今天大部分的基督徒，仍停留在基督作救赎主和救主，为他们流血，为他们献上祂自己，并为他们的罪成就平息，平息了他们与神之间的关系。但希伯来书比这更往前去，这实在是一本过了河的书。本书所揭示的基督，不再只是一位为着罪献祭物给神，并为我们的罪流血的救赎主。本书所启示的基督，乃是在完成了一切之后，非常奥秘的来到我们这里的一位。祂在我们的灵里来，并不是来作我们的救赎主，乃是照着麦基洗德的等次，来作我们的大祭司。祂来不是为我们献上甚么，乃是以祂自己作饼和酒供应我们，作我们日常的供应，并作我们的满足。许多基督徒非常软弱，因为他们没有享受这种供应。他们虽然有希伯来书在手中，也有“大祭司”这个辞在他们的字汇里，但是他们没有多少经历到那位照着麦基洗德等次作大祭司的基督，把祂自己供应到他们里面。
希伯来书启示，基督虽然完成了救赎的工作，却非常活跃的作我们的大祭司，一直将祂自己这经过过程的饼和酒，供应给我们，作我们日常的供应。因此基督不是照着亚伦的等次，乃是照着麦基洗德的等次作大祭司。今天祂不是献祭的大祭司，乃是以饼和酒来供应的大祭司。阿利路亚！我们有公义和平安，但只有公义和平安并不能使我们满足；我们需要有些东西可以吃喝，我们需要日常的供应。
首先，我们需要基督那由亚伦所豫表的祭司职分，献上为着罪的祭物。然后我们需要基督那照着麦基洗德等次的祭司职分，以生命的供应来供应我们。将经过过程的神供应到我们里面作我们的供应，乃是要完成神永远的定旨。然而，献上为着罪的祭物，只是为了对付消极的情形。神原初的目的，不是救赎我们，乃是要把祂自己分赐到我们里面，作到我们里面。因着我们堕落了，祂必须来拯救我们，救赎我们，使我们与神和好。这些都是基督那由亚伦所豫表之祭司职分的功用，而基督照着麦基洗德等次的祭司职分，才是神原初的定旨。我们若没有堕落，根本不需要亚伦所豫表的祭司职分，但我们仍需要基督那照着麦基洗德等次的祭司职分，将神供应到我们里面。
每日一问：亚伦等次的祭司职分是为着解决堕落的问题，而麦基洗德等次的祭司职分更符合神原初的心意。这里所说神原初的心意是什么？
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Melchizedek as a Type of Christ (6) — Heb. 7:24-25
Today most Christians remain at the understanding of Christ as Redeemer and Savior — One who shed His blood for them, offered Himself for them, and accomplished propitiation for their sins, pacifying their relationship with God. But Hebrews goes further than this; it is truly a book that has crossed the river. The Christ revealed in this book is no longer merely a Redeemer who offers sacrifices to God for sin and sheds His blood for our sins. The Christ revealed in this book is One who, after accomplishing everything, comes to us in a most mysterious way. He comes in our spirit — not to be our Redeemer, but to be our great High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek. He does not come to offer something for us, but to supply us with Himself as bread and wine, to be our daily supply and our satisfaction. Many Christians are very weak because they have not enjoyed this kind of supply. Though they have Hebrews in hand and the term “great High Priest” in their vocabulary, they have little experience of Christ as the great High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek supplying Himself into them.
Hebrews reveals that although Christ has completed the work of redemption, He is very actively serving as our great High Priest, continually supplying us with Himself as this processed bread and wine — to be our daily supply. Therefore, Christ is not a High Priest according to the order of Aaron, but according to the order of Melchizedek. Today He is not a High Priest who offers sacrifices, but a High Priest who supplies with bread and wine. Hallelujah! We have righteousness and peace — but righteousness and peace alone cannot satisfy us; we need something to eat and drink; we need daily supply.
First, we need the priestly ministry of Christ typified by Aaron — the offering of sacrifices for sin. Then we need the priestly ministry of Christ according to the order of Melchizedek — to supply us with the supply of life. Dispensing the processed God into us as our supply is for the fulfillment of God’s eternal purpose. However, the offering of sacrifices for sin is only to deal with the negative situation. God’s original intention was not to redeem us, but to dispense Himself into us, working Himself into us. Because we fell, He had to come to rescue us, redeem us, and reconcile us to God. All of this is the function of the priestly ministry typified by Aaron, while Christ’s priestly ministry according to the order of Melchizedek is God’s original intention. If we had not fallen, we would have no need at all for the priestly ministry typified by Aaron; but we would still need the priestly ministry of Christ according to the order of Melchizedek to dispense God into us.
Daily Question: The Aaronic priestly ministry is for dealing with the problem of the fall, while the Melchizedekian priestly ministry better corresponds to God’s original intention. What is God’s original intention spoken of here?