Ingabe uJesu ungumPristi wakho Ophakeme futhi uyiNkosi Yokuthula?
Umbhali wamaHeberu wafundisa ukuthi uMelkisedeki owayengumlando 'wayeluhlobo' lukaKristu - “Ngokuba uMelkisedeki lo, inkosi yaseSalema, umpristi kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, owahlangabeza u-Abrahama ebuya ekubulaleni amakhosi, wambusisa; bese kuba yinkosi yaseSalema, okusho ukuthi 'inkosi yokuthula,' engenayise, engenanina, engenalo uhlu lozalo, engenasiqalo sezinsuku noma ukuphela kwempilo, kodwa enziwe njengeNdodana kaNkulunkulu, uhlala engumpristi njalonjalo. ” (Heberu 7: 1-3) Wafundisa nokuthi ubupristi obukhulu bukaMelkisedeki bukhulu kangakanani kunobupristi buka-Aroni - “Bhekani-ke ukuthi ubemkhulu kangakanani lowo, ukhokho u-Abrahama wamnika okweshumi kwempango. Futhi ngempela labo abangamadodana kaLevi, abathola ubupristi, banomyalo wokwamukela okweshumi kubantu ngokomthetho, okungukuthi, kubafowabo, noma bevela okhalweni luka-Abrahama; kepha yena ozalo lwakhe lungaveli kubo wamukeliswa okweshumi ku-Abrahama, wambusisa lowo onezithembiso. Manje ngaphezu kwakho konke ukuphikisana omncane ubusiswa ngomkhulu. Lapha abantu abafayo bathola okweshumi, kepha lapho uyakwamukela, okufakazelwa ukuthi uyaphila. Ngisho noLevi owamukela okweshumi wakhipha okweshumi ngo-Abrahama, ngokuba wayesesokhalweni lukayise mhla uMelkisedeki emhlangabeza. ” (Heberu 7: 4-10)
Kusuka eScofield - “UMelkisedeki uwuhlobo lukaKrestu oyiNkosi-umPristi. Uhlobo lusebenza ngokuqinile emsebenzini wobupristi bukaKristu ovukweni, ngoba uMelkisedeki unikeza kuphela izikhumbuzo zomhlatshelo, isinkwa newayini. 'Ngokwendlela kaMelkisedeki' kubhekiselwa egunyeni lobukhosi kanye nobude obungapheli bobupristi obuphakeme bukaKristu. Ubupristi buka-Aaron wayevame ukuphazanyiswa ukufa. UKristu ungumpristi ngokohlelo lukaMelkisedeki, njengeNkosi yokulunga, iNkosi yokuthula, nangobupristi obungapheli; kodwa ubupristi buka-Aroni bufanekisela umsebenzi Wakhe wobupristi. ” (UScofield, 27)
Kusuka kuMacArthur - “Ubupristi bamaLevi babuzuzwa ngofuzo, kodwa abakaMelkisedeki babungenjalo. Ubuzali bakhe nemvelaphi yakhe akwaziwa ngoba kwakungabalulekile ebupristini bakhe… UMelkisedeki wayengeyena uKristu ozelwe ngaphambili, njengoba abanye besho, kodwa wayefana noKristu ngoba ubupristi bakhe babungobomhlaba wonke, bobukhosi, bulungile, bunokuthula futhi bungapheli. ” (IMacArthur, ngo-1857)
Kusuka kuMacArthur - “Ubupristi bamaLevi buguquka njengoba umpristi ngamunye efa kuze kube uyadlula ngokuphelele, kanti ubupristi bukaMelkisedeki abupheli ngoba umlando wobupristi bakhe awukulandisi ukufa kwakhe.” (IMacArthur, ngo-1858)
Amakholwa angamaHeberu kwakudingeka aqonde ukuthi ubupristi bukaKristu buhluke kanjani kubupristi buka-Aaron ababebazi. NguKristu kuphela ophethe ubupristi bukaMelkisedeki ngoba Nguye kuphela onamandla okuphila okungapheli. UJesu ungene kanye 'endaweni eNgcwelengcwele', negazi laKhe uqobo ukuze angenelele futhi asilamulele.
KubuKristu beTestamente Elisha, umqondo wobupristi bawo wonke amakholwa usebenza kulokho okugqokiswe, hhayi ekulungeni kwethu, kepha ekulungeni kukaKristu, esingakunxusela abanye emthandazweni.
Kungani ubupristi bukaKristu bubalulekile? Umbhali wamaHeberu kamuva uthi - “Manje leli yiphuzu eliyinhloko lezinto esizishoyo: SinomPristi Ophakeme onje, ohlezi ngakwesokunene sesihlalo sobukhosi soMkhulu ezulwini, uNgqongqoshe wendawo engcwele netabernakele leqiniso INkosi yakha, hhayi umuntu. ” (Heberu 8: 1-2)
SinoJesu ezulwini osilamlelayo. Usithanda ngokuphelele futhi ufuna simethembe futhi simlandele. Ufuna ukusinika ukuphila okuphakade; kanye nokuphila okuchichimayo okugcwele izithelo zikaMoya wakhe ngenkathi sisemhlabeni.
UKUFANELELA:
MacArthur, uJohn. I-MacArthur Study Bible. I-Wheaton: I-Crossway, ngo-2010.
Scofield, CI The Scofield Study Bible. ENew York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
