Christ Our Priest

Have you ever encountered a topic in the Bible that piqued your curiosity? If you’re like me, then that happens almost every time you read the Bible. Having an interest in learning more about a topic is not enough, though. We need to know how we can learn more about it. We need a tool that will help satisfy our curiosity. There remains a need for a tool that shows us all the Bible says about the topics that interest us. That’s where a tool like the NIV Thompson Chain Reference Study Bible can help us tremendously. The NIV Thompson Chain Reference Study Bible is an amazing tool that links over 100,000 Scripture references together under 8,000 topics. Let’s put this tool to use and see what we can learn about the Christ our priest.

Using the Thompson Chain Reference Study Bible

There are a couple of different ways to use the NIV Thompson Chain Reference Study Bible. There are two indexes (alphabetical and numerical) in the back of the resource that allow you to navigate to the topic you’re studying. If you are simply starting with biblical text, however, then this tool will show you which topics are addressed in each verse. For example, if you’re reading Psalm 110 and come to verse 4, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: ‘You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek,’” you see three topics addressed in this verse: God’s Oaths, Priesthood of Christ, and Melchizedek. Each of these topics have a topic number assigned to it and a Scripture reference to the next primary verse in the chain.

If we tap on the topic number to the Priesthood of Christ, then we see all the references and subtopics to the Priesthood of Christ. This is where we learn that the priesthood refers to “the office of man’s representatives before God.” Here are the rest of the verses and subtopics related to the Priesthood of Christ.

Priesthood of Christ

“The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.’”

Psalms 110:4

“It is he who will build the temple of the LORD, and he will be clothed with majesty and will sit and rule on his throne. And he will be a priest on his throne. And there will be harmony between the two.”

Zechariah 6:13

“Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest.”

Hebrews 3:1

“And was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 5:10

“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.’”

Hebrews 7:21

“But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation.”

Hebrews 9:11

“And since we have a great priest over the house of God,”

Hebrews 10:21

A Human as well as divine Priest

“For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.”

Hebrews 2:17

A Sympathetic Priest

“Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.”

Hebrews 4:14

A Divinely Appointed Priest

“In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him, ‘You are my Son; today I have become your Father.’”

Hebrews 5:5

An Eternal Priest

“Where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 6:20

A Sinless Priest

“Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.”

Hebrews 7:26

An Exalted Priest

“Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,”

Hebrews 8:1

Study with the NIV Thompson Chain Reference Study Bible

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