The order of Melchizedek was the priesthood that Paul referred to in Hebrews 5:6 when he wrote about the high priesthood of Jesus Christ. But who was Melchizedek (Merekihereke) he aha te ritenga o Merekihereke i roto i te Paipera? Melchizedek was king of Salem. Heoi ano, Melchizedek was not only king but he was also a priest of God the Most High. I roto i te Faufaa Tahito o te Bibilia, there was no other priest, who was appointed as king, and there was no other king, i whakaritea hoki hei tohunga. Ko Merekihereke anake, o tei ora na hou te Ture a Mose e te tahu‘a ati Levi, he kingi raua he tohunga. Let’s look at the levitical priesthood, the order of Melchizedek, the High Priest Jesus Christ and what the bread and wine symbolizes.
Ko te whakahau a Arona
Ko nga tohunga nui katoa hoki e tangohia nei i roto i nga tangata, he mea whakatu mo nga tangata mo nga mea a te Atua, kia tapaea ai e ia nga whakahere me nga patunga tapu mo nga hara: Ko wai e tohungia te hunga kuare, ki te hunga e kotiti ke ana; e mui ana hoki ia ki te ngoikore. Na konei i tika ai, mo te iwi, he pera ano mona, hei whakahere mo nga hara. E kore ano hoki tetahi e tango i tenei honore ki a ia ano, engari ko te tangata e karangatia ana e te Atua, ko Arona hoki (Hiperu 5:1-4)
Na te Atua i whiriwhiri te iwi o Riwai (nga Riwaiti) mo te tohungatanga. The sons of Levi would receive the office of the priesthood through natural birth. With the coming of the Levitical priesthood came te Ture.
Arona, ko te Riwai me te teina o Mohi i whiriwhiria e te Atua, i whakaritea hei tohunga nui tuatahi mo te Kawenata a te Atua. The sons of Aaron were appointed as priests. The high priest and priests were anointed, te auraa ra, ua faataahia ratou i roto i te toro'a autahu'araa e ua haamo'ahia, te auraa ra, ua faataa-ê-hia ratou i te toea o te mau taata tei pûpûhia i te Atua. (Panuitia hoki: ‘Eaha ta te Bibilia e parau ra no nia i te faatavaihia').
Ua faatoroahia te tahu‘a rahi no te pûpû i te mau ô e te mau tusia no te mau hara.
I whakaritea ano nga Riwaiti mo te tapenakara o te whakaaturanga, mo ona oko katoa, mo ona mea katoa hoki. Me amo e ratou te tapenakara, me ona oko katoa, me te minita ki reira, me te noho ano ki tetahi taha o te tapenakara (Tau 1:50).
What was the part and inheritance of Aaron and the Levites?
Te wahi me te kainga tupu o Arona, te tohunga nui, and the Levites was the Lord. Ko nga whakatekau katoa i roto i a Iharaira, i hoatu ki nga Riwaiti hei taonga tupu mo ta ratou mahi i mahi ai ratou. This way God took care of the tribe of Levi.
The Lord spake unto Aaron, Kahore he kainga tupu mou i to ratou whenua, kaua ano hoki he wahi mou i roto ia ratou: Ko ahau te wahi mou, tou kainga tupu i roto i nga tama a Iharaira. Na, nana, Kua hoatu e ahau ki nga tama a Riwai nga whakatekau katoa i roto ia Iharaira hei taonga tupu, mo ta ratou mahi e mahi nei ratou, ara te mahi o te tapenakara o te whakaminenga (Tau 18:20-21)
I roto i te tohungatanga a Riwai, kahore he tohunga nui i rite ki ta Arona tikanga, ko wai i tohua (i whakawahia) hei tohunga nui, hei kingi.
Te iwi me te whakapapa o nga tohunga
Na, mehemea na te tohungatanga o nga Riwai te tino pai, (i raro hoki i te iwi te ture,) he aha ake ano te tikanga kia ara ake tetahi atu tohunga i runga i te ritenga o Merekihereke, e kore ano e kiia kia rite ki ta Arona tikanga? No te mea tei tauihia te autahu'araa, me whakarere ke hoki te ture. Ko te tangata hoki mona enei korero, he hapu ke tona, kahore nei tetahi i tu ki te aata: he mea takoto marama hoki tenei i puta mai to tatou Ariki i roto ia Hura; o te iwi nei kahore he kupu a Mohi mo te mahi tohunga. A kei te tino kitea atu ano: no te mea kua whakatika ake tetahi atu tohunga i te ritenga o Merekihereke, Ko wai i hanga, ehara i te mea i runga i te ture a te kikokiko, engari i muri i te kaha o te oranga mutungakore. E whakaatu ana hoki ia, Hei tohunga koe ake ake i runga i te ritenga o Merekihereke (Hiperu 7:13-17)
No te iwi o Riwai a Arona, i mohiotia ai te whakapapa. No reira nga uri, me te timatanga me te mutunga o aua mea, o tei fanauhia no te huaai o Levi e tei farii i te toroa autahu‘araa, i mohiotia.
Heoi ano, ka mutu te whakahau a Arona, ina Ihu Karaiti, te Tama a te Atua, i haere mai ki te whenua.
Ehara a Ihu i te iwi o Riwai, but to the tribe of Juda. Jesus wasn’t born of the seed of man but the Seed of God, kahore he timatanga o te ora, kahore he mutunga o te ora. He rite tonu ki a Merekihereke, kihai i mohiotia tona timatanga me tona mutunga (Aue. Hiperu 7:2-3).
Na roto i te ohipa faaora a Iesu Mesia e To’na toto, he Kawenata Hou mo te hanga hou (tangata hou). Ko te mea hanga hou kua whanau hou i roto ia te Karaiti, kua houhia ki te Atua, no te rangatiratanga o te Atua.
What does it mean Jesus is the High Priest after the order of Melchizedek?
Jesus is the High Priest after the order of Melchizedek means that Jesus is High Priest and King of the New Covenant.
Na, he tino tohunga nui to tatou, kua pahemo atu ki te rangi, Ko Ihu te Tama a te Atua, kia mau ta tatou mahi. Ehara hoki to tatou i te tohunga nui e kore e ahei kia mamae tahi me tatou e ngoikore nei; i whakamatautauria ia i nga mea katoa, i whakamatautauria ano hoki e pera ana me tatou, heoi kahore he hara (Hiperu 4:14-15)
Waihoki ko te Karaiti kahore ana whakanui ia ia hei tohunga nui; engari tera i ki atu ki a ia, Ko koe taku Tama, no tenei ra koe i whanau ai i ahau. He pera ano me tana i ki ai i tetahi atu wahi, Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek (Hiperu 5:5-6)
Hei tohunga nui e atawhai ana, e pono ana i nga mea o te Atua, hei whakamarie mo nga hara o te iwi., Ua titauhia ia faariro Iesu mai to ’na mau taeae.
E tia ia Iesu ia apiti i te tino e te toto.
Ki te kore a Ihu i rite ki ona tuakana, e kore ano e kai i te kikokiko me te toto, Jesus never could have taken the place of man and become a Substitute for fallen man.
Eita ta Iesu e nehenehe e rave i te taraehara no te mau hara e na roto i to ’na poheraa, whakangaro i te rewera, i whai mana ki te mate, kia whakaorangia hoki e ia te hunga i meinga e te wehi o te mate hei taurekareka i nga wa katoa i ora ai ratou. (Panuitia hoki: Ko Ihu tino tangata?)
Ua riro o Iesu ei tufaa i te tino e te toto e ua tamatahia oia i roto i te mau mea atoa, rite tonu tatou. Heoi ano, Kare a Ihu i hara. Engari ka taea e Ihu te aroha ki o ngoikoretanga me te awhina ia koe ina haere mai koe ki a ia i te wa e raru ai koe. Na, e kore koe e tuku ki te whakamatautau engari a patoi i te faahemaraa a kaua e hara, rite tonu ki a Ihu. (Hiperu 2:14-18; 4:15-16)
He aha te tohu o te taro me te waina?
A i a ratou e kai ana, Ka mau a Ihu ki te taro, a manaakitia ana e ia, ka wahia, a hoatu ana ki nga akonga, ka mea, Tangohia, kai; ko toku tinana tenei (e hoatu ana mo koutou). Na ka mau ia ki te kapu, me te mihi, a hoatu ana ki a ratou, e kii ana, Inuhia e koutou katoa; Ko oku toto hoki enei, no te Kawenata Hou, he mea whakaheke mo te tokomaha hei murunga hara (Matiu 26:26-28), Mark 14:22-24, Ruka 22:17-20)
Mai ta Melehizedeka i pûpû i te pane e te uaina na Aberahama (Genesis 14:18-20), Ua horo'a Iesu i te pane e te uaina i Ta'na mau pĭpĭ i te roaraa o te Hapa whakamutunga.
Ko te taro hei tohu mo tona tinana, ko te waina hei tohu mo tona toto. Ma te kai i te taro me te inu waina, i hono ratou ki a Ihu, ka uru ki te Kawenata Hou i roto i a ia.
Ko te kaupapa o te Whakawhitinga na Ihu Karaiti, te tohunga nui, he wahanga o te tohungatanga hou me te Kawenata Hou, te tikanga mo te hunga kua waiho hei mea hanga hou i roto ia Ihu Karaiti, no tona tinana; Tona Hahi.
Ua haere mai Iesu Mesia i ni‘a i te fenua nei e ua riro mai ei taata i‘o e te toto. Ia amu ana‘e outou i te faraoa e ia inu ana‘e outou i te uaina e riro outou ei tufaa na ’na; Tona tinana me Tona toto, me ona mamaetanga, mate, me te aranga, kia kotahi hoki ki a ia.
Ka rite ki te hanganga hou, he mea hanga koutou kia rite ki tona ahua, a noho ana i roto i a ia ki nga wahi o te rangi.
Ihu Karaiti, te tohunga nui, ka mau ki te torona
Ko ia te tiahotanga o tona kororia, me te ahua o tona ahua, u ana hoki nga mea katoa ki te kupu o tona kaha, i a ia anake i horoi o tatou hara, noho ana i te ringa matau o te Rangatiratanga i runga; He mea tino pai ake i nga anahera, me te mea i riro i a ia he ingoa nui atu i to ratou.Ki a wai hoki o nga anahera tana korerotanga i mua, Ko koe taku Tama, no tenei ra koe i whanau ai i ahau? A ano, Ka waiho ahau hei Matua mona, a ka waiho ia hei Tama maku?
A ano, i tana kawenga mai i te whanau matamua ki te ao, Ka mea ia, A kia koropiko nga anahera katoa a te Atua ki a ia; ko tana kupu mo nga anahera, Nana nei i mea kia wairua ana anahera, ko ana minita he mura ahi.
Ki te Tama ia tana kupu, To torona, E te Atua, he mo ake tonu atu: he hepeta tika te hepeta o tou kingitanga. I arohaina e koe te tika, ka kino ki te hara; no reira te Atua, ara tou Atua, nui atu i to ou hoa te whakawahinga ia koe ki te hinu o te hari.
Na, Ko koe, Ariki, i te timatanga i whakatakoto te turanga mo te whenua; he mahi ano nga rangi na ou ringa: Ka ngaro ratou; engari ka noho tonu koe; a ka tawhitotia katoatia me he kakahu; Ka pokaitia e koe ano he kakahu, a ka whakaputaia ketia ratou: ko koe tonu ano, e kore ano ou tau e poto.
Ki a wai ia o nga anahera tana korerotanga i tetahi wa, Noho ki toku matau, kia meinga ra ano e ahau ou hoariri hei turanga waewae mou? He teka ianei he wairua minita ratou katoa, tonoa ana hei minita mo te hunga e whiwhi ki te ora? (Hiperu 1:3-14)
Na ko nga mea i korerotia e matou ko te huinga tenei: He tohunga nui to tatou, e noho nei ki matau o te torona o te Nui i nga rangi; He Minita mo te wahi tapu, mo te tapenakara pono, na te Ariki i whakatu, a ehara i te tangata (Hiperu 8:1-2)
Me te Kawenata Hou, he mea hiri ki nga toto o Ihu Karaiti, he tohungatanga hou, he ture hou, ara te ture a te Wairua o te ora, ko te tikanga mo te tangata hou, ehara nei i te kikokiko engari i te Wairua.
Ihu Karaiti, te tohunga nui, ka whakaatu i tona tinana, he mea patunga tapu mo te tangata, me ona ake toto i whakahekea, ki tona Matua, i tona kakenga ki te rangi i roto i te kapua, a haere ana i nga rangi, ka tomo ki roto ki te wahi tino tapu, ka noho ki runga ki te taupoki.; te torona o te aroha noa, i te ringa matau o te Matua. (Panuitia hoki: He aha te ra pikinga?).
Ko Ihu Karaiti te Kingi
Kua whanau hoki he tamaiti ma tatou, kua homai he tama ki a tatou: hei runga ano i tona pokohiwi te kawanatanga: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Kaitohutohu, Te Atua kaha, Ko te Matua ake ake, Te Rangatira o te rangimarie. Kahore he mutunga o te nui haere o tana kawanatanga me tona rangimarie, i runga i te torona o Rawiri, and upon His kingdom, ki te whakahau, hei whakapumau ano i runga i te whakawa, i te tika, aianei a ake tonu atu. Ma te ngakau nui o Ihowa o nga mano e taea tenei (Ihaia 9:6-7).
Nana, ka kingi te kingi i runga i te tika, a ka whakahaere nga rangatira i runga i te whakawa (Ihaia 32:1)
I tu a Ihu Karaiti i runga i te torona o te aroha noa, na te Matua i homai (mo te wa poto) te rangatiratanga ki tana Tama; Ihu Karaiti. E ere noa o Iesu Mesia te Tahu‘a Rahi no te Faufaa Apî, ua faatoroa-atoa-hia râ Iesu ei Arii no te Basileia o te ra‘i (Aue. Ruka 1:31-33, 1 Koriniti 5:24, Epeha 2:19-23, Kolosa 1:13, Hiperu 1:8)
No reira i riro ai o Iesu Mesia ei Tahu‘a rahi e ei Arii ia au i te huru o Melehizedeka. No te mea e arii e e tahu‘a atoa o Melehizedeka no te Atua Teitei.
Ua pûpû Iesu ia ’na iho ei tusia ora e ua faaoti i ta ’na ohipa ei Tahu‘a Rahi e e Tahu‘a Rahi â oia no te Faufaa Apî..
He kaha rawa te toto o te Karaiti, na te mea e muru tonu ana mo nga hara o aua hara, te hunga e whakapono ana ki a Ihu Karaiti, e whakatau ana ki te tuku i o ratou ake oranga me whai ia Ihu Karaiti a ka whanau hou i roto ia ia (Roma 8:34, Hiperu 7: 21-28, Hiperu 9:24-28).
To torona, E te Atua, he mo ake tonu atu: he hepeta tika te hepeta o tou kingitanga (Hiperu 1:8)
O Iesu Mesia te Tahu‘a Rahi e a muri noa ’tu e o Iesu te Arii no te Basileia o te Ra‘i, kei reira te tika te hepeta, kei reira te rangimarie.
Ko Ihu te Kingi o te tika me te Kingi o te rangimarie me te kingi tahi a Ihu me era, kua whanau hou i roto i a ia, kua waiho hei tama ma te Atua, no tona tinana; Tona Hahi.
Ko te mea hanga hou e noho ana hei tohunga, hei kingi tahi me te Karaiti
Na Hoani ki nga hahi e whitu i Ahia: Kia tau te aroha noa ki a koutou, me te rangimarie, mai i a ia, a ko tehea, a ko te mea kei te haere mai; na nga Wairua e whitu i mua i tona torona; Na Ihu Karaiti, o vai te Ite haapao maitai, me te whanau tuatahi o te hunga mate, me te Rangatira o nga kingi o te whenua. Ki a ia i aroha nei ki a tatou, a horoia ana tatou i o tatou hara ki ona ake toto, A meinga ana tatou e ia hei kingi, hei tohunga ki te Atua, ara ki tona Matua; Waiho atu i a ia te kororia me te kaha ake ake. Amine (Whakakitenga 1:4-6)
A ka tango ia i te pukapuka, ka hinga iho nga mea ora e wha me nga kaumatua e rua tekau ma wha ki te aroaro o te Reme, he hapa ano ta tenei, o tenei, me nga oko koura ki tonu i te kakara, ko nga inoi enei a te hunga tapu. Na ka waiatatia he waiata hou, e kii ana, E tika ana koe ki te tango i te pukapuka, hei whakatuwhera ano i ona hiri: i patua hoki koe, kua hokona ano matou e koe ki te Atua i runga i ou toto i roto i nga hapu katoa, me te arero, me nga tangata, me te iwi; A meinga ana matou e koe hei kingi, hei tohunga ki to matou Atua: a ka kingi tatou ki runga ki te whenua (Whakakitenga 5:8-10).
Mena kua uru koe ki a ia, kua whanau hou i roto i a te Karaiti, kua waiho hei hanga hou, ehara koe i te rangatiratanga o te pouri (te ao) e kore ano e ora i runga i ta te kikokiko a muri ake nei, pera me to te ao. Otira no te rangatiratanga o Ihu Karaiti koutou, na roto i te poheraa o te tino e te tia-faahou-raa mai te varua mai te pohe mai. Ka ora koutou i runga i te Wairua i roto i tana e pai ai hei tohunga, ka kingi tahi koutou ko Ihu Karaiti hei kingi.
Na te Wairua Tapu, Ua tuu te Atua i ta ’na ture i roto i te feruriraa e ua papaihia i roto i te aau o te taata apî, kia mohio ai nga tangata katoa ki a ia (Hiperu 8:10-11; 10:15-17).
Na, ki te whanau koe i te Atua, no te Atua koe, ka ora koe i roto i te Kawenata Hou i runga i te ritenga o Merekihereke. Ka ora koutou i roto i a te Karaiti hei tohunga, tapu (wehea i te ao ka ora ki te Atua) me te tika i runga i tana i pai ai, a ka kingi tahi me ia hei kingi mo te rangatiratanga o te pouri.
Kua hoatu e te Atua te mana katoa ki a Ihu Karaiti. Na kua hoatu ki te tangata hou te mana me te mana katoa i roto ia Ihu Karaiti me te Wairua Tapu hei tohu, kauwhau, me te kawe mai i tona rangatiratanga ki nga tangata i runga i te whenua, me te whakaatu i nga korero teka a te rewera, me te turaki i nga mahi o te rangatiratanga o te pouri., kia tokomaha ai nga wairua e ora i te kaha o te rewera, o tona rangatiratanga, ka kawea ki roto ki te rangatiratanga o tana Tama aroha.
‘Hei tote mo te whenua’
