In chapter 5:1-10 the writer of Hebrews was discussing the high priesthood of Christ. Jesus is the superior High Priest because he was a human, like us, yet he was also God. Because of this unique combination, Jesus is able to be the perfect high priest forever, a priest that is not like the line of earthly priests descended from Aaron and the tribe of Levi, but a priest in the order of Melchizedek, the mysterious priest from Genesis 14. But because this was a difficult concept, the writer digresses into a warning to his readers not to be lazy in their spiritual development. They ought to be interested in the difficult “meat” of the Word of God.
11Q Melchizedek
In chapter 7, the writer of Hebrews shows that Jesus is the Perfect High Priest, in the order of Melchizedek, who serves as a “type” of Jesus Christ. Because Jesus…
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