Chapter 7

Hebrews 7:28

For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.

Jesus Christ is a Bull's Eye, The Meaning of Perfection

In this chapter, the writer cited Melchizedek as a type of Christ for the following reasons:

• receiving tithes (vv. 2-10)
• giving of blessing (vv. 1,6,7)
• replacement of Levitical priesthood (vv. 11-19)
• no known record of  his death (vv. 3,8)

"Absolute perfection!", we say this often when we have done or produced something brilliantly out of the work of our hands. Or from the opinion of many, perfection can manifest in celebrities or clever minds or wealthy people. But we all know for a fact that what I have just mentioned are all Ecclesiastically described by King Solomon as "meaningless, a chasing after the wind!"  

Only the Son can be perfect but we strive to be just like Him. There was a battle in Paul's mind when he wrote Romans 7:14 onwards, he struggled to wrestle with his sinful nature but he knew that Jesus Christ was his only way out of sin. Christ became our Intercessor, The Mediator between us and the Father so we could be made right with Him. 

The perfect Son was The Perfect Sacrifice for His imperfect people.