The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-24
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"Called of God, as Aaron"
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THE Son of Man came to seek and to
save that which was lost. Luke 1910
Today's lesson deal swith the Priesthood
of Jesus and, incidentally, with that of
His church He Is the high priest, or
chief priest of our profession, or order.
The Jews found it difficult to understand
how Jesus could be associated with the
priesthood; for God had confined the
priestly office to the family of Aaron, of
the tribe of Levi, and neither Jesus nor
His disciples belong to that tribe.
St. Paul argues that because we by
faith recognize Jesus as our great high
priest and know that He has sympathy
for our imperfections, therefore we may
come to Him with great courage when
overtaken by a fault that we may obtain
mercy and find grace to help. But these
blessed assurances are without force I'M
less we realize that Jesus is our high
priest in heaven. Hence the apostles
argument in this lesson demonstrates this
fact.
AarOnic Priests Were Typical
TIL eapostle reasons GID that all Jew
ish priests were taken from amongst
their fellows and especially ordained, or
set apart. to represent their people be-
fore God, Offering both their gifts and
their sacrifices for sins, In this arrange
ment the priests could sympathize with
the people, because they were subject to
the same weaknesses, and needed tn for
g1vness of their own sins. But none
could take this office of himself. God
must call Him. as He did Aaron.
So, the apostle points out, Christ, the
high priest spiritual, and His elect
church, the royal priesthood on the spirit
plane must also be called of God God
honored Christ in this way, saying to
Him in the Psalms Thou art My Son;
today have l begotten Thee and again,
Thou art a priest, forever, after the
order of Melchizedek. Psalms 81; 110:4
On this broad foundation of the divine
call the apostle declares that Christ is
not a priest after the order of Aaron-an
earthly priest; but although typified by
Aaron In respect to an earthly sacrifice,
He is really a glorified priest, after the
order of Melchizedek, who was king and
priest at the same time So Christ in
glory is not man. He Is the glorifled
kingiy priest, the king of saints. able
and willing to succor them in all their
trials and difficulties.
priest shall have succored all of His under
priests-after He shall have changed
them to His own likeness in the first res
direction, beyond the veil-then He Will
become the king and priest in glory to
the world of mankind, and for thou
sand years will reign to bless and to up
| lift all the willing and obedient who
| under the enlightenment then afforded
will draw nigh unto God. But whoever
refuses to be obedient will be cut off in
| the second death.
'In the Days of His Flesh"
Then the apostle shows the connection
between the glorified kingly priest beyond
the veil and the suffering Jesus in the
flesh. (5:7) When the apostle writes
"Who in the days of His flesh" we are
to understand that those days are ended.
AS the apostle explains, "He was put to
death in flesh, but quickened In spirit =
in the resurrection. The apostle seeks to
give Jesus followers confidence in His
ability to sympathize with all their trou-
bles Therefore he declares that Jesus