Hebrews 7

Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. v.25

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Who's Melchizedek and how do you even pronounce his name?  That was a question I had the first time I read this chapter of Hebrews.  Well you may remember him in the old testament for a brief moment when Abraham meets him and gives him a tenth of everything he had (see Genesis 14), this is where the idea of tithing a tenth of your income started.  There's not much known about this man Melchizedek, where he came from, who his parents were, etc.  What is known is that he was both king and priest, of which is never seen in scripture of a person being both.  He wasn't a priest through the Levites (which only Levites could be priests according to the law), for Levi hadn't even been born yet.  This chapter of Hebrews speaks that it is through the order of Melchizedek that Christ is a priest, for He too was not of the tribe of Levi, and is the King of kings.  This was not just some rebellion to the order of the law but when there was a new priesthood there was then a new law (vv.11-12).  And the need for a change of priesthood and law was that priests were sinful humans who would need to make sacrifices for themselves too and their sacrifices were only temporary.  When Christ became High Priest, His sacrifice was a guarantee!  There no longer needed to be an earthly priest for everyone could go directly to Jesus who makes intercession for them to God the Father.  There is no longer a succession of priests one after another like the men of Levi after they die.  Jesus is it.  We today are not of Israel, we are gentiles.  Gentiles don't need a priest either for we too can go directly to Him for our needs for He is the guarantee of our salvation and not an man doing it for us.  So why is it that Catholics have priests today and how does this chapter shape your view of the need (or no need rather) for these "proclaimed" priests today?