The
writer of Hebrews declared, “every
high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things
pertaining
to God”,
and in chapter five and verse two of Hebrews we see how
“the high priest can have compassion on the ignorant”
where we read:
Who can
have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way;
for that
he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
The
verse begins, “Who can have
compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way;...”
The writer
began with the words, “Who can have
compassion”
which means “Who is able and has power to be affected moderately or
in due measure, with preserved moderation in the passions especially
of anger, grief, error, faults and sins of others bearing them
gently” “on the ignorant”
which refers to “those who do not know, understand, err or sin
through a mistake and wrong”, “and
on them that are out of the way” which
is all one Greek word “planaō”
and means “deceives, errs, goes astray, seduces and wanders”. The
“high priest”
is able to “gently preserve passions” upon people who “don't
understand or make mistakes” as well as those who “wander” and
go “astray”.
The
verse goes on to say, “ ...for that he himself also is
compassed with infirmity.” The
writer continued, “for that he himself also”
which means “the high priest himself” “is compassed”
or “bound, hanged and surrounded” “with infirmity”
which means “want of strength, weakness and frailty”. Though the
“high priest”
interceded for the people, “he”
personally was “also”
“bound” with his own “weaknesses and frailty”.
When
we meditate upon these words in Hebrews, we see the “flaws” that
were inherent in the “high priests” among men. Though the
“high priest” interceded for the people, he also was in need
of being cleansed from his sins. Jesus Christ, however, was inerrant
and without sin or error, and He was the “perfect” “high
priest” to make intercession for mankind. Jesus was “superior”
to every “high priest” who every preformed his duties, and
those who are wise will receive Him as the “perfect” substitution
for their every sins.
Next
time we see
the writer share how Jesus our “high
priests”
was “offer for sins”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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