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Hebrews 7

A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE (7:1-3)

The person of Melchizedek (7:1a, 2b-3)

Who he was (7:2b):

What he did (7:1a):

Where he came from (7:3):

The preeminence of Melchizedek (7:1b-2a)

The battle (7:2a):

The blessing (7:1b):

A THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE (7:4-28):

Royal (as was that of Melchizedek) (see 7:1)

Superior (7:4-10)

To whom? (7:5-7): To Levi, founder of the Levitical priesthood.

Why? (7:4, 8-10)

Abraham was the ancestor of Levi (7:9).

The yet unborn Levi thus tithed to Melchizedek while still in the loins of Abraham (7:4, 8, 10).

Independent (7:11-15)

Independent of the law (7:11-12).

Independent of the tribe of Levi (7:13-15):

Everlasting (7:16-17)

Guaranteed (7:20-22):

Continuous (7:23)

Permanent (7:24)

Holy (7:26)

All-sufficient (7:18-19, 25, 27)

Flawless (7:28)