... as 'a minister of the sanctuary' implying a priest. The description of the high priest in both verses implies two different offices - a king and a priest. In this study I will attempt to identify in the Qumran library the messianic expectations which most likely may have influenced the presentation ... appointment: 'after the order of Melchizedek (5.6, 10; 6.20). The dominant theme the author highlights in these passages is Jesus as high priest and once for all sacrifice by virtue of his death (5.5; 6.1; 9.11,14,24, 28; 10.10), as Lane observes, 'the evidence of 5.5- ... ...

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