Daily Word

So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”; as he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.” Hebrews 5:5-6. Psalms 2:7 is quoted twice in Hebrews, both times in a leading position. Here it is the opening step of a long and detailed discussion of Melchizedek. This mysterious figure (Melchizedek) is mentioned only twice in the OT. But the association here of the title “priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek” with the words “my Son” shows the exalted character of this priesthood, and justifies the author’s fuller explanation as we will see in chapter 7. Make no mistake about it...Christ was appointed. Sometimes it’s hard to understand or swallow the fact that we to are appointed into position whether it be on our job, at our church etc…It’s always in God’s timing and not our own.