The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
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… From the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours. The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind. You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. The Lord is at your right hand. He will shatter kings on the day of his wrath. He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses. He will shatter chiefs over the wide earth. He will drink from the brook by the way. Therefore, he will lift up his head. These are the words of our God. I know Psalm 110 sounds difficult maybe you've read it many times before maybe you're hearing it this morning for the first time in a long time whether you're familiar with it or not it's hard it's Hebrew poetry from 3,000 years ago it is a masterpiece but it is not easily accessible without some help. Just pick it up in 2026. Martin Luther said about Psalm 110, this beautiful Psalm is the very core and heart of the whole of scripture. …
… That word, that name occurs two times in the Bible, in the Old Testament, in the Jewish Bible. Genesis 14, Psalm 110 verse 4. So go with me to Genesis 14. We should look at this with your own eyeballs. Genesis chapter 14. We've got to see where is Hebrews getting these strange ideas. There are five kings. I'll give you a little background then I'll read some of the text with you. There are five kings in alliance with each other and they fought against Chedorlaomer and three other kings. So five against four. And the four kings win. Let's read verse 11. The four kings took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their provisions and went their way. They also took Lot. Oh my, that's a mistake. They also took Lot, the son of Abram's brother, so he's Abram's nephew, who was dwelling in Sodom and his possessions and went their way. That was a big mistake. You don't mess with Abram. He's under the blessing of God Almighty. Everybody in the world is going to be blessed by Abraham. Don't mess with Abraham. So what does Abraham do? He picks 318 choice armed men, verse 14, men of war. He divides them into two groups. He sneaks up on these four kings encamped at night and he defeats them all with 318 men. That's verse 15. And now we're going to read starting verse 16. Then he brought back all the possessions and also brought back his kinsmen Lot, he got him, with his possessions and the women and the …
… notice just with the text open in front of you, you can see several times in these chapters where Psalm 110 verse 4 is mentioned. So, you see it there in verse 6. As he says in another place, you are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. Look at the end of chapter 6 verse 20, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. Look at chapter 7, verse 17, for it is witnessed of him, you are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. And again, verse 21, the Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, you are a priest forever. So, no fewer than four times, and there may be other allusions, but four explicit references in these three chapters to this prophecy about Christ being after the order of Melchizedek. All right, who is this guy? You grew up in the church, maybe you remember. If you're new to the church, then you came on the right Sunday. …