Neac - Newtown: Erskineville Anglican Church

The writer of Hebrews in this passage establishes the legitimacy of Jesus as a priest, not in the traditional order of Levi but another little known order, that of Melchizedek (7:1-3). This significance of this order lies in patriarch Abraham's willingness to give him a tenth of everything (7:4-10). The failure of the OT priesthood is established by the need for another, prophesised in Psalm 110, in Melchizedek's line. Jesus' superior priesthood is based on his eternal ability to cover and save from sin.