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"For He testifies..."

Text: Hebrews 7:17

THE DIVINE AUTHOR OF THE SCRIPTURES

Human writers were given the privilege of writing what we know now as “the Holy Scriptures”. However we must go one step further and note the doctrine of Divine Authorship. This is the main idea behind the following text.

“For He testifies:
‘You are a priest forever according to
the order of Melchizedek.”
Hebrews 7:17

1. For He testifies

a) This is a reference to God Himself.

b) He caused David to write this deep prophetic statement.

2. You are a priest forever

a) God was aware of the following:-

i) He was the One who established the Levitical priesthood.

ii) He was the One regulated this priesthood by the laws of Moses.

b) However God is not restricted by His own laws.

i) Being God He is certainly not restricted by what He has decreed.

ii) He has the Divine right to speak into existence another priestly system.

iii) This would not contradict what He had decreed earlier.

3. According to the order of Melchizedek

God, in His sovereignty, has every right to do the following:-

a) He has the right to speak of another priesthood.

b) He can endorse the line of Melchizedek as the preferred order.

c) This would fall under the category of “new decrees”.

i) New decrees should not surprise us.

ii) God had made new decrees after the Mosaic Law was given.