Lord God, I am anxious about the NCLEX. Give me peace of mind Father. Help me to see the bright side of all of this studying and failing of practice exams. It is discouraging. But I know that it is helping me even though I haven't seen the effects of it yet. Lord Jesus you are so good. I know that you are with me and delight in me completely. I know that you have helped me to wake up and study and you will keep on helping me to persevere and focus. Thank you Lord for all of the amazing people that are praying for me. Thank you for the nice couple I just met who said they would pray for me. Even people I have spoken to for only a couple seconds are praying that I pass and you put them in my life for that reason. Lord Jesus, I can feel your presence. You calm my spirit and help me to realize that all I need in life is hope and faith in You. Why worry? Why fear? When you Lord are with me and providing me with strength every day, every single morning, every single afternoon when all I want to do is take a nap, when you Lord are with me what and whom then shall I fear? You are the strength of my heart and my portion forever. I love you Lord.
Hebrews is such a wise and profound book. The writer makes connections between Jesus and the many prophesies in the OT throughout the entire book. Something I found really interesting is how the writer speaks of Jesus in likeness of Melchizedek, a High Priest. This High Priest appears in Genesis 14:18-20 as a Priest of God Most High. The reason Jesus is compared to Melchizedek is because he is not an Aaronite Priest, but is from Salem (Jerusalem) and Moses says he is a Priest of the Most High. This is what the writer of Hebrews says:
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.
Jesus is our High Priest FOREVER. He sacrificed his own Perfect Human and God self for us to that our since would be forgiven ONCE AND FOR ALL. God, it is so fun to find out more about you. Reveal yourself to me more and more, I can't get enough of it.
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