{"id":692,"date":"2007-12-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/contentfeeds\/2007\/12\/monday-day-15.html"},"modified":"2007-12-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-12T00:00:00","slug":"monday-day-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/contentfeeds\/2007\/12\/monday-day-15.html","title":{"rendered":"Something Better Day 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Nancy Guthrie’s guided journal “Hoping for Something Better,” which she based on her book of the same title<\/a> (Tyndale 2007).
\nNew journal entries will appear in your profile Monday-Saturday for 6 weeks. If you missed any so far, stay subscribed to this feed and you can begin when it starts over. Be sure to start your own journal within your Beliefnet profile or in a notebook to respond to Nancy’s prompts. <\/i>
\nDay 16<\/strong>
\nThere is something better than depending on a person to bring us close to God temporarily. It is coming to God through Jesus who holds us close forever.<\/i>
\nRead Hebrews 7.
\nIt\u2019s important to recognize why the writer to the Hebrews brought Melchizedek up\u2014the only place he\u2019s mentioned in the New Testament. This writer was trying to convince the Hebrew people that someone (Jesus) who wasn\u2019t even a descendant of Aaron was the perfect high priest. Everybody knew that someone couldn\u2019t be a priest unless he was from the tribe of Levi. So the writer to the Hebrews was building his case by reminding them that one thousand years before Aaron, there was a priest of God who was appointed by God and respected by Abraham, the father of their faith.
\nThe most important thing for you to know about Melchizedek is this: He was a type\u2014an illustration\u2014of the permanence of the priesthood of Jesus. This means that our salvation is as secure as Christ\u2019s priesthood is indestructible. Long after everyone you depend on in this life is dead and gone, Jesus will be alive and serving as your priest in the presence of God. When your future seems uncertain, rest in knowing that the priesthood of Jesus on your behalf is \u201cforever, in the order of Melchizedek\u201d (7:17).
\nIn what ways was Jesus similar to Melchizedek according to 7:1-3, 15-17?
\nIn 7:18-19, what conclusion does the writer come to about the law? What conclusion does he come to about our \u201cbetter hope\u201d?
\nWhat did the Old Testament high priests do that Jesus never had to do (7:27)?
\nWhat did Jesus do that the Old Testament high priests never did (7:27)?
\n–Nancy Guthrie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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