Jesus Our Intercessor
Hebrews 7:25
By Harold Dinsmore, M.Div
© 2008 Harold Dinsmore.

The book of Hebrews is a book that is rich with Old Testament imagery.  Within its pages, we find promises and types that have found fulfillment in the New Testament with the arrival of Messiah – Jesus.

For instance, we have the promise in Isaiah 9:6, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulders and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.”

In our text this morning, we find fulfillment of this promise in Hebrews 7:25.  Jesus is our Wonderful Counselor.  A counselor is one who listens to your side of the story, one who gives you solid advice and represents you in a court of law.  Our Counselor is Jesus!

We discover here in chapter 7 that, in Christ, God has given us a better hope.  In verse 19, this hope may be spelled with a capital, if we wish, because Jesus – Messiah – is our only hope if we desire to find peace and forgiveness from God.

In verse 22, Jesus is said to make sure of a better covenant.  The Old Testament covenant was concerning the one to come, even the system of law and sacrifice God designed was to point men toward Messiah.

There is so much imagery and so many types in the Old Testament that find fulfillment in Jesus that we just don’t have the time to discuss them all.  But one bears mentioning this morning as we celebrate the birth of the Wonderful Counselor, our intercessor, Jesus Christ.

            That type is found in the Old Testament laws Day of Atonement.  Each year, people offered countless offerings and burnt sacrifices before God at the temple in Jerusalem.  Before there was a permanent building, they presented them at the tent of God – the portable tabernacle built by Moses and the people of Israel.