07) [HEBREWS] (希伯來書07) *GNB* ## The Priest Melchizedek// ## Another Priest like Melchizedek

 

[Hebrews 07]

[HEBREWS] 希伯來書 07

[A] The Priest Melchizedek

01/This Melchizedek was King of Salem
and a priest of the Most High God.

## <As> Abraham was coming back
<from the battle>
{in which he defeated the four kings}//
Melchizedek met him and blessed him.

02/ <And> Abraham gave a tenth (of all)
{he had taken).

@@ The first meaning (of Melchizedek's
name) is "King of Righteousness";
<an> <because>
he was King of Salem,
his name also means "King of Peace". 

03/ There is no record (of Melchizedek's
father or mother or of any of his ancestors);
no record (of his birth or of death).

## He is like the Son of God;
he remains a priest <for ever>.

04/You see,then,/
how great he was.
Abraham,our ancestor,gave him
a tenth (of all){he got/ in the battle}. 

05/<And> those descendants (of Levi)
{who are priests} are commanded 
<by the law> to collect a tenth 
<from the people of Israel>
{that is,from their own countrymen},
<even though>
their countrymen are also descendants
(of Abraham).

06/Mechizedek  was not descended 
<from Levi>,
<but> he collected a tenth  <from Abraham>
 and blessed him, the man
{who received God's promisres.

07/There is no doubt/
that the one {who blesses} is greater
<than the one>
{who is blessed}.

08/<In the case of the priests>
the tenth is collected <by men> { who die};
<but> 
<as for Mechizedek>
the tenth was collected <by  one>
{who lives},<as> the Scripture says.

09/<And> <so to speak=we can say that >,
<when> Abraham paid the tenth,//
Levi (?)
{whose descendants collect the tenth}
also paid it.

10/<For> 
Levi had not been born,
<but> he was in the body 
(of his ancestor Abraham)
<when> Melchizedek met him.

11/It was on the basis 
(of the Levitical Priesthood)
{that the law was given to the people of Israel}.

## <Now>
<IF> THE WORK OF THE LEVITICAL PRIEST
HAD BEEN PERFECT,
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO NEED
<FOR> A DIFFERENT KIND OF PRIEST
TO APPEAR,ONE
 {WHO IS THE SUCCESSION OF MELCHIZEDEK,
NOT OF AARON.

12/<For>
<when> the priesthood is changed,//
there also has to be a change <in the law>.

13/<And>
our Lord {of whom these things are said}
belonged to a different tribe,
<and> no member (of his tribe) ever served
<as a priest>.

14/It is well known
that/ he was born a member (of the tribe of Juda);
<and> Moses did not mention this tribe
<when> he spoke of priest.
.................................................................................//
[B] Another Priest, like Melchizedek

### (VERY VERY IMPORTANT) !!!

15/The matter becomes even plainer;
A DIFFERENT PRIEST HAS APPEARED,
{who is like Melchizedek}.

16/JESUS WAS MADE A PRIEST,
NOT BY HUMAN RULES AND REGULATIONS,
BUT THROUGH THE POWER OF A LIFE,
{WHICH HAS NO END}.

17/<For> the Scripture says,
"You will be a priest for ever,
in the line (of succession) to Melchizedek. 

18/THE OLD RULE,THEN,IS SET ASIDE,
<BECAUSE> THE OLD ONE WAS WEAK
AND USELESS.

19/<For>
the law of Moses could not make 
anything perfect.

## AND NOW A BETTER HOPE HAS BEEN
PROVIDED 
<THROUGH WHICH WE COME NEAR TO GOD>

20/<In addition>,
there is also God's vow.

## There was no such vow
<when> the others were made priests.

21/<But>Jesus became a priest <by means of vow>
<when> God said to him,
"The Lord has made a vow
and will not change his mind:
'You will be a priest <for ever>.'"

22/This difference, then, also makes Jesus
the guarantee of a better covenant.

23/There is another difference:
there were many of those other priests,
<because>
they died, and could not continue their work.

24/<But>
JESUS LIVES ON <FOR EVER>,
<AND>
HIS WORK AS PRIEST DOES NOT PASS ON
TO SOMEONE ELSE.

25/<AND>
<SO> HE IS ABLE,<NOW AND ALWAYS>
TO SAVE THOSE
{WHO COME TO GOD/ THROUGH HIM},
<BECAUSE> HE LIVES <FOR EVER>
TO PLEAD WITH GOD <FOR THEM>.

26/Jesus is the High Priest
{that needs our need}.

## He is holy;
he has no fault or sin in him;
he hasd been set apart from sinners
and raised above the heavens.

27/He is not like other high priests;
he does not need to offer sacrifices
<every day> < for his own sins> < first>
<and then> < for the sins of the people>;
he offered one sacrifice,<once for all>,
<when> he offered himself.

28/The law of Moses appoints men
{who are imperfect}
to be high priest;
<but> God's promise (made with the vow),
{which came later than the law}
 appoints the Son,
{who has been made perfect <for ever>

.......................................................[Hebrews] 07 ///