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It was while the sons of Levi were priests that the law was made for the people .
If those priests were good enough ,
why would another priest need to come who was like Melchizedek ?
Why would he not be like Aaron ?
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If the kind of priest is changed ,
then the law must be changed also .
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The one we are talking about belonged to another tribe .
No man from his tribe ever made sacrifices in Gods house .
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Everyone knows that our Lord Jesus came from the tribe of Judah .
And Moses never said anything about priests coming from that tribe .
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You can understand it even better when another priest comes who is like Melchizedek .
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He was not made a priest by law .
The law said that the priest must come from a certain tribe .
But he was made a priest because he has power to live for ever .
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This is what the holy writings say about him ,
You are a priest for ever ,
like Melchizedek .
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The old law given to Moses by God was put away .
It was weak and no good .
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The law did not make anything right .
But something better has been brought to us .
It is Gods promise .
And by that promise we come near to God .
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Also Christ was not made a priest without Gods strong promise .
The others were made priests without Gods strong promise .
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But this man was made priest by Gods strong promise .
God said to him ,
The Lord has made a strong promise ,
and he will not change it . "
You are a priest for ever ."
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Also because of this ,
Jesus makes a better agreement with God for people .
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The other priests were many ,
because they died and could not go on with their work .
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But because Jesus lives forever ,
he is a priest for ever and no one takes his place .
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Because of that ,
he is able to save people for ever ,
if they come to God by him .
He lives for ever to talk to God for them .
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We needed such a high priest as he is .
He is holy .
He is good .
He has never done any wrong .
He has been taken away from among bad people ,
and taken up higher than the sky .
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He does not need to make sacrifices every day .
The other high priests make sacrifices every day ,
first for the wrong things they have done ,
and then for the people .
He did it once when he offered himself as the sacrifice .
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The law makes men high priests ,
and they are weak .
But the word of Gods promise came after the law .
It makes his Son high priest for ever ,
and he is all right .