Hebrews 7:12-16 will be the passage of scripture for today's short thoughts. As the author continues to describe the uniqueness of Christ's priesthood, he is inspired to write, "For when the priesthood is changed, of necessity there takes place a change of law also. For the one concerning whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning priests. And this is clearer still, if another priest arises according to the likeness of Melchizedek, who has become such not on the basis of a law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life."
Yes, the priesthood changed and there was a change of law also. No one from the tribe of Judah had ever held the position of priest and yet this was the tribe from which our High Priest would come from. Although it is clearly noteworthy that Jesus was from the tribe of Judah, it is not His tribal lineage that makes Him a "high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek".
It was not on the basis of any physical requirements that He could be our Priest forever, but because He possesses a "power of an indestructible life". Indestructible is our Lord Jesus!
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