2. Superior Priesthood
1. Even Levi gave tithes to Melchizedek through Abraham (Hb.7:9-10)
2. He being God incarnated as Man is the only perfect Mediator (1Tim.2:5,
Heb.2:9,10,14)
3. The levites could not be permanent because they died, but Jesus lives
for ever and has a permanent priesthood (Heb. 7:23-24)
4. The levites had to offer sacrifices for their own sins, but Christ is the
sinless and perfect High Priest of God (Heb.7:26-27)
5. The levites served in a man made tabernacle, but He entered into the
heavenly one, not made with human hands (Heb.8:5; 9:11)
6. Sacrifices were necessary to purify the copies of heavenly things on earth
(tabernacle and instruments), but the heavenly things could only be purified
with a better sacrifice, i.e. of Jesus (Heb.9:23)
7. The OT ceremonies were only temporary, till Jesus came (9:10)
3. Superior Priesthood
8. The OT ceremonies were only external, but Christ works within us
(9:10)
9. The levites offered blood of animals; but Jesus offered Himself
(9:11-14)
10. The levites had to sacrifice many times, but Jesus offered Himself
once for all (Heb.7:27)
11. Jesus is the Mediator of a superior and new covenant that is
established on better promises (8:6, 10-12) (2Cor.3:7-11)
12. The old covenant is made obsolete by the new covenant
(Heb.8:13)
13. The blood of Jesus cleanses our conscience to serve the living
God (9:9,14)
