INTRODUCTION:
1. Turn with me in your Bibles to Heb. 5:7-8.
2. Last week we took a look at Heb. 5:5-6.
3. We saw, The Messiah was appointed High Priest as well. V5
A. This is where we really get to dig into things,
1. The writer starts off by saying “In the same way”:
a. The KJV say, “So also” and this is the GK. (But it means “In like
manner”)
b. This is a reference to the verse above or verse 4. (The High Priest
does not appoint himself high priest)
c. So we must stop here. (The one who is Messiah did not appoint
Himself as High priest)
d. He was appoint is the same manner as the human on. (Yahweh
appointed Him, He was called by God or Eliohim)
e. Now remember what that means. (Yahweh anointed Him, called
Him by name and, remember the Spirit of Wisdom was on
Him)
1). Look at Is. 61:1-3 (Spirit of the Lord is on Me)
2). Look at Luke 4:16-21 (Spirit of the Lord is on Me)
3). Look at Jn 8:54 (The Father glorifies Him)
f. In all these passages it is in reference. (To the fact He was did not
take this office on Himself but was appointed by God)
g. Yashua is fully qualified. (To become the High Priest, and was
appoint in the same made, not self appointed)
2. Notice here the writer did call Him Yashua or Jesus, but Messiah:
a. In this verse the writer begins to make a transition. (The
is from being qualified as High Priest but even more)
b. This word “Messiah” or Heb. “mashiyach” means. (Heb. Anointed
or consecrated, the RT word is to rub with oil, the GK
“Christ” is anointed”)
c. We go from just being a High Priest to the Messiah. (Begins to give
a deeper understanding of who and what the Messiah is)
d. The writer uses Ps. 2:7. (And this is worth looking at, it is
actually prophetic of the Messiah)
1). Ps. 2:7, “I declare”. (Means Heb. I have “inscribed”)
2).And the word “decree”. (Means an appointment, and the
Appointment is “You are My Son, today I have become
Your Father”)
a). Look at Matt. 3:17 and Luke 3:22 (This is my bel0ved
son)
b). Acts 13:33 (Prophecy fulfilled “You are my son”)
3). This goes back to Is. 11:1-2. (The Messianic Line coming from
The stump of Jesse)
4). And then it moves to Is. 61:1-3. (The Spirit of the Lord is on
Me)
5). And to Luke 4:16-21. (Yashua Identiying Himself to the
To the people)
e. I took some time with this because if we miss this. (We will not get
the transition that is being made)
f. So verse 5 lets us know Messiah is appointed as High Priest. (Under
the same guide lines as that of an earth high priest, which
lets us know He is a High Priest and has responsibilities
of the High Priest)
3. But His priesthood is not Levitical:
a. He holds the same qualifications. (As far as being appointed as
high priest, but it is not from the Levitical order if you will)
b. In verse 6 the writer turns to Ps. 110:4. (“Forever, You are a
priest like Melchizedek”)
c. Ps. 110 is known as the chapter of the Priestly King. (This takes us
to a whole different level)
d. We first see this word “Melchizedek” show up in Gen. 14:17-24.
(This is the time of Abraham and rescuing Lot from some
Kings)
1). The word “Melchizedek” in the Heb. is made up of two RT words.
(The first is “King”, and the second is “right” so it means
King of Right)
2). We also see Melchizedek was the King of Salem. (Heb. for Salem
Is peace and is pronounced Shalem and is an early name
Of Jerusalem, the Rt word is complete, Friendly, just and
Peaceable)
3). Notice, Melchizedek blesses Abram and give wine and bread. (This
blessing becomes a function of the priest later, in
Num. 6:23 and Dt. 10:8) But the bread and wine are
Symbolic of the body and blood of Yashua look at 1 Cor.
11:23-26 which is the Passover.
a). I want to look at this bread and wine. (The Passover, this
took place before the covenant was made by Yahweh
with Abram Gen. 15. We talk about the smoking pot
and the torch, which would include Passover)
b). Let’s look at Matt. 26:18-29. (Word “remission” or in
some translations “forgiviness” Gk means to “send
away”, and has a reference to “a husband divorcing
his wife”)
c). Now Let’s look at Rom. 7:1-6. (Rom. 6 speaks of baptism,
and raised to walk in newness of life, here it is for us t0
join to him He must die and well as us, or we could not
be join (married) to Him)
d). So this whole thing. (Has been a picture of Him
betrothing Himself to the bride, and He will
save Himself until the marriage supper Matt.
26:29, and Rev. 19:6-10)
4). But I also want you to see there are two kings, the other is king of
Sodom. (The King of Sodom only offered the possessions
Taken in battle, and we know what happens to Sodom
Later)
5). In Gen 14:22-23. (Abram takes the high road and doesn’t
Take that offered by the King of Sodom)
6). But notice, Melchizedek was both priest and king. (This is a
Different way of thinking about the High Priest)
7). This is actually pointed out in the Davidic Prophecies. ( Look
At Is. 11:1-5 and Matt. 1:6 and 16 Yashua coming from the
Line of the King of Israel) Also look at Ps. 2:7-12 shows
The line of the King.
8). He will hold this priest, king office “forever”. (GK means forever
But also means eternity and the Rt word means always)
4. In this next section we are going to look at what He overcame in this
Life.
5. We need to know this because it is the road we need to travel as well.
6. Let’s read Heb. 5:7-8. Pray!
I. We need to look at the road to obedience. V7-8
A. The path He took in this life is the path we will travel.
1. “During His earthly Life” or KJV “In the days of His flesh”:
a. This refers to the time He walked this earth as a man. (GK is flesh (the soft substance of the living body, which covers the bones and is permeated with blood) of both man and beasts or the
body)
b. This is important for two reasons. (First it shows He had flesh just as us, which is important because some would say it only seemed that way)
c. This would go back to John 1:1-14. (It is important for us to know that He because flesh for us to know we are to follow His path)
d. We need to come to a place where we truly recognize Him. (As having come in the flesh, and all that He went through was in the flesh) 1 John 4:2 He came in the flesh
1). It is only as we recognize this point. (Will we be able to see
Him as going through all we do)
2). And only as we recognize His walk. (Will we be able to see how
He could know intimately where we are and what we go
Through, we will identify with Him)
a). He “offered” prayers. (Rt word means “to carry” but also
means “to bear patiently”)
2. Remember, He was appointed before the foundation of the earth:
a. To be the Son, or Messiah. (But there were things to go along with that office or appointment)
b. If we are to understand it was decreed before the foundation. (We must also understand the decree included the life He would
live here on this earth)
1). Look at 1 Peter 1:18-20. (This was decreed before the
The foundations of the earth, for us who believe)
2). So His sufferings and death. (Were part of that Decree, what
He would suffering was Inscribed in a decree then)
3). Let’s go back to Gen. 2:15. (The Heb. word for “place” or “put”
Means “rest” or “safety” this is a safety Yahweh gives to His
People in the land)
4). We can see this in. (Look at Deut. 12:10 The word “rest” is
The same Heb. word for “put”)
5). So in the Garden, or Land. (Man had rest, or His rest
Safety from their enemies)
6). Now look at Gen. 3:15. (Man has sinned, but the word “put”
Comes up again but in this case it is a different word
Meaning to “place” a hostility between the women and
The serpent, and between her seed)
7). But the women’s seed will crush the head of the serpent. (And the
Serpent will bruise the heel of the women’s seed)
8). Through this sin. (Man was removed from the land, which
Also removed Him from Yahweh’s rest, so being removed
From the land, also removes us from His safety and rest)
9). Look at Gen. 3:21. (Yahweh killed and animal and made a
Covering for them the word “clothed” means wrap
Around, look at Heb. 9:22 without the shedding of blood
Remember “remission” means “freedom or pardon” and
Also is associated with divorce of a husband or spouse)
a). This “skin” is also linked to sukkot. (Look at Lev. 23:42
“booths” and the rt word is saw-kak which means to
Protect or to cover and is linked to the skins of the
Tabernacle.
b). Look at Matt. 17:1-5. (Word “tabernacle” means “booth”
look at the cloud overshadowed, means “envelop in”
to cover or wrap around)
3. So He was here to carryout the decree:
a. And in that He offered up prayers and appeals. (This is intense,
prayers are petitions and appeals or in the KJV
supplications means to seek the Fathers favor)
b. This is important. (The word “tears” means loud out cry, this
was intense praying) Look at Luke 22:39-46 Tears
c. He prayed to the One who could save Him from death. (The word
“from” can also mean “by means of” or through death if
You will) Look at 2 Cor. 14:4 to be raised up with Him, and
2 Cor. 5:8 to be absent of the body.
d. And Yashua was heard because of His reverence. (The word
“reverence” means circumspection, which means He
Careful to consider all circumstances and possible
Consequences)
e. Look at v8. (Even though He was the Son, He learned
obedience through what He suffered) Look at Phil 2:8
He was obedient to the Father through His word even
Unto death.
f. Now, this ought to tell us something. (It is through the suffering
we go through that we will learn to be obedient, as we
surrender to Him through His word) Look at John 16:33 He
has overcome the world.
g. Now think about this. (In that prayer at the garden, He asked
for the cup to pass from Him, but also said not my will but
yours Father, be done)
i. At that point and every point in His life. (He was circumspect, or
considered the consequences and chose the Fathers will to
be obedient, and He chose to stay under the Father’s
covering)
j. This tells us it is not the temptation that is sin. (It is the failure to
consider the consequences and chose the Fathers will that
that is the sin)
k. Think about this. (Whatever He was presented with He
the consequences of His actions before taking action)
l. This also implies He knew the Torah well enough. (To be able to
evaluate the consequences of His decisions)