Hebrews 5:1-10

5 1-3 Every high priest selected to represent men and women before God and offer sacrifices for their sins should be able to deal gently with their failings, since he knows what it’s like from his own experience. But that also means that he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as the peoples’.

4-6 No one elects himself to this honored position. He’s called to it by God, as Aaron was. Neither did Christ presume to set himself up as high priest, but was set apart by the One who said to him, “You’re my Son; today I celebrate you!” In another place God declares, “You’re a priest forever in the royal order of Melchizedek.”

7-10 While he lived on earth, anticipating death, Jesus cried out in pain and wept in sorrow as he offered up priestly prayers to God. Because he honored God, God answered him. Though he was God’s Son, he learned trusting-obedience by what he suffered, just as we do. Then, having arrived at the full stature of his maturity and having been announced by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who believingly obey him.


Here is what I have learned about priests:
-the priest connects people to God.
-the priest would be compassionate for people, and would relate with them

-the priest was chosen/ called by God, not by people.

-the high priest was the in between person... sort of like a connection between the people and God.

God chose Christ to almost play out as our permanent highest priest, as we see in this passage. Christ is now all of those things for us, and is now our connection to God. Also because of Him, we don't have a need to make sacrifices anymore. 

Something I never thought about until tonight: in the days of the Old Testament, people would literally cast and cultivate their sins into animals, and then kill them and give them to God. I never realized how much of a testimony/ statement the sacrifice of animals was. Now I fully also understand what the Bible means by "Christ the lamb of God". Our sins were all cast upon Christ, and as He died, He took them away from us, and carried our burden.

Thank You Lord for doing this for us, with all our hearts we thank You. I thank You for this time at college group of learning about You and what You did for us. I also thank You for Your priestly qualities that help us to feel more close and intimate with You. We love You and thank You for this day and thank You for everything. Amen

♥Chrissy