's
high priest. Quite a bit is written about him in the new testament's letter to
Hebrews.
The thing is: the covenant that Moses' people agreed upon with God as it's stated in
the old testament books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy isn't
retroactive. (Deut 5:2-4 & Gal 3:17) Seeing as how Melchizedek served God
something like +/- 400 years before the covenant, then none of its curses for non
compliance were ever a danger to him.
So then, seeing as how Christ has been appointed a high priest whose arrangement
with the supreme being is more or less patterned after Melchizedek's (Ps 110:4 &
Heb 5:5-6) then none of the covenant's curses for non compliance will ever be a
danger to him either.
* I think it can be safely assumed, and rightly so, that if Melchizedekian high
priests are immune to the curses listed in the covenant, then everyone they
represent, in matters pertaining to God, are blessed with that very same immunity.
For example: when Christ is somebody's high priest, they need not fear that none
compliance with the Ten Commandments will some day endanger their afterlife
safety.
● John 5:24 . . I assure you; those who listen to my message, and believe in God
who sent me, have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but
they have already passed from death into life.
_
