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2006 - Touchet Baptist Church, Touchet, Washington - Pastor Mike Paulson - 2006
Expounding the way of God more perfectly - Acts 18:26 - with the Scriptures Rightly Divided - II Timothy 2:15
TO JEWS tomorrow...
Not to CHRISTians Today!
Hebrews to Jude
Hebrews, James, I II Peter, I II III John Jude

Part III
Hebrews - Chapters 7,8


We see that as we get more and more into this 'series,' that we can understand how mixed up folks can get - thus we see how Laodiceanism came about - by wrongly dividing the word of truth!  It is as simple as that.

As 'religion' grows stronger by changing words from the Bible and re-arranging the truth in the Bible, things may appear to be better - rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing; they are in truth a mess - wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked - Revelation 3:17.

We see four main issues in chapters 7 and 8.
A.  Tithing - Abraham gave a tenth to Melchisedec along with the other comments on tithing show the definite teaching that tithing is old testament.  Paul preaches to us in I Corinthians 16:2,3 that we should give as God has prospered us and to give liberally.  And knowing that we have been given MORE than the Jews, we should give more than a tenth. But remember, the giving is not forced - it is a cheerful willing giving that God is pleased with from us today.  Tithing comments in Hebrews 7:2-10.
B.  Priesthood - I will not do a detailed study here on Melchisedec.  Nobody knows who this guy really is.  But he seems to be the pattern established for the perfect priest - such as God Himself.
C.  Sacrifice once - The catholics sure do make a mess of things today by trying to claim all this priest stuff to their pedophiliac perverted priests today.  The priesthood is the best example we can find about how a group of folks can wrongly divide the word of truth and damn folks to the lake of fire forever!  Rightly Dividing is a serious teaching to have down properly!
D.  New Covenant - to Israel and Judah - NOT to us for our future, etc.

Melchisedec - king of righteousness
    melech - king
    tsedek - righteousness

Salem means peace - possession of peace.
Jerusalem is the City of Peace

Melchisedec was without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God - not really a real person on this earth.

Melchisedec was FIRST king of righteousness, AFTER that King of Salem!
There must be righteousness before there is peace.
Jesus Christ came with His righteousness the first time, He will come with peace the second time!

Bunny Trail:
see James 3:17, Luke 2:14, Proverbs 15:33 for some great examples to show the correct order of righteousness BEFORE peace is possible.
In fact, remember what Paul says in Philippians 4:9 - doing right followed by peace!  But... remember, we must do the things that Paul preaches, not what Jesus taught in the gospels.  Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

Back to the main trail!

We see that the real power lies in Jesus Christ, not the law.  In the power of an endless life, not after the law.  But we also know that to be true from Paul's preaching in Galatians 3 about the schoolmaster and faith, etc.  Hebrews 7:11-19

And here is what a catholic thinks their earthly priest can do - but a simple reading the verses as they are stated shows that the earthly priests are not the ones we go to God through - that is Jesus Christ!
verse 25-28: Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.

If only a catholic would trust the Scriptures as they are rightly divided instead of their lying deceived and deceitful priests, they would truly be able to go unto God!

But sadly, we see these same concepts growing more and more within our own KJB churches - lifting the pastor to almost priesthood!  We must remember that we ALL are priests 'spiritually' these days, if we are truly saved!  But we are seeing that doctrine of what is called the priesthood of believers becoming more and more catholic in its application these days.

We see also that the reference to the new covenant is not something directed to us so that we lay claim to these Scriptures for ourselves - we will be made like Jesus Christ - see Philippians 3:21.

This covenant is made to the house of Israel and house of Judah - verse 8.
Hebrews 8:10,11 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

And they will be killed if they witness - because people then will already know the truth, so if someone has anything to say, it won't be the truth - and they will be killed for it - with God's approval!   See Zechariah 13:3

verse 12: And God will remember their sins no more - as it is now clearly understood what Acts 3:19 is referring to.  Nothing for today - but all for the future, which they would have had had they not killed Stephen!