Able To Save
(Heb 7:25)25Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
In Chapter 7 the author gives an argument to the question; Why Jesus Christ is a priest and that he is great high priest? Although Jesus did not come through the priestly line of Levi, he still is considered a priest. How can this be? The writer introduces a former Priest and King named Melchizedek. He then mentions how Melchizedek blessed Abraham who defeated invading kings in Genesis 14. Melchizedek had virtually no biographical information, but yet he was greater than Abraham and Abraham paid a tithe to him. He was a priest even before there was a priesthood or priestly line.
The writer then uses Psalm 110 to stress that David the King of Jerusalem even mentioned how there was one who was a eternal priest following the order, meaning having no lineage, of Melchizedek. Who was is this eternal Priest? It is Jesus Christ. Jesus serves as the perfect and eternal high priest.
Under the Mosaic Law the priest would have to come to the temple and offer up sacrifices for his own sins and then for the sins of the people. But because Jesus is of a different priesthood he had no need to offer up sacrifices for himself and He was able to offer one sacrifice on behalf of the people which was sufficient, complete, and eternal. His sacrificial death on the cross ushered in the better or the new covenant which the latter part of chapter 8 speaks about.
So because he is the great, eternal, perfect, high priest not from the Levitical line, but after the order of Melchizedek, He is able to save all those who place their faith and trust in Him. Why? Because a role of the high priest is to represent his people before God and there is not a human being past, present, or future that is able to stand before God the Father. Believers in Jesus have a high priest who will stand for them forever. What great news! Since he is the ever-living high priest and has defeated sin, death, and the grave through his one-time sacrifice we can be completely confident in His ability to save those who draw near to God through HIM.
Prayer: Jesus words cannot express how great you are. I am stunned at your greatness, faithfulness, and power. Thank you for providing so great a salvation. I am nothing and I have nothing before God Almighty, but You as my great, ever-living, high priest stand before the throne of God and represent me I then am forgiven and justified. Absolutely amazing! I bow before You as my great high priest and confess that I am unworthy, but I trusted you who has made me acceptable and worthy in the Father’s sight, because of your eternally sufficient sacrifice. Great is your name, Jesus and your position, King and Priest, in heaven and earth. Amen.