Today we begin worship with:
The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
Under the Old Covenant, a priest was required. They bridged the gulf between man and God.
Hebrews 7:19(for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant.
This office is no longer temporary and bound by death. It is unending and unbounded by any circumstance. So we can be saved to the uttermost (pantelēs). Translators struggle to convey the breadth of this word. An attempt can be made by seeing the opposite, where a poor woman was unable to, by any means, to free herself from her convulsed position:
Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent over double, and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your sickness.”
Our Jesus, can in all ways, in any circumstance, for all time, save us!
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