Hebrews 7:16

First Nations Version

that it is the power of a life that can never end that makes him a holy man, not a law about physical ancestry.

Cross References

Colossians 2:20

If you have died with the Chosen One to the powers and ideas that rule the ways of this world, why would you follow the kind of rules these people require?

Revelation 1:18

I am first and last, the Living One, who was dead, and now, behold! I am alive, never to die again. And in my hands I hold the power to free people from the Dark Underworld of Death (Hades).

Hebrews 10:1

Our tribal law is only a dim shadow of the good things to come, not the things themselves. The ceremonial sacrifices and offerings required by our law are repeated over and over again year after year. These ceremonies cannot fully set free and make whole those who draw near to the Great Spirit.

Hebrews 7:28

So you can see that our tribal law chooses weak human beings with broken ways to be chief holy men. But it was a solemn promise, given many winters after our tribal law, that chose the Son of the Great Spirit. His suffering has fully prepared him to be a chief holy man whose days will never end.

Hebrews 7:3

There is no record of his father or mother or a family ancestry of any kind. No one knows when his life began or when it ended. In this way, he is like the Son of the Great Spirit, whose place as a holy man continues without end.

Colossians 2:14

When Creator did this, he wiped away and silenced every accusation that could be made against us for not following tribal law. When the Chosen One was nailed to the cross, the accusations the law made against us were nailed there with him, releasing us from those charges.

Galatians 4:9

But now that you know the Great Spirit, and even more, that the Great Spirit knows you, how is it that you desire to turn back to serve those weak and pitiful spirits thatuse the law to make you their slaves?

Galatians 4:3

In the same way, we were also children held in bondage under the spiritual powers that rule this world.

Hebrews 7:17

For it says in our Sacred Teachings, “You are a holy man whose days will never end, the same kind of holy man as Chief Who Stands for What Is Right (Melchizedek).”

Romans 7:14

For we know that our tribal law is spiritual, but I am a weak human being. My broken ways rule over me as if I were their slave.

Hebrews 7:15

So if another holy man appears, one who is like Chief Who Stands for What Is Right (Melchizedek), it becomes even more clear

Hebrews 9:14

then how much more will the lifeblood of the Chosen One accomplish? Through the eternal Spirit he offered his life to the Great Spirit to purify our hearts and minds from the meaningless things we have done to try to please the Great Spirit. Now we can serve the living Creator with the life that comes from him!