We are agreed on the intent of the passage.
Our issue is where you are seating him.
I have no issue with where He is seated. I'm content to take Scripture for what it says and see the actual layout when I see Him in person
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The point is that Christ did sit down; He rested from His work, something that earthly priest were never permitted to do.
A logical progession of that sequence would be appreciated.
No need; one can simply read through the last few pages of this thread.
Yes, the law is administrated, but covenants are not.
And Christ did both.
The Law was given to Moses; Grace and Truth came through Jesus Christ. (Jn 1)
In Scripture, covenants are not administrated.
Christ is never referred to in Scripture as the administrator of the New Covenant.
Perhaps it would be helpful if you
re-read my post that you seem to have taken issue with:
An entire New Covenant had to be put in place, as Christ Jesus was made High Priest by an oath from God, and Christ is not of the Tribe of Levi, but of the Tribe of Judah.
What does that mean? Jesus cannot legally administer the Old Covenant.
Elin, you did stipulate that high priests administrate the Law, yes?
Those who put themselves under the Old Covenant have NO representation in the Heavenly Tabernacle.
Those who preach Law-keeping preach that sacrifices will resume in the Millennium. Really?
There will be no priesthood to administer that - Jesus is a Priest Forever by the power of an indestructible life (
Heb. 7:16), and He's of the Tribe of Judah, which cannot legally administer the Old Covenant, and there are no sacrifices in the New Covenant save sacrifices of Praise \o/! Not only that, but Christ Jesus was the final, once for all sacrifice:
Hebrews 10:8-10
8 When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), 9 then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. 10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Nope, the New Covenant is His thing, and there are no sacrifices in the New Covenant, because
Hebrews 10:1-14
For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? 3 But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. [Remember that in Jer 31 God says He will remember our sins no more, and in 2 Cor 5:19 God says that in Christ, He was reconciling man to Himself, not counting our trespasses against us] 4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said,
“Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,
but a body have you prepared for me;
6 in burnt offerings and sin offerings
you have taken no pleasure.
7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,
as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”
8 When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), 9 then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. 10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
Jesus sat down when His Work was done; something that priests in the Temple were never permitted to do - their work was never done - there were always more sins that needed to be dealt with.
And because the Work of Christ was finished for all time with His own perfect Sacrifice, His 'administrative' duties were short-lived; He sat down. There is no more sacrifice for sins. No need for further administering in the New Covenant - the Priestly duties are complete.
-JGIG
