Father Mike Schmitz

And so Jesus though, as the author says, we know that he wasn't in the line of Aaron.

He was a tribe of Judah.

So Jesus belongs to a different kind of priesthood.

The priesthood of Melchizedek, which we saw back in Genesis and heard about in Psalm, in the book of Psalms, Genesis 14 and in Psalms 110.

That Jesus has a priesthood that does not pass away.

That's not bound by a genealogy.

A priesthood that he doesn't have to offer up a sacrifice for himself like the priests would do in the old covenant for themselves daily and yearly.

Because he was spotless, he offered a sacrifice of himself once and for all.

And I love this.

Chapter 7, verse 26.

For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, unstained, separated from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people.

He did this once for all when he offered up himself.

Indeed, the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of oath, which came later than the law, appoints a son who has been made perfect forever.

And chapter eight talks all about how he is the mediator of a new covenant.

You are part of that covenant right now.

This is the great news.

You're part of that covenant right now.

I just thank God so much for this community.

I thank God so much for this journey.