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December 16: New Priestly Order.

Psalm 110:1-7:
The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” The Lord shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of Your enemies! Your people shall be volunteers in the day of Your power; in the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, You have the dew of Your youth.
The Lord has sworn and will not relent, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”
The Lord is at Your right hand; He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath. He shall judge among the nations, He shall fill the places with dead bodies, He shall execute the heads of many countries. He shall drink of the brook by the wayside; therefore He shall lift up the head.

Psalm 111:1-10:
Praise the Lord! I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation. The works of the Lord are great, studied by all who have pleasure in them. His work is honorable and glorious, and His righteousness endures forever. He has made His wonderful works to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and full of compassion. He has given food to those who fear Him; He will ever be mindful of His covenant. He has declared to His people the power of His works, in giving them the heritage of the nations. The works of His hands are verity and justice; all His precepts are sure. They stand fast forever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness. He has sent redemption to His people; He has commanded His covenant forever: Holy and awesome is His name. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do His commandments.His praise endures forever.


Yesterday we saw through Psalm 109 the moment of betrayal that Jesus suffered, when He was handed over to be crucified.
In this psalm, 109, we see a Messiah but not suffering and dying. NO!, but one victorious, full of glory, and being exalted in heaven.
Here we see one of the psalms that Paul used to teach about the priestly order that Jesus Christ came to impose in the new stage for the children of God now in the time of grace.

Whereas at the time when Jesus came into the world, the priestly order was that of Aaron, according to the law of Moses. All were governed by this law and the priests were only descendants of the sons of Aaron. All the helpers who served in the temple and assisted the priests came from the tribe of Levi.
But when Jesus Christ came, He came as king and priest of an eternal priestly order! This order is that of Melchizedek. The one who received from the hand of Abraham the tithes and offerings of the spoils of war that he obtained when he went to rescue his nephew Lot.
Paul reveals to us that this Melchizedek is a king of a city called Salem which means Peace. And he is also a priest because Abraham honored him, offering the due offerings and sacrifices in gratitude to God for having delivered him. He is a type and figure of the Messiah. He represents Jesus Christ in the Old Testament.
This is important to know because all of us who are believers in Jesus are no longer subject to the law of Moses or the order of Aaron, but to the order of Jesus Christ, where everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved, and where everyone who are washed by the blood of Jesus will be able to enter His presence and find forgiveness of sins. Jesus Christ is a priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
If you want to study more on this topic, you can read chapters 5, 6 and 7 of Hebrews.

Moving on to the next psalm, the 111, this was written in a Hebrew literary modality, where each written phrase begins with the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. So if it were our alphabet, the first verse begins with A, the second with B, and so on. Some Bibles still have these letters for...