Hebrews 7:3 talks about Jesus’ priesthood being from the order of Melchizedek and not Aaron when we read, “Without father, without mother, without genealogy”: The word “without genealogy” only appears here as all of Greek literature the reason for this is that it can fit no other person in history and would make no sense to anyone else. What this informs us is that Jesus as our Great High Priest was chosen because of WHO He is, NOT because of where He came from as far as human ancestry is concerned. The point the writer is making has to do with continuity here: “He is without father or mother or genealogy..” What this verse says is that there is no mention made of Melchizedek’s ancestry, his pedigree, record of his birth or death. There are two possibilities in this regard:
• It may mean that Melchizedek was a perfectly normal man and that all these things were true of him, but none of the normal things were recorded.
• Or it could suggest that Melchizedek was a pre-incarnate manifestation of Jesus.
Either way the silence in the record by Moses is interpreted by the writer of Hebrews is taken as an illustration of the eternal, changeless, PERSONAL, unending priesthood.
The point the author is making practically to his readers deals with Availability! What this practically means to us is that Jesus is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, fifty-two weeks a year, throughout every year over each and every lifetime. Or as the writer will later say in Hebrews 13:5 “I will NEVER leave you nor forsake you.” Because Jesus is High Priest in the order of Melchizedek those that belong to Him are never out of his presence, never shut off from His resources, never separated from his wisdom, His peace, or His truth.
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