Your Intercesser

Psalm 110:4-7

“The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”

The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.  He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.  He will drink from a brook along the way, and so he will lift his head high.”

As we began the first two verses, we share about the conversation God the Father is having with God the Son, Jesus the Christ.  So who is this person named Melchizedek?  I’ve found the Scriptures gives us the information needed, look with me at Genesis 14:18-20, ^“Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.  And praise be to God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.”  Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.”  

A note about what happened, it was a defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who attacked Sodom and carried off Lot, his wife and daughters and people.  What have we learned, Melchizedek was king of Salem, a priest of God?  Now please turn to Hebrews 7: 2b-3, “He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.  He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God, he continues a priest forever.” 

More light is shown on the king of Salem, it means king of peace and king of righteousness, and he is without father or mother or genealogy, no beginning, no end of life, and resembling the Son of God, he is a priest forever.  A priest forever is the promise the Father made to the Son, also found in Hebrews 7:17 and 21.  As a follower of Jesus, and a member of His family, verse 25 brings peace and joy that I cannot explain.  Verse 25, “Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.”

As you explore the remaining three verses, you will be looking at a time that’s yet to come, a time Jesus tells us only the Father knows, and on that day Jesus will deal with the many wicked leaders of the nations.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice