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~ The Priesthood According to the Order of Melchizedek ~

~ scriptures are from the Hebraic Roots Bible, and HBR Bible Notes in italics.

The Priesthood.
1Pe 2:5-10 You also as living stones are being built into a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to YAHWEH through Yahshua Messiah. ''As it is said in the Scripture: Behold, I lay in Zion an elect, precious Stone, a chief Corner-stone; and the one believing in Him shall not be ashamed!'' Then, it is to you who believe, that this honor is given. But to disobeying ones, He is the "Stone which those building rejected; this One became the Head of the Corner." He is a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence. And they stumble at it, because they believe not the word: for which they were appointed. But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood; a holy people, and a people for possession; that you should proclaim the praises of him who called you out of darkness to His precious light: you who then were "Not a people, but now are the people of YAHWEH; who had not obtained mercy, but who now have mercies poured out upon you."

~ 1 Peter 2:9 The intention of YHWH when He took Israel out of Egypt was to make a nation of priests (Exo 19:5-6).This did not happen due to the continual rebellion of the people, so in the New Covenant clearly the intention, as it originally was, is to make a kingdom of priests according to the order of Melchizedek (Heb 7:11, Heb 3:1)

Heb 8:6 But now, Yahshua the Messiah hath received a ministry which is greater than that: also by so much more, He is a Mediator of a better covenant, and so are the promises greater than the first covenant.

~ Hebrews 8:6 It is a better priesthood and we can have the penalty of our sins removed, something that could not happen in the first covenant which was only a shadow. In the first, the sins were simply laid on the altar and covered from year to year. The day of Atonement, which is Yom Kippur in Hebrew means covering, not removing. They were not removed until Yahshua paid the penalty for all sin, when He was crucified. Clearly there are 2 distinct separate covenants and the New Covenant is superior (Heb 7:22)

Regarding Circumcision.
Rom 2:28-29 For it is not the one who is outwardly a Jew that is the real Jew, nor is circumcision that which is seen in the flesh; but he is a Jew that is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart, in spirit, not literally; of whom the praise is not from men, but from Elohim.

Php 3:3 For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of Elohim, and who glory in Messiah Yahshua, and who do not trust in flesh.

Our Sacrifices.
Psa 141:2 Let my prayer be established before You as incense; the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Rom 12:1 Therefore, brethren, I call on you through the compassion of Elohim to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to Elohim, which is your reasonable service.

~ Romans 12:1 Whereas the Levitical priesthood was a shadow and had its focus on the sacrificing of animals, the Melchizedek Priesthood is about being a living sacrifice. Once a year on the Passover on the 14th day of the first month of Aviv, the true believer reflects on the dying Messiah and renews his covenant agreement by taking the symbols of the unleavened bread and wine, but the other 364 days of the year he is focusing on the living Messiah who is living in Him and bearing fruit through His spirit.

Heb 13:15-16 Then through Him let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to YAHWEH always, that is, the fruit of the lips, giving thanks to His name. But do not be forgetful of doing good and sharing, for Elohim is well pleased with such sacrifices.

The Incense.
Psa 141:2 Let my prayer be established before You as incense; the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

~ Psalms 141:2 The prayers of the saints are as incense to YHWH (Rev 5:8, Rev 8:3-4, Luk 1:10).

Luk 1:10 And all the multitude of the people was praying outside at the hour of incense. Rev 5:8 And when He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having harps, and golden bowls full of incenses, which are the prayers of the saints.

Rev 5:8 And when He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having harps, and golden bowls full of incenses, which are the prayers of the saints.

Rev 8:3-4 And another cherub came and stood on the altar, having a golden censer. And many types of incense were given to him that he should give them with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne. And the smoke of the incense went up with the prayers of the saints out of the hand of the cherub before YAHWEH.

The Ark of the Covenant.
Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will cut with the house of Israel: After those days, declares YAHWEH, I will put My Torah in their inward parts, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.

Heb 8:10 Because this is the covenant which I will covenant with the house of Israel after those days, says YAHWEH, I will put My Torah into their mind, and I will inscribe it on their hearts, and I will be their Elohim, and they shall be My people."

Heb 10:16 "This is the covenant which I will covenant to them after those days, says YAHWEH: Giving My Torah on their hearts, and I will write them on their minds;"

The Sanctuary : The Temple of the Living Elohim.
1Co 3:16-17 Do you not know that you are a sanctuary of Elohim, and the Spirit of YAHWEH dwells in you? And whoever defiles the sanctuary of Elohim, Elohim will destroy; for the sanctuary of Elohim is holy, which you are.

1Co 6:19-20 Or do you not know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which you have from Elohim, and you are not of yourselves? You were bought with a price; then glorify Elohim in your body, and in your spirit, which belong to Elohim.

2Co 6:14-18 Do not unite in marriage with unbelievers. For what partnership does righteousness have with lawlessness? And what fellowship does light have with darkness? And what agreement does the Messiah have with Satan? Or what part does a believer have with an unbeliever? And what harmony has the sanctuary of Elohim with idols? For you are the sanctuary of the living Elohim, even as it is said, "I will dwell in them and walk among them, and I will be their Elohim, and they shall be My people." Because of this, "Come out from among them and be separated, says YAHWEH, and do not touch the unclean thing, and I will receive you. And I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to Me, says YAHWEH Almighty."

Eph 2:20-22 being built up on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Yahshua Messiah Himself being the cornerstone of the building, in whom all the building being fitted together grows into a holy sanctuary in YAHWEH, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of Elohim in the Spirit.

Heb 8:1-2 Now the sum of the whole thing is this: We have a High Priest, who is seated on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven: And He is the minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which Elohim has pitched, and not man.

Rev 3:12-13 The one overcoming, I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of My Elohim, and he shall not go out any more. And I will write the name of My Elohim on him, and the name of the city of My Elohim, the New Jerusalem which comes down out of Heaven from My Elohim, and My new name. The one who has an ear, hear what the Spirit says to the congregations.

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