A BIGGER Plan

Read Hebrews 5:1-10
Discussion about the high priest.

There are similarities to the high priest and Jesus. After all, he was our high priest and did everything the high priest did for the people in the old testament. The difference is that, because God had a bigger plan,  Jesus only had to make the sacrifice once for all and the old testament high priest had to make sacrifices over and over.

Both old testament high priest and Jesus as our High Priest:

1. were selected from among men

2. represent men in matters related to God

3. offered gifts and sacrifices for sin

4. offered prayers and petitions

5. both are appointed and called by God

6. both were subject to weakness

To be subject to someone is to be under their authority or control. It also means contingent or conditional upon [obedience]. Someone made to undergo [death on a cross for the salvation of all.] To place under or below (made a little lower than the angels Heb. 2:7 until he was glorified again through death.) To make vulnerable. Submit.

Only old testament high priest had to offer a sacrifice for his sins first before he offered a sacrifice for the people. Jesus was without sin.

Verse 7 says Jesus offered prayers and petitions with loud cries to the one who could save him from death. However, the answer was ‘no’. God had a bigger plan, a better way. Do you sometimes get upset because out pray does not get answered the way you wanted: A house you did not get, a job you lost or did not get, a loved one dying, a divorce you did not want. I challenge you to explore the possibility of God’s bigger plan in that situation. Did something better come along because God said ‘no’ first? Did your character get stronger because you did not get what you wanted? Look deep and bet you can find a character building element in your hardships.

God had a bigger plan. The old testament pointed to it on almost every page.

Next week is one of my favorite subjects to write about… maturity in Christ.

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