The titles of the thirteen Sabbaths of study this quarter give us two hymns to use as the themes:
Hymn 593 – In Times Like These and
Hymn 177 – Jesus, Your Blood and Righteousness.

Our elder Brother, Jesus, teaches us everything we need to know to be Christ-Like (Christian) and helps us to sing
Hymn 602 – O Brother, Be Faithful. Sabbath afternoon study-time goes on to state the “amazing things the Father and the Son did to bridge that gulf”:
Hymn 108 – Amazing Grace and
Hymn 109 – Marvelous Grace. It is this wonderful grace given that we now see Jesus as our High Priest:
Hymn 177 – Jesus, Your Blood and Righteousness,
Hymn 178 – The Unveiled Christ,
Hymn 179 – The Wonders of Redeeming Love, and
Hymn 180 – O Listen to Our Wondrous Story (the section our Hymnal on Priesthood).

We are so blessed as
Jesus Paid It All – Hymn 184 (Sunday and again on Wednesday), and from this we know
Jesus, What a Friend of Sinners – Hymn 187. At times we can
Go To Dark Gethsemane – Hymn 157 to see the wondrous love of Jesus, and what He has done for humanity. It is then that we can say to Jesus,
I Surrender All – Hymn 309.

On Wednesday we find that
Jesus Saves – Hymn 340 simply
Because He Lives – Hymn 526.

Our Sinless Priest (Thursday) is “exalted . . .  above the heavens” (ESV) and our reaction it to
Crown Him With Many Crowns – Hymn 223. Thursday closes with reiterating that our Example encourages us to be Christ-Like (Christian).

Ellen White’s Desire of Ages quote on Friday had me singing from The Messiah by George F. Handel, number 12, For Unto Us a Child Is Born. You may have access to a group to sing this one to cap off a glorious week of study.

We are bound for The Promised Land! Hallelujah!! –
Hymn 620 – On Jordan’s Stormy Banks. Come, Lord Jesus, come – very soon.

To learn unknown hymns, you will find the accompaniment music for each one at: https://sdahymnals.com/Hymnal/

Another great resource is for when there is a hymn you wish to sing, but can’t find it in your hymnal. Go to https://www.sdahymnal.org and in the search bar type a special word in that is in the hymn. I am sure you will be amazed at the help you will be given.

2 Timothy 2:15 KJV – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

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“Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron?” (Hebrews 7:11, NKJV).

Priests are mediators between God and human beings. Hebrews says, however, that Levitical priests could not provide complete, confident access to God because they could not provide perfection (Hebrews 7:11, Hebrews 7:18-19, ). After all, they themselves weren’t perfect; so, how could they somehow bestow perfection upon others?

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Nor could the animal sacrifices cleanse the conscience of the sinner. Their purpose was to point forward to the ministry of Jesus and His sacrifice, which alone would provide true cleansing from sin (Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 10:1-3, Hebrews 10:10-14). The function of the Levitical priests and their sacrifices was temporary and illustrative. Through their ministry, God wanted to lead the people to put their faith in the future ministry of Jesus, “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29, NKJV).

Read Hebrews 7:11-16. Why was there a need to change the law?

Hebrews 7:12 explains that the change of priesthood made a change in the law necessary. Why? Because there was a very strict law that prohibited a person who was not from the line of Levi through Aaron from serving as a priest (Numbers 3:10; Numbers 16:39-40, ). Hebrews 7:13-14,  explains that Jesus was from the line of Judah, and so this law prohibited Him from being a Levitical priest. So, Paul argues that the appointment of Jesus as priest meant God has changed the law of the priesthood.

Jesus’ coming also implied a change in the law of sacrifices. Sinners were required to bring different kinds of sacrifices to obtain atonement (Leviticus 1-7), but now that Jesus has come and offered a perfect sacrifice, the law of animal sacrifices has also been put aside (Hebrews 10:17-18, ) as a result of the new covenant and the fuller revelation of the plan of salvation.

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