by Brian Shilhavy

The letter from James recorded in the New Testament portion of the Bible has been controversial since the Reformation period in Europe, when the German priest and theologian Martin Luther expressed his opinions about whether or not James’s letter should have been included in the New Testament writings.

Luther’s main “protest” against the Roman Catholic Church was that the gospel did not require a person to be religious and with “righteous deeds” to know God, and that the Catholic doctrine of Papal authority was not biblical.

He claimed that God spoke to him through Romans 1:17:

For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” (Romans 1:17)

The emphasis of much of the Reformation movement in Europe was based on this truth, that “The righteous will live by faith,” and faith alone. Religious works and adherence to the Pope as an authority figure were not required.

So in the mind of Luther, when he came to the letter of James in the New Testament, he took issue with much of what James wrote, such as this:

What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.

If one of you says to him,

“Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,”

but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?

In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. (James 2:14-17)

He seemed to think that this contradicted the writings of Paul, such as Paul’s letter to the Romans, and Romans 1:17 which states “The righteous will live by faith.”

There is, of course, no contradiction at all. The confusion lies in the place “works” or “righteous deeds” have in the life of a believer in Jesus Christ.

If a person believes that they have to become “righteous” first as a requirement to earn God’s favor before they can enter the Kingdom of God through the spiritual rebirth, then that belief is not the gospel. 

Luther and most of the other Reformers were correct about this, and accurately pointed out the false doctrines of the Catholic Church during that time period.

However, if one understands that “works” or “righteous deeds” are the result of faith, not the requirements for faith, then there is no contradiction at all.

Here is the rest of James chapter 2 where you can follow his logic:

But someone will say,

“You have faith; I have deeds.”

Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.

You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.

And the scripture was fulfilled that says,

“Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”

and he was called God’s friend.

You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone. (James 2:18-24)

Faith is what brings us into the Kingdom of God, understanding that we cannot meet the requirements of the law, and that we need Jesus’s perfect blood sacrifice to satisfy God’s demand for justice for every time we break God’s laws and requirements.

It leads to the spiritual rebirth, where the Holy Spirit enters into our life, bringing the power of God to give us strength to live the holy lifestyle.

Paul’s writings reflected this same truth, such as in Galatians chapter 5:

So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature.

They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.

The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.

I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. (Galatians 5:16-26)

This error in teaching by the European Reformation leaders can still be seen in American Christianity today, particularly in Evangelical Christianity, where the emphasis is frequently in teaching people that all one needs for salvation is “faith” and that it doesn’t matter what your lifestyle looks like.

The Christian churches who teach this often say things like: “Come as you are!”, with the idea that no one is perfect anyway, so don’t worry about it. God loves you just as you are.

And there is a partial truth to this, which is what makes this theology so dangerous. The fact that God loves us and accepts us “just as we are” is indeed a part of the gospel message.

But coming to God “just as you are” does not mean “stay as you are and don’t worry about changing.”

The fact is that if the Holy Spirit comes into your life, you can NOT stay as you are – because you won’t even want to!

Our standard as believers who represent Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God is nothing less than perfection. Jesus said to his followers: “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

This is our standard. This is what we strive for. This is what we desire.

Here is the full context:

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’

But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.

He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?

And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?

Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. (Matthew 5:43-48)

James: The Evidence of True Believers

Like most of the New Testament writers, James stated that the mark of a true believer is how they act, and not just what words that come out of their mouth, which is the same thing that Jesus taught:

“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.

By their fruit you will recognize them.

Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.” (Matthew 7:15-20)

One of the issues that James criticized the false believers of his day was on the issue of prejudice and discrimination, and favoring the rich over the poor, judging people by which “class” they belonged to.

This would be considered a “liberal” issue today in the U.S., and criticized by “Conservative” Christians as preaching a “social gospel”, with the word “social” being evil and akin to “Communism.”

Here’s what James wrote to those who believed and acted like this:

My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don’t show favoritism.

Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.

If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say,

“Here’s a good seat for you,”

but say to the poor man,

“You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,”

have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?

But you have insulted the poor.

Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? Are they not the ones who are slandering the noble name of him to whom you belong?

If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right.

But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. (James 2:1-10)

Most English translations of the Bible use the word “favoritism” here, which is not really a common word in today’s modern English, and would probably be better translated as “prejudice” or “discrimination.”

There are Civil Rights laws in the U.S. that attempt to address the principles of this kind of injustice that James is writing about here.

But again, in American conservative politics and religion, this biblical principle is looked down upon as “liberal” and wrong by many.

We are actually seeing the same thing happen today in modern American culture that James observed during his day, where so-called believers are giving preference to the rich and powerful, the very people who are exploiting the poor and weaponizing the legal system to attack them.

Donald Trump is the perfect example of this!

Conservative Christians could care less that his name appears more often in the Epstein files than almost any other name, and they support his actions against the poor immigrants and refugees who come into this country.

He is the perfect example as one who receives “special attention” because of his wealth and political status that James wrote about!

I made this video and published it in a previous article, but listen to these Christians adore and worship Trump recently in Washington D.C.!

See:

Christians Descend upon Washington D.C. to Worship Their Pedophile Leaders and “Make God Great Again”

These “believers” who worship and adore Donald Trump as their leader, according to the writing of James, are enemies of God.

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God?

Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. (James 4:4)

Many (but not all) American Conservative Christians believe that they can have fame and success in the world, and also be part of the Kingdom of God.

But it is a lie.

Following the Truth, who is a person and not a concept (John 14:6), means going against the world system that is controlled by Satan, which will always result in persecution and suffering.

The U.S. is run by pedophiles, most of them Christian pedophiles, and judgment awaits a nation that tolerates the abuse, torture, and sexual trafficking of children.

This is nothing to rejoice in, but to weep and mourn.

As James wrote:

Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. (James 4:9-10)

The day is soon coming where the false believers in American Christianity will be revealed to the whole world for who they truly are, the enemies of God.

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This article was written by Human Superior Intelligence (HSI)

See Also:

Understand the Times We are Currently Living Through

New FREE eBook! Restoring the Foundation of New Testament Faith in Jesus Christ – by Brian Shilhavy

What Kind of Person did Jesus Say was True with no Injustice in Them?

KABBALAH: The Anti-Christ Religion of Satan that Controls the World Today

Christian Teaching on Sex and Marriage vs. The Actual Biblical Teaching

Exposing the Christian Zionism Cult

The Bewitching of America with the Evil Eye and the Mark of the Beast

Jesus Christ’s Opposition to the Jewish State: Lessons for Today

Identifying the Luciferian Globalists Implementing the New World Order – Who are the “Jews”?

The Brain Myth: Your Intellect and Thoughts Originate in Your Heart, Not Your Brain

What is the Condition of Your Heart? The Superiority of the Human Heart over the Human Brain

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by Brian Shilhavy
Health Impact News

Today I am offering to the public, free of charge, my just-published new eBook, The Concept of the American Christian Family is a Myth and is NOT Found Anywhere in the Bible.

This is the Introduction:

The purpose of this book is to show what the Bible actually teaches about families, which contradicts the “Judeo-Christian” view of the family that is taught throughout Christianity.

This book is composed of three articles I have previously published on the Health Impact News network.

The mythical “Christian Family” is not found anywhere in the pages of the Bible, either in the Old Testament or New Testament.

My intended audience in writing this are all the people in modern western culture who are labeled as “broken” or from “broken families” who have been beaten down by Corporate Christianity and western culture because of this mythical definition of “family” that is considered “good” or “Christian,” and which, as a result, conditions people to feel guilty and inferior because their own family situation does not come close to this mythical one that has been portrayed pretty much since the advent of TV and movies in mass media just after World War II.

To everyone who has been conditioned to believe that they are failures and inferior because they come from “broken” families, I am declaring to you today, that you are NOT broken!

You are “normal,” and you are just like every other family of believers that we get glimpses of in the historical records of the Ancient Scriptures, the Bible.

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Here is the Table of Contents:

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Concept of the American Christian Family is a Myth and is NOT Found Anywhere in the Bible

• No Perfect “Good” Families Recorded in the Bible
• The “Christian Family” is a $Multi-Billion Dollar Industry
• The New Testament Model: The “Household of God” is More Important than Biological Families

Chapter 2: Jesus’s Teaching on Family vs. Christian Teaching on Family – Polar Opposites

• The Teaching of Jesus Regarding Biological Families
• The Call of Jesus to Follow Him: Leave Behind Biological Family Members
• When Biological Family Members Oppose our Loyalty to Jesus Christ, They Become Our Enemies
• Follow the Christian Crowd or Follow Jesus Christ – You Cannot do Both

Chapter 3: Christian Teaching on Sex and Marriage vs. The Actual Biblical Teaching

• Marriage in Ancient Cultures and the High Value of Children
• “Husband” and “Wife”
• Marriage
• Dating and Sex
• True Sexual Cultural Revolution is Needed
• Practical Advice for the 21st Century

This book is a result of my 40+ years of studying the Bible, and I am not aware of anyone else who is teaching this, as it so vehemently contradicts Christian teaching, where it would never sell with any of the Christian publishers.

Comment on this article at Created4Health.org.

This article was written by Human Superior Intelligence (HSI)

See Also:

Understand the Times We are Currently Living Through

New FREE eBook! Restoring the Foundation of New Testament Faith in Jesus Christ – by Brian Shilhavy

What Kind of Person did Jesus Say was True with no Injustice in Them?

KABBALAH: The Anti-Christ Religion of Satan that Controls the World Today

Christian Teaching on Sex and Marriage vs. The Actual Biblical Teaching

Exposing the Christian Zionism Cult

The Bewitching of America with the Evil Eye and the Mark of the Beast

Jesus Christ’s Opposition to the Jewish State: Lessons for Today

Identifying the Luciferian Globalists Implementing the New World Order – Who are the “Jews”?

The Brain Myth: Your Intellect and Thoughts Originate in Your Heart, Not Your Brain

What is the Condition of Your Heart? The Superiority of the Human Heart over the Human Brain

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And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. (Hebrews 11:13-14)

by Brian Shilhavy

Hebrews chapter 11 in the New Testament part of the Bible is often called the “Faith Chapter” by Christians, with its long list of Old Testament “heroes of the faith.”

This is the chapter that is supposed to define “faith” with verses like this:

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. (Hebrews 11:1)

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. (Hebrews 11:6)

But this chapter, within the context of the entire book of Hebrews, is more than just a showcase of “heroes of the faith.” It is the last chapter that culminates the argument that the New Covenant is superior to the Old Covenant.

The earlier chapters deal with the superiority of Jesus Christ over the Mosaic Law, and also the superiority of the priesthood of Jesus Christ, and how the “household of God” has now replaced the Temple.

This chapter, chapter 11, deals with the promise given to Abraham under the Old Covenant that his descendants would inherit the “promised land” forever, believed by most Christians today to be the nation of Israel, and clearly shows that this promise had nothing at all to do with the nation of Israel, nor any other nation on earth.

And, of course, none of the people of faith named in this chapter were “heroes” at all during the time they lived. They were outcasts in their societies.

Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison.

They were stoned; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated—the world was not worthy of them.

They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground. These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. (Hebrews 11:36-39)

The Promised Land does not Exist on Earth

As I wrote in a recent article about the non-Jewish office of High Priest that Jesus holds, Hebrews was written by Paul like a legal brief, proving that the New Covenant is superior to the Old Covenant, and it is a masterpiece in rhetoric (the art of persuasion and debate) in ancient literature.

Chapter 11 is the culmination of that argument, dealing with the promise given to Abraham about the “promised land”, showing that not even the Old Testament saints who lived in ancient Israel had actually entered the “promised land”.

Here is the logic as written by Paul in the first 16 verses of Hebrews chapter 11.

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for.

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death; he could not be found, because God had taken him away.

For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.

By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

By faith Abraham, even though he was past age—and Sarah herself was barren—was enabled to become a father because he considered him faithful who had made the promise.

And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance.

And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth.

People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one.

Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. (Hebrews 11:1-16)

Having concluded his argument, Paul now goes on to apply this truth to the Old Testament saints, showing just what kind of lifestyle their faith produced, in the rest of Hebrews chapter 11, and the chapters that follow.

As you read the rest of Hebrews chapter 11 and the description of the people of faith under the Old Covenant, compare it to American Christians today, who claim to live by faith, as they gathered together last weekend to honor their hero in “the faith”, Donald Trump.

By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, even though God had said to him,

“It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”

Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death.

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions about his bones.

By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.

By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.

By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.

By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.

By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days. By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.

And what more shall I say?

I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.

Women received back their dead, raised to life again.

Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison.

They were stoned; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword.

They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated—the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.

These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised.

God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect. (Hebrews 11:17-40)

The true people of faith are always the minorities, because they go against the crowd and the “heroes” of their culture, and we suffer for it.

The deceived Christians who believe Israel and the United States are special and more privileged than other nations because they are the “chosen ones”, and then flock to places like Washington D.C. to worship with millions of others who believe like they do, are not people living by faith in Jesus Christ, enduring the suffering of this world, which Jesus also suffered, until we enter into our real “promised land.”

No, these “believers” who worship their heroes have faith in this world, and the leaders of this world, who all serve Satan. See:

The Brotherhood of Satan vs. The Brotherhood of Jesus Christ

Related:

Where is Your Citizenship Registered?

Comment on this article at Created4Health.org.

This article was written by Human Superior Intelligence (HSI)

See Also:

Understand the Times We are Currently Living Through

New FREE eBook! Restoring the Foundation of New Testament Faith in Jesus Christ – by Brian Shilhavy

What Kind of Person did Jesus Say was True with no Injustice in Them?

KABBALAH: The Anti-Christ Religion of Satan that Controls the World Today

Christian Teaching on Sex and Marriage vs. The Actual Biblical Teaching

Exposing the Christian Zionism Cult

The Bewitching of America with the Evil Eye and the Mark of the Beast

Jesus Christ’s Opposition to the Jewish State: Lessons for Today

Identifying the Luciferian Globalists Implementing the New World Order – Who are the “Jews”?

The Brain Myth: Your Intellect and Thoughts Originate in Your Heart, Not Your Brain

What is the Condition of Your Heart? The Superiority of the Human Heart over the Human Brain

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Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek. (Hebrews 5:8-10)

by Brian Shilhavy

The book of Hebrews in the New Testament portion of the Bible conclusively shows the superiority of the New Covenant, instituted by Jesus Christ, compared to the Old Covenant, instituted by Moses and The Law.

The authorship of the book is not stated, but it has historically been attributed to the apostle Paul, the author of many other portions of the New Testament, as the writing style is very similar. There may have been other contributing authors, but it is not a personal letter from Paul written to specific congregations of believers in various locations, like the rest of his writings.

It is written more like a legal brief, to be used by anyone who is a true believer in Jesus Christ, and it completely demolishes the arguments of the unbelieving Jews of Paul’s day, who are generally referred to as “Zionists” today, which include not only the unbelieving Jews, but a major portion of the Christian religions, especially the Evangelical Zionist Christians who are currently running the government of the United States of America.

This article will look at the superiority of the office of “High Priest” that Jesus was appointed to, which preceded the priesthood and office of high priest under the Law of Moses, and his brother Aaron who became the first Jewish high priest, because the priesthood of Jesus Christ is based on a priesthood that existed hundreds of years before Aaron and Moses were even born, and long before the “Jews” ever existed.

Jesus is the current reigning High Priest, and his believers and disciples now make up the “priesthood,” regardless of their ethnicity, earthly citizenship, or any religious affiliation.

The Priesthood of Melchizedek

Paul uses the character of Melchizedek, who is only briefly mentioned in the writings of Moses, in the first book of the Bible, Genesis, to explain this ancient priesthood.

Melchizedek was the king of Salem (later named Jerusalem) during the days of Abraham, and was “priest of God Most High.”

This is recorded in Genesis chapter 14, after Abraham and “318 trained men born in his household” went out to rescue Abraham’s nephew Lot, by defeating the military of four kings who had taken Lot and his family captive at that time.

When he came back from this victorious battle, he meets Melchizedek.

After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).

Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram, saying,

“Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.”

Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything. (Genesis 14:17-20)

This is all we know about this man named Melchizedek from the historical records, which is very important to note as we read what Paul wrote about him thousands of years later, in the book of Hebrews. His race, family line, and everything else about him is unknown based on the written historical records.

There is a lot of speculation about this mystery man, of course, and many Jews historically believed he was actually Shem, one of the three sons of Noah. But that is pure speculation.

He is mentioned one other time in the Old Testament, by King David, in Psalm 110. Here are the entire seven verses of Psalm 110:

Of David. A psalm.

The LORD says to my Lord:

“Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”

The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion; you will rule in the midst of your enemies.

Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy majesty, from the womb of the dawn you will receive the dew of your youth.

The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind:

“You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”

The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath. He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth. He will drink from a brook beside the way; therefore he will lift up his head. (Psalms 110:1-7)

Paul references this Psalm in describing the priesthood of Melchizedek in Hebrews, but he is not the only one during those days who referenced this Psalm, as Jesus Christ himself also referenced it when he walked this earth in his human body.

It is recorded in Luke chapter 20, when the Jewish leaders tried to trap him in his speech while challenging his authority when he taught in the Temple of Jerusalem:

Then Jesus said to them,

“How is it that they say the Christ is the Son of David? David himself declares in the Book of Psalms:

“‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”‘

David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?“

(Luke 20:41-44)

The Jews had no answer to this.

Then on the Day of Pentecost recorded in the book of Acts, Peter also references Psalm 110:

For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said,

“‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”‘

Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ. (Acts 2:34-36)

We can see clearly in these passages that it was understood that the Jewish King David was prophesying about the coming Messiah, Jesus Christ, as being appointed to the priesthood of Melchizedek, a priesthood superior to the Jewish priesthood started by Moses and Aaron.

So with this background, let’s now look at what Paul wrote about the priesthood of Melchizedek in Hebrews chapter 7 and 8.

It is a masterpiece in rhetoric (the art of persuasion and debate), and nothing I write can improve upon it.

This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High.

He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything.

First, his name means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”

Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever.

Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder!

Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, their brothers—even though their brothers are descended from Abraham.

This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

And without doubt the lesser person is blessed by the greater. In the one case, the tenth is collected by men who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living.

One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham, because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.

If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the law was given to the people), why was there still need for another priest to come—one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron?

For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must also be a change of the law.

He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar. For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.

And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life.

For it is declared:

“You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”

The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath, but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him:

“The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever.'”

Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood.

Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

Such a high priest meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people.

He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself.

For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.

Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.

If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already men who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.

They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven.

This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle:

“See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, and it is founded on better promises.

For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.

But God found fault with the people and said:

“The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and I turned away from them, declares the Lord.

This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”

By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.

(Hebrews chapters 7 & 8)

The New Covenant Priesthood

Besides the office of High Priest, we see many priests who function in various capacities in the society of the First Century when the Bible was written.

As I have frequently written over the years, many of these “priests” functioned much like today’s medical doctors, having the authority to declare one “healed” from specific diseases.

When Jesus healed people, he was doing it outside of the Law of Moses, which only allowed priests from the line of Aaron to declare people “healed.”

This is why early in Jesus’s ministry, he often told the people he healed NOT to tell others who healed them, but to go directly to the Jewish priests so they could take credit for it.

A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees,

“If you are willing, you can make me clean.”

Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man.

“I am willing,” he said.

“Be clean!“

Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cured.

Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning:

“See that you don’t tell this to anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news.

As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere. (Mark 1:40-45)

To learn more about this, see this article I wrote over 10 years ago:

There is Only One True Doctor

When Jesus’s disciples also began to heal people under his authority as recorded in the book of Acts, many of the Jewish priests became believers in Jesus as the Messiah:

So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith. (Acts 6:7)

There were also non-Jewish priests who served in pagan temples offering healing services, and we encounter one of them in the book of Acts after Paul and Barnabas healed a crippled man:

In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.

He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed and called out,

“Stand up on your feet!”

At that, the man jumped up and began to walk. When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language,

“The gods have come down to us in human form!”

Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker.

The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting:

“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.”

(Acts 14:8-15)

This is the true “priesthood” of believers, as we serve our great High Priest, Jesus Christ, who is a High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

We have the authority of Jesus Christ to actually heal people, not the corrupt medical system and their modern-day priests called “doctors,” who are trained to only manage disease and create life-long consumers of their products of witchcraft, pharmakeia – “medicines”, in the Satanic medical system.

Here’s what Peter wrote about our priesthood in the superior New Covenant:

As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

For it stands in Scripture:

“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,

“The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” and “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.”

They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. (1 Peter 2:4-9)

The false believers among the Zionist Jews and Christians who today claim that THEY are the “chosen ones” with special privileges while continuing to quote passages from the Old Testament/Covenant, are servants of Satan and part of the brotherhood of Satan.

They neither know nor serve the true High Priest today, Jesus Christ. See:

The Brotherhood of Satan vs. The Brotherhood of Jesus Christ

Suffering from Persecution Leads to Perfection

Let me conclude this article with one very important point that we dare not ignore, as it is key to distinguishing between those who serve Satan and those who serve Jesus Christ: the path to salvation and perfection is a path of suffering while we remain in our human bodies.

This is what Paul wrote in Hebrews chapter 5:

Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek. (Hebrews 5:8-10)

Once you understand this as you go through your own suffering for standing for the Truth, then you will understand how the early believers in the New Testament actually rejoiced when they suffered for Jesus Christ, joining his own sufferings.

They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. (Acts 5:40-41)

God will not always rescue you from suffering and persecution, but he will be there with you through it all, providing comfort.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. (2 Corinthians 1:3-5)

If you are one of the true “chosen ones”, then you were put on this earth to do battle with Satan, and NOT to live a “good life” or seek “the American dream,” because those kinds of days await us in the future, in the Kingdom of God, after the battle is finished.

In the meantime, for those of you who are still pursing the “American dream” or the false teachings of Christianity, this is what I wrote back in 2017:

To everyone in America reading this let me give you my advice after serving God as a disciple of Jesus for almost 40 years now. Change is coming. It is inevitable. If you are not suffering now, if your life is not falling apart now, just wait.

Look at everything you currently depend upon, everything you cherish, and be prepared to lose it. (Source.)

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This article was written by Human Superior Intelligence (HSI)

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