Melchizedek, Priest and King, Part 3: The Meaning of Melchizedek

MELCHIZEDEK, PRIEST AND KING
PART 3: THE MEANING OF MELCHIZEDEK
TEXT: Hebrews 7:11-28

SUMMARY: In Hebrews chapter seven, Paul takes up the deep subject of Melchizedek in a manner that, for the first time in Scripture, enables us to identify him, and to understand and appreciate his priesthood as a foreshadow of Christ.

I. THE IDENTITY OF MELCHIZEDEK, vv. 1-3.
II. THE GREATNESS OF MELCHIZEDEK, vv. 4-10.
III. THE MEANING OF MELCHIZEDEK, VV. 11-28.
A. The Insufficiency of the Order of Aaron.

1. a narrow, national priesthood, v. 13-14.
2. a “fleshly” priesthood, v. 16
3. a weak and imperfect priesthood, v. 18.
4. an oathless priesthood, v. 20-21.
5. a changing and unstable priesthood, v. 23.

B. The Sufficiency of Christ and the Order of Melchizedek.

1. A universal priesthood, v. 13-14.
2. a spiritual priesthood, v.15.
3. a strong and profitable priesthood, v. 17-18.
4. a priesthood sealed by an oath, v. 21-22.
5. a stable, unchanging priesthood, v. 23.