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Melchizedek the greatest priest
Sometimes the arguments of Scripture are really quite straightforward, even when (on first reading) they seem quite daunting. Here's the next part of Hebrews where the writer is showing how great Jesus is by aligning him with the priesthood of Melchizedek rather than the priestly line of Aaron (the tribe of Levi). His argument is really very nice. The lesser pays tithes to the greater – and ultimately everyone in Israel paid tithes to Melchizedek. Therefore, he is the greatest OT priest. This is the argument of Hebrews 7.4-10. I quickly sketched out a picture because the last time I taught this (in true Rolf Harris) style, I got a whiteboard and drew these pictures to explain my point.
Can you see what it is yet?