Church today.

Today is a bit different on the issue of this Bible mathematics because i received positive  response from some of the youths.Somebody is challenged and they  are  reading their bible.I am quite happy to discover  that.However they need prayers.

They have been challenged and i hope this is going to go a long way to see that they were able to reach the threshold level of reading the bible for understanding purpose and on their own.We are able to clear some hurdles after the Church service which is quite long today, the pentecostal day.That's one of the peculiar features of The Apostolic Church throughout the  Lawna Territory ,Nigeria.On pentecostal Sundays we do tarry for the Holy Spirit and the power.That's always every  first Sundays of  a month.

The Church is quite lively and the Lord reigned, am  surprised today to meet  people ready for theSunday school class.I almost arrived late but by the grace of God we have Bible class which is centered on The Priesthood of Christ and its superiority over any other office of priesthood in the world.Using the manual i  took my texts from two   lessons and i would have dabbled into another lesson if not that time was fast against us, because we are to enter into the church service after the Sunday school and we have used some extra  minutes.However,there are improvements because i observed these people were totally attentive throughout the Sunday school class and i pray they are truly blessed.

I love the way the writer of the Hebrews  expound the priesthood of Christ and its superiority over Aaronic priesthood.Going back to Genesis, we read of how God called Abraham out of his father's house,promised to give him the lands of  the seven nations which he is going to drive out before the descendant of Abraham.He did. he gave them the land flowing with milk and honey.He gave them the Law which is known today and Mosaic law from which the ten commandments from,through the law he established the office of priesthood and he ordained Aaron as the first High priest in the land of Israel.

What an interesting story this soon become.Aaronic priesthood soon become known as Levitical priesthood.
The levites were chosen by God to be priests in Israel and they are to hold the office of priesthood for a lifetime.Their main duties is to stand before God to offer sacrifice necessary for atonement,in which animals were sacrificed.Through that they made man acceptable before God.They were the people's representatives before God.However,they have shortcomings which did not augur well with God's plan and have to be changed.

Flashing back to Genesis,we read  an astounding story of how Abraham paid tithe to Melchizedek,who doubled as both the king of righteousness and king of Salem which means the king of peace.However, the bible strike an already concealed plan of God when it mentioned the unique characteristic of this High priest of God  and when in comparison with Christ , they are parallel which means the priesthood of Christ  emanated from Melchizedek and not from Aaron.

Christ priesthood took roots from Melchizedek.The bible said ,CHRIST IS A PRIEST FOREVER ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK.The story of Melchizedek is a mystery from God Almighty.We have  no record of his father,mother and descendant.He also has no record of the beginning of his life nor end of  life.He is superior to Abraham,Aaron and the law that why Abraham paid tithe to him and he blessed Abraham a sign of superiority.

The Sunday school ends well and the church service too.To God be the glory, i struck  deal with the youths that i am extending their submission date till next week for them to search for the answers of the remaining  five questions out of 20  ,they reminded me of the prizes to be be won too which i promised to give  the first ,second and the third winners and i see that they were thrilled.I am thrilled too.
Hallelujah!