(WRITE INTRO) IN HEBREWS 1, PAUL REVEALED THE ETERNAL SONSHIP IMAGE AND DEITY OF YAHUSHA MESSIAH. IN HEBREWS 2, HE BRINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE THE INCARNATION OF THE FATHER-IMAGE (META-MORPHING INTO THE SON YAHUSHA) - DEITY TAKING UPON HIMSELF HUMANITY IN ORDER TO REDEEM AND DELIVER HIS CHOSEN BRIDE FROM DEATH. THEN IN HEBREWS 3:1 AND HERE IN HEBREWS 4:14 PAUL TAKES UP THE FACT OF YAHUSHA’S ETERNAL PRIESTHOOD. ALL OF THESE OFFICES REVEAL WHAT HE WAS IN ETERNITY, AND NOW IN HIS ETERNAL INCARNATION AND METAMORPHOSIS AS ALAHIM, BUT NOW HE IS LITERALLY ALAHIM MANIFEST IN THE FLESH AND A NEW FIRSTFRUIT SPECIE OF CREATION ...
ALL FOR DELIVERANCE AS OUR HIGH PRIEST!
H E B R E W S . 5
1 For every High Priest taken from among men is appointed to help draw the people closer to Alahim, by offering both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
2 Through his own experiences, he can have compassion and a measure of feeling for the ignorant (those not knowing the true way) who are being led astray, for he himself is also surrounded by weakness.
3 So because of this, he has to make offerings for sins (not just for himself, but for the people too).
4 And no one can take this honour for themselves, but only those who are called by Alahim (just as Aaron was).
5 Likewise, the Messiah did not lift Himself up to become a High Priest either - but remember it was said, 'You are My Son, and today have I brought you forth’. (INTRODUCING THE FATHER/SON IMAGE WAY BACK IN DAVID'S TIME)
6 And also it says (in another place), ‘You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek’.
7 Who in the days of His flesh (while anticipating death) offered up prayers and requests with strong crying and tears, to Him Who was able to deliver Him from death, and was heard because of His reverent fear.
8 Though He was a Son, He learned obedience by the things which he suffered.
9 Then (having been perfected), He became the author and cause for Eternal Deliverance, for all those who obey Him,
10 having been called by Alahim, a High Priest after the order of Melchizedek.
11 Now we have many things to say about Him, but it’s often hard to explain, because you’ve all become so dull of hearing and won't listen!
12 For by now you should all be teachers, yet you still need someone to teach you about the first principles of Alahim over and over again. You’ve fallen into such a state that you still need milk and not solid foods.
13 For everyone drinking the milk is inexperienced in the Word of righteousness, and remains a babe.
14 But solid food is for those who are mature and whose senses have been trained and exercised to discern both good and evil.
4 And no one can take this honour for themselves, but only those who are called by Alahim (just as Aaron was). 5 Likewise, the Messiah did not lift Himself up to become a High Priest either - but remember it was said, 'You are My Son, and today have I brought you forth’.
MELCHIZEDEK PRIEST
MESSIAH YAHUSHA DID NOT TAKE THIS HONOUR FOR HIMSELF, NOR DID HE ESTEEM HIMSELF TO THE OFFICE OF PRIEST. JOHN THE IMMERSER SAID, “A MAN CAN RECEIVE OR TAKE TO HIMSELF NOTHING, EXCEPT IT BE GIVEN HIM FROM ABOVE.” YAHUSHA DID NOT EXALT HIMSELF TO BE A HIGH PRIEST- HE ATTAINED THE STATUS THROUGH PERFECT SUFFERING AND SACRIFICE. HE KNEW WHO HE WAS (ALAHIM IN THE FLESH) YET HE HE WAS HUMBLE!
THE SON (IMAGE) WAS BROUGHT FORTH BOTH IN TIME (BY THE METAMORPHOSIS) AND ALSO BY RESURRECTION. YAHUSHA WAS BORN A PRIEST, NOT OF THE TRIBE OF LEVI (AS AARONIC PRIESTS HAD TO BE), BUT OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH (THE KINGLY TRIBE OF DAVID AND SOLOMON). ANTICIPATING HERE, IT MEANS THAT YAHUSHA WOULD BE A KING-PRIEST! HOWEVER, HE BEGAN THIS HIGH PRIESTLY MINISTRY AFTER THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION. YAHUSHA IS THE ETERNAL FIRST-FRUIT SON, AND THIS CALL TO SONSHIP AND PRIESTHOOD IS ALSO ETERNAL.
6 And also it says (in another place), ‘You are a Priest forever after the order of Melchizedek’.
SONSHIP AND PRIESTHOOD ARE LINKED TOGETHER. THE FOUNDATION OF YAHUSHA'S PRIESTHOOD IS HIS ETERNAL SONSHIP. SINCE YAHUAH HUMBLED HIMSELF AND BECAME THE ETERNAL SON, HE IS ALSO THE ETERNAL PRIEST. IT'S INTERESTING HOW PAUL TAKES PSALM 110 ON THE SUBJECT OF THE PRIESTHOOD OF MESSIAH (AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK) AND INTERPRETS SOME OF THE VERSES, WORD BY WORD, WITH THE INHERENT IMPLICATIONS, CONCERNING THE MINISTRY OF YAHUSHA MESSIAH.
A PRIEST FOREVER
PSALM 110 "1Yahuah said to my Master, Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool. 2Yahuah will send the rod of your strength out of Zion: for you to rule in the midst of your enemies. 3Your people will be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties of set-apartness from the womb of the morning: you have the dew of your youth. 4Yahuah has sworn, and will not repent, for you are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
ORIGINALLY REGARDING DAVID, THIS REVELATION OBVIOUSLY SPEAKS OF YAHUSHA. ONE COULD ONLY BE A PRIEST IF ONE IS ALSO A SON! ONLY THE ETERNAL SON (YET ALAHIM) COULD BE THE ETERNAL PRIEST! SEE NOW WHY HE TOOK ON THE IMAGE OF A SON ?
AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK
IT IS THIS WONDERFUL PSALM THAT BECOMES THE MOST IMPORTANT IN PAUL'S LETTER, FOR YAHUSHA’S PRIESTHOOD IS BUILT UPON THE SUPERIORITY OF THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK OVER THAT OF THE ORDER OF THE OLD AARONIC PRIESTHOOD OF ISRAEL.
ABRAHAM MET AND GAVE OFFERINGS TO MELCHIZEDEK (WHO WAS YAHUSHA ANYWAY) LONG BEFORE THE 12 TRIBES WITH IT'S LEVITICAL PRIESTS (AFTER THE FLESH) PROVING THE SUPERIORITY THEREIN.
ABRAHAM EXPERIENCED THE DIVINE PRIESTHOOD AND MINISTRY OF MELCHIZEDEK LONG BEFORE ANY NATURAL PRIESTHOOD WAS OFFICIALLY FORMED! PAUL IS POINTING THE HEBREWS TO THIS TRUE SUPERNATURAL STATUS AND CALLING (OF WHICH AARON'S PRIESTS WERE A SHADOW).
IF ISRAEL'S PRIESTS WERE ONLY A SHADOW OF YAHUSHA'S TRUE NEW COVENANT PRIESTHOOD, THEN WHO THE HELL DOES YISHARAL/ISRAEL THINK SHE IS ... PARADING HERSELF AROUND ALL THIS TIME? IT IS TRUE - SHE HAS BECOME THE GREAT WHORE OF REVELATION AND ALL ABOMINATIONS IN THE EARTH COME FROM HER !!
IN THE DAYS OF HIS FLESH
6 And also it says (in another place), ‘You are a Priest forever after the order of Melchizedek’. 7Who in the days of His flesh (while anticipating death) offered up prayers and requests with strong crying and tears, to Him Who was able to deliver Him from death, and was heard because of His reverent fear.
THIS PHRASE SPEAKS OF THE INCARNATION (METAMORPHOSIS) OF YAHUSHA ALAHIM WHO WAS MADE FLESH IN ORDER TO PURGE OUR SINS AND BE OUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST. IT REFERS TO THE TAKING ON HIMSELF OF HUMAN NATURE. “THE DAYS OF HIS FLESH”... ESPECIALLY THE 33.5 YEARS OF HIS WALK UPON THE EARTH AS A MAN WITH PHYSICAL INFIRMITIES, SUCH AS WEARINESS, HUNGER AND THIRST. PAUL SPEAK OF “THE MESSIAH AFTER THE FLESH” IN 2COR 5:16 "FROM THIS TIME ON WE DON’T LOOK AT ANYONE AS THE WORLD DOES, FOR IT'S TRUE THAT IN THE PAST WE LOOKED AT MESSIAH AS THE WORLD DOES. BUT WE DON’T THINK THAT WAY ABOUT HIM ANYMORE (UNDER-ESTIMATE HIM OR JUDGE ON APPEARANCES). SO IF ANY MAN BE IN MESSIAH, HE IS A NEW CREATURE - OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY AND LOOK, ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW".
EVEN THOUGH ALAHIM, YAHUSHA STILL EXPERIENCED THE FRAILNESS OF FLESHLY HUMANITY, EVEN AT GETHSEMANE, WHERE HE PRAYED WHILE THE DISCIPLES SLEPT. THERE YAHUSHA EXPERIENCED STRONG INTERCESSIONS AND SWEAT, AS IT WERE, GREAT DROPS OF BLOOD, AS HE FACED HIS COMING SUFFERING, WHEN HE WOULD BE MADE SIN FOR US.
IT WAS THE HUMAN NATURE OF YAHUSHA THAT DREADED THE STAKE AND DEATH AND BEING MADE SIN. HE DREADED TO DRINK “THE CUP OF WRATH.” BUT THE DIVINE ALAHIM NATURE WITHIN HIM CARRIED HIM THROUGH TO OBEDIENCE, EVEN TO THE DEATH ON THE TORTURE STAKE. NONE CAN UNDERSTAND THE SORROWS OF THE MAN YAHUSHA IN THIS MATTER. HE WAS ALAHIM IN THE FLESH ... LIFE ... ONE IN TIME HERE ON EARTH ...
BUT NOW, FOR A MOMENT, HE WOULD BE STRIPPED OF ALL POWER AND CONNECTION TO HIS DIVINITY - MADE UNCLEAN AND SIN -FORSAKEN - SEPARATION FROM HIS ALAHIMNESS ('FROM HIS FATHER') THIS HE SHRUNK FROM. BUT IT WAS FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE HE CAME. “FATHER SAVE ME FROM THIS HOUR ... YET FOR THIS HOUR I CAME INTO THE WORLD."(JOHN 12:27) THE THOUGHT HERE IS NOT ONLY TO BE DELIVERED FROM DEATH, FOR HE CAME TO DIE, BUT IT IS TO BE SAVED OUT FROM DEATH, THAT IS, BY RESURRECTION!
YAHUSHA CONSENTED TO THE 'FATHER'S WILL' (THE DIVINE PLAN). IT WAS NOT EVEN A BATTLE OF HIS WILL FOR THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SINFUL. THE BATTLE WAS NOT WITH SATAN AND HIS EVIL HOSTS, OR EVEN WITH DEATH, BUT ACCEPTING THE DRINKING OF THE CUP OF WRATH AND SEPARATION -BEING MADE THE MOST HIDEOUS, ABOMINABLE SCOURGE OF SIN. SATAN'S HOUR CAME AT CALARY WHERE HE THOUGHT HE'D DESTROYED ALAHIM, WHILE IN A WEAKENED FLESHLY FORM. DYING PHYSICALLY WAS THE FIRST DEATH FOR YAHUSHA, BUT BEING FORSAKEN AND MADE SIN AND EVIL SHADOWED THE SECOND DEATH.
YAHUSHA HAD NEVER SINNED. DEATH COULD NOT TOUCH HIM. HE WAS SINLESS, DEATHLESS AND IMMORTAL. HE CAME TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE AND TO TAKE IT. IT WAS THE HUMAN NATURE OF YAHUSHA THAT SHRANK FROM THIS. IT WAS THE DREAD OF BEING MADE SIN. IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER WAY POSSIBLE FOR MAN’S REDEMPTION, LET IT BE. BUT IF NOT, “NOT MY WILL BE DONE, BUT YOUR WILL BE DONE.”
YAHUSHA'S OBEDIENCE
8 Though He was a Son, He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.
THOUGH HE WAS ALAHIM, AND THE SON OF MAN - THOUGH HE POSSESSED THE RIGHT OF SONSHIP, HE LEARNT (AS A YOUNG MAN) ACTIVE OR SPECIAL OBEDIENCE THROUGH THE THINGS HE SUFFERED. IT MEANT SUBMISSION TO THE FATHER'S WILL AS THE PERFECT ALAHIM MAN - THE CONSTANT DAILY CHOOSING TO STAY ON THE PATH AND STICK TO THE PLAN, EVEN TO DEATH. HE LEARNT TO OBEY. NOT JUST DEAD LEGAL-OBEDIENCE TO THE LETTER, BUT LOVING OBEDIENCE.
THE ENEMY OF DEATH WOULD TAKE HIM WHEN HE WAS MADE SIN! THE SUFFERING OF DEATH HAD TO BE IN ORDER THAT, THROUGH DEATH, HE MIGHT DESTROY THE DEVIL THAT HAD THE POWER OF DEATH. HE WENT THROUGH DEATH AND CAME OUT INTO RESURRECTION LIFE AND IMMORTALITY .. HE CONQUERED!
THE OBEDIENCE UNTO DEATH, EVEN THE DEATH OF THE STAKE, WAS THE CONSUMMATION OF THAT OBEDIENCE. EVEN THOUGH OBEDIENCE MEANT SUFFERING AND DEATH, HE OBEYED. BECAUSE OF WHO HE WAS, IT CANNOT BE ACCEPTED THAT HE STRUGGLED WITH SELF-WILL AND ANY THOUGHT OF DISOBEDIENCE.
YISHARAL/ISRAEL AS “THE SON OF ALAHIM” SUFFERED MANY THINGS IN ORDER TO LEARN OBEDIENCE BUT FAILED. THE SUFFERINGS OF YAHUSHA ARE SEEN IN SUFFERING TEMPTATION, AND VARIOUS SUFFERINGS ALL THROUGH HIS LIFE, AND FINALLY THE SUFFERING UNTO DEATH OF THE TORTURE STAKE. HIS WAS A SUFFERING NATURE, BEING HUMAN IN NATURE. BUT ALL THIS WAS IN THE FATHER'S (THE DIVINE) PURPOSE.
9 Then (having been perfected), He became the author and cause for Eternal Deliverance, for all those who obey Him,