August 27, 2018

A Priest Forever


The nation grieves the loss of Arizona Senator John McCain, who up until the first of the year, continued to perform the duties of his office. I’m reminded of the priests from the line of Levi. The writer of Hebrews said, “Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office…” Senator McCain’s death, like the priests of old, prevent him from continuing in office and he is now no longer a US Senator. However, on the landscape of faith Christ is our High Priest, “…but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them” (Heb 7:23-25 NIV).

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