17 Jesus the Eternal High Priest

The Mosaic Covenant was conditional (Exodus 19:5) and the same was true of the Aaronic priesthood. Which makes the priests and the entire priesthood temporary with no assurance that their offices would continue. So, in the normal manner the Levitical priests including the high priest were appointed to their offices based upon the conditional Law. Jesus however, was made a priest by the oath that God the Father had made to Him. The Lord again makes reference to Psalm 110 when He says, “Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.” Now the Lord who cannot do anything apart from His promises ordained Jesus to the office of Savior. In every way Jesus is superior to any Levitical priest. There is no explicit or even similar oath apart within the Mosaic Covenant that specifically ordains the high priesthood (Exodus 28). The Law was conditional and temporary but as the text says by so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.