tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189415.post4071423785065791527..comments2024-03-24T04:09:03.396-04:00Comments on The Cross Reference: Four Reasons Every Christian Should Know the Old TestamentJeffrey Pinyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08758581112217835988noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189415.post-82466400263446463172009-07-25T09:59:40.429-04:002009-07-25T09:59:40.429-04:00He knows only that our Lord hails from the tribe o...<i>He knows only that our Lord hails from the tribe of Judah. (7:14)</i><br /><br />That's what he <b>mentions</b>, but that doesn't mean it's all he knows. It was the relevant information to the issue at hand: Jesus is of the tribe of Judah, NOT Levi, which should ordinarily disqualify him for the priesthood. But Jesus is no ordinary priest!<br /><br /><i>He identifies many parallels between our Lord and the mysterious high priest, Melchizedek, who "[w]ithout father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever." (7:3)</i><br /><br />He's not implying that Jesus had no mother, certainly. There is some conjecture (put forward by the Great Adventure Timeline researchers) that the qualities of Melchizedek's priesthood are not as ethereal or otherworldly as they sound: they are contrasting the Melchizedek priesthood with the Levitical priesthood. Levites were priests from the ages of 30 to 50 (Num. 4:3,23,30) and had to be of a particular tribe, whereas Melchizedek and Christ are not thus restricted: thus, "genealogy" and "beginning of days" and "length of life".Jeffrey Pinyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758581112217835988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189415.post-16652754878881581962009-07-24T22:14:20.237-04:002009-07-24T22:14:20.237-04:00Why would Matthew and Luke have spent time working...<b>Why would Matthew and Luke have spent time working out genealogies ... ?</b><br /><br />Well, I don't really know.<br /><br />Why doesn't the author of the Letter to the Hebrews seem to know about Matthew or Luke's (or Christ's) genealogy? He knows only that our Lord hails from the tribe of Judah. (7:14)<br /><br />He identifies many parallels between our Lord and the mysterious high priest, Melchizedek, who <i>"[w]ithout father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever."</i> (7:3)Moonshadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277057132720569896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189415.post-12967271703694338722009-07-21T21:50:17.604-04:002009-07-21T21:50:17.604-04:00The angel Gabriel says that Jesus will receive the...The angel Gabriel says that Jesus will receive the throne of "his father David" and Jesus is called "son of David" often in the Gospels.<br /><br />Jesus, although not PHYSICALLY descended from his foster father Joseph, is spiritually his heir. Why would Matthew and Luke have spent time working out genealogies for JOSEPH when both also put forth the virgin birth of Jesus?Jeffrey Pinyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758581112217835988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189415.post-10117053070645882222009-07-21T21:41:17.466-04:002009-07-21T21:41:17.466-04:00through this pseudo-harlotry that Perez, a forefat...<b> through this pseudo-harlotry that Perez, a forefather of Jesus Christ, was born. </b><br /><br />Yeah, and Judah remarks that she is more righteous than he. At least he figured out which way is up ... eventually.<br /><br />Is it picking nits to point out that Joseph descends from Perez, and all that, but not Jesus? Culturally, sure, but not biologically.<br /><br />I dunno. I used to think these personalities in Jesus' ancestry were significant but I don't see how they touch on who he is, really. Maybe I'm just too dogmatic about the virgin birth. (I don't mean to say you aren't, of course! Please!)Moonshadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277057132720569896noreply@blogger.com