The Forever Priesthood of Christ

• This Lesson is a redux, re-recorded as both primary & back-up failed *

I. A PRIEST'S GARMENTS & DUTIES

Dressing the High Priest, Exodus 28:1-43
a. emphasizing vv31-35
b. foreshadowing Christ's earthly ministry

Day of Atonement, Lev 16:1-34
a. events of that day, vv1-34

• foreshadows of Christ
• garments of the priests, v4

Divinely Reconciling both Literal & Allegorical
a. John 5:39; Psa 40:7-8
b. Heb 1:1; Hosea 12:10; Gal 4:24; 1 Cor 10:6

II. A PRIEST AFTER MELCHIZEDEK'S ORDER

Melchizedekian Scriptures
a. Gen 14:17-20 (v18); Psalm 110:4
b. Heb 5:6, 10; 6:20; 7:1, 10, 11, 15, 17

Melchizedekian Significance
a. existence before Aaron (Gen 14)
b. elaborate garments not worn (Ex 28)
c. establishes a figurative foreshadow (Psa 110)

• in Aaron's priestly illustrations
  d. exalts a literal, eternal, spiritual, heavenly fulfillment (Heb 5)
• by Christ's priestly ministrations