Christ’s Intercession For Us

Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

Hebrews 7:25

The chief role of the High Priest in ancient Israel was to intercede with God for the people.  The writer of Hebrews is explaining to his Jewish readers that Christ is a greater High Priest from a higher order of priesthood than the Aaronic priesthood with which they were familiar.  In order to explain this difference, he refers them to Melchizedek from Genesis 14.  He asserts that Christ is ‘a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.’  He goes on to demonstrate how Christ is able to do more by His priesthood than all the other priests were ever able to do.  One of those things to which he refers is our text for today, ‘wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.’  This falls in line with the theme we have been pursuing over the past days.  Christ has come for us, lived for us, died for us, and now intercedes for us.  This is cause for joy, gladness, love and gratitude.  We have this Intercessor in the very Throne Room of the Living God.  He ‘ever lives to make intercession for us.’  We may pray with confidence, live with confidence, confess our sins with confidence, and even die with confidence knowing that Christ, ‘ever lives to make intercession for us.’  Today, let us take in all that Christ is doing for us.

Our Glorious, Living God,
we rejoice that Christ has made a way for us
into Your very Presence.
We praise You that as we approach Your Throne
we may do so with great confidence
knowing that Christ’s intercession will always succeed.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning