100 Days with David 2025 Day 35: Jesus is our forever King and Priest.

“The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” The Lord shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of Your enemies! Your people shall be volunteers In the day of Your power; In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, You have the dew of Your youth. The Lord has sworn And will not relent, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.” The Lord is at Your right hand; He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath. He shall judge among the nations, He shall fill the places with dead bodies, He shall execute the heads of many countries. He shall drink of the brook by the wayside; Therefore He shall lift up the head.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭110:1-7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

In case you haven’t noticed, the writers of the Bible are big on genealogy. In fact, we see rather long genealogies throughout the Bible (you know, those parts we tend to skip over). Yes, the genealogies were very important: whose son you were, whose grandson you were, etc., were seen as critical to defining who you were. But why? I believe it’s because covenants, blessings, even curses, were given to family lines. For example, we know that the Lord gave Abraham the promise that through his Seed the whole earth would be blessed. That Seed was and is Jesus Christ!

In Jesus’ day, it was a stumbling block for the Jews that Jesus was not from the tribe of Levi, the tribe chosen as the one through which the priesthood came. Jesus was from Judah, as was David. However, David carried out the function—not only of King—but also of priest.

Now, one of the great mysteries of the Bible, a source of angst for anybody looking for a reason to not believe the Bible, is the mention of Melchizedek, King of Salem. He appears “out of nowhere” in the book of Genesis when Abram (not yet referenced as Abraham), after having conquered the kings of four empires, gave Melchizedek his tithe and received his blessing.

“Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. And he blessed him and said: “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tithe of all.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭14:18-20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Though only mentioned one other place in the Old Testament (which we will get to in a moment), Melchizedek is mentioned several times in the book of Hebrews. The writer of Hebrews is explaining the legitimacy of the Priesthood of Jesus Christ, in spite of the fact that he was not from the Levitical priestly line. The writer ultimately uses the change in the priestly line as a vehicle to explain the workings of our New Covenant under a new Priest, this time, a forever Priest.

“For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,” without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭7:1-3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Whereas the priests of that day had to go in repeatedly before the Lord to seek forgiveness for themselves, as well as for the sins of the people, Christ settled the penalty for sin, once and for all.

In today’s portion from David’s psalms, we see David speaking prophetically of the King Who was to come. This King would also be a Priest after the order of Melchizedek. He needed no credentials in the flesh as He was appointed by God.

Think of it, Jesus was risen from the dead to rule and reign forever, serving as the only Priest we would ever need!

“And if the priesthood is changed, the law must also be changed to permit it. For the priest we are talking about belongs to a different tribe, whose members have never served at the altar as priests. What I mean is, our Lord came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses never mentioned priests coming from that tribe. This change has been made very clear since a different priest, who is like Melchizedek, has appeared. Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭7‬:‭12‬-‭16‬ ‭NLT‬‬

For today let us know and understand what David knew:

Jesus is our forever King and Priest.

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!