Read Hebrews 5:5-10

Wednesday

Read Hebrews 5:5-10

⁵In the same way, Christ did not take upon himself the honour of being a high priest. Instead, God said to him:

“You are my Son;

today I have become your Father.”

6 He also said in another place,

“You will be a priest for ever,

in the priestly order of Melchizedek.”^d

7 In his life on earth Jesus made his prayers and requests with loud cries and tears to God, who could save him from death. Because he was humble and devoted, God heard him. ⁸But even though he was God’s Son, he learnt through his sufferings to be obedient. ⁹When he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him, ¹⁰and God declared him to be high priest, in the priestly order of Melchizedek.^e

Think

The writer to the Hebrews quotes Jeremiah (yesterday's reading about the law being written on our hearts) in chapter 8.  This reading is the beginning of the Hebrew's description of the kind of priest Jesus is - one who brings about real change through his sacrifice - and not just symbolic change.

Pray

Jesus - thank you for your faithfulness through which you change my heart.

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⁵ 5.5: Ps 2:7

6  5.6: Ps 110:4

^d in ... Melchizedek; or like Melchizedek; or in the line of succession to Melchizedek.

7  5.7: Mt 26:36–46; Mk 14:32–42; Lk 22:39–46

^e in ... Melchizedek (see 5:6).