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To: metmom
He is now interceding for us before the Father, as a priest.

EXACTLY. But HOW is he offering? HOW is he interceding? "Thou art a priest forever...according to the order of Melchizedek".

You practically have to go out of your way to not see it.

60 posted on 10/08/2013 5:30:12 PM PDT by Claud
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To: Claud; metmom

“But HOW is he offering? HOW is he interceding?”

I think part of the reason we seem to be on different wavelengths here is because you seem to be equating “offering” with “interceding”, or at least, that is how I am reading this.

An offering, a sacrifice, was given by Christ on the cross. I think we all agree on that. Intercession is a different thing, and Christ does that continually. As the verses from Romans I quoted in my last post show, they are two separate things that aren’t tied together as closely for Christ’s priesthood as they may have been for the Aaronic priesthood.

When the old priests went to ask God for intercession, making an offering was a matter of course, since they were always imperfect, and so an offering was required to propitiate the Lord before even a high priest could approach Him. Christ is perfect, and has already made a perfect offering, so no more offering is required of Him. He can approach the Father freely to intercede for us, without having to make, or repeat, or reenact any offering.


63 posted on 10/08/2013 5:48:19 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Claud

He is seated at God’s right hand.


69 posted on 10/08/2013 6:55:34 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of faith....)
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