IN RELATING TO GOD WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST NEED?

HIGH PRIEST WHO NEEDS ONE?

JESUS OF NAZARETH IN HEBREWS HE IS DESCRIBED AS APOSTLE HIGH PRIEST MEDIATOR PIONEER/TRAIL-BLAZER WHY HIGH PRIEST?

HIGH PRIEST WHEN GOD IN EXODUS BEGAN TO RELATE TO HIS PEOPLE AS YAHWEH IT PRODUCED/EXPOSED A PROBLEM THIS REVELATION REQUIRED HIS PEOPLE TO BE LIKE HIM IN VALUES, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOUR

HUMAN PROBLEM THEY COULD NOT MEASURE UP THEIR NATURAL RESISTANCE TO HIGHER AUTHORITY WAS EXPOSED THEY NEEDED A MEDIATOR WHO COULD REPRESENT THEM BEFORE GOD AND DEAL WITH THE RESISTANCE/ SIN PROBLEM

THE NEED ONE WHO WAS ONE OF THEM, ONE WHO COMPLETELY IDENTIFIED WITH THEIR HUMANITY AND THEIR STRUGGLES ONE WHO COULD MEASURE UP TO GOD’S REQUIREMENTS ONE WHO COULD PROVIDE GOD WITH THE RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH HUMAN RESISTANCE AND CHANGE THEM FROM ENEMIES TO FRIENDS

THE ANSWER - JESUS THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO MEET GOD’S REQUIREMENTS 100% HUMAN AND IDENTIFIED WITH THE REST OF US TOTALLY AVAILABLE TO GOD AVAILABLE TO BE TRAINED

TRAINED HEBREWS 5:7-9 TRAINED IN COPING SKILLS HE WAS NORMAL – COULD NOT COPE ON HIS OWN ANSWER – NOT INDEPENDENT SKILLS BUT INTERDEPENDENT [PARTNERSHIP] FOR WHICH WE WERE CREATED

TRAINING APPRENTICESHIP IN OBEDIENCE [HEARING-UNDER] FINAL EXAM – THE CROSS GRANDUATION – THE RESURRECTION REWARD – EXALTATION TO CEO OF GOD’S PLAN AND APPOINTMENT AS HIGH PRIEST

PRESENT RESPONSIBILITY REPRESENTS US – LINKS US AND GOD TRAINING US IN OBEDIENCE [HEARING-UNDER] GIVES US 7/24 ACCESS TO GOD HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT TO THE OT?

CONTRAST OT - HIGH PRIEST, ONCE A YEAR, FOR A MOMENT JESUS – GONE INTO HEAVEN [PERMANENT] INTO THE HEAVENLY HOLY OF HOLIES NOT JUST AS REPRESENTATIVE BUT AS A PIONEER ENABLING US TO ENTER INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES AS OUR DWELLING PLACE