Hebrews 5:5

First Nations Version

In the same way, the Chosen One did not take for himself the honor of being the chief holy man. It was the Great Spirit who chose him by saying to him, “You are my Son. Today I make it known that I am your Father.”

Cross References

John 8:54

Creator Sets Free (Jesus) answered them, “If I honor myself, then I have no honor. The one who honors me is my Father, the one of whom you say, ‘He is our Great Spirit.’

Hebrews 1:5

For did the Great Spirit ever say to a spirit-messenger, “You are my Son. Today I make it known that I am your Father”? Or again, “I will be a Father to him, and he will be a Son to me”?

John 7:18

The one who represents himself is seeking his own honor. The one who represents the one who sent him is true and upright, and there is nothing false in him.

Acts 13:33

The Giver of Life has made his promise come true for us, their descendants, by raising up Creator Sets Free (Jesus), just as it says in the second Sacred Song (psalm), ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.’

Romans 8:3

That law did not have the power to set us free, because of our broken humanity. But Creator found a way by sending his Son, in the likeness of broken and weak human beings, to bear the weight of our broken ways in his own human body and set us free from our guilt and shame.

Hebrews 1:1

Long ago, in many ways and at many times, the Great Spirit spoke to our tribal ancestors through the prophets.

John 3:16

“The Great Spirit loves this world of human beings so deeply he gave us his Son—the only Son who fully represents him. All who trust in him and his way will not come to a bad end, but will have the life of the world to come that never fades away, full of beauty and harmony.

Hebrews 2:17

I am saying that Creator Sets Free (Jesus) needed to become fully and truly human. In this way, he could serve as Creator’s honorable and merciful chief holy man and perform the ancient mercy-seat ceremony one last time to heal the bad hearts and broken ways of the people.

Hebrews 3:1

So then, my sacred family members, you who share in Creator’s high calling, take a good look at Creator Sets Free (Jesus). He is the great message bearer and chief holy man of our spiritual ways.

Hebrews 5:10

This is because the Great Spirit chose him to be a chief holy man just like Chief Who Stands for What Is Right (Melchizedek).