Hebrews 7.12 says that when the priesthood is changed, Torah must also be changed. And according to the previous verse, Hebrews 7:11, this happened when God raised up His own specially appointed High Priest! Cp. Hebrews 7:15
This is yet another fulfillment of OT prophecies like the all-important Ps 110 where the LXX translators understood v.3 as a reference to the begetting of the Son from the womb.
Hence, in Ps 110:4 God makes the following promise about His own begotten Son:
“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” Cp. Heb 7:17
So just as Jesus was already the Messiah and Son of God from the womb, he was already High Priest from the womb. The Hebrews writer goes on to explain how the new covenant was established by Christ when he came, i.e., by his ministry and not by his death!
Lastly, NOTE: Hebrews 9.11
“Christ came/appeared as high priest (paraginomai),” to arrive or to come on the scene (Wuests' Word Studies, Hebrews; Vine's NT Word Pictures).
As a result, the covenant Jesus had already made during his ministry was eventually ratified by his death at the cross: Hebrews 9:16.
“For where there is a covenant, there must be the death of the one who made it.”
This is yet another fulfillment of OT prophecies like the all-important Ps 110 where the LXX translators understood v.3 as a reference to the begetting of the Son from the womb.
Hence, in Ps 110:4 God makes the following promise about His own begotten Son:
“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” Cp. Heb 7:17
So just as Jesus was already the Messiah and Son of God from the womb, he was already High Priest from the womb. The Hebrews writer goes on to explain how the new covenant was established by Christ when he came, i.e., by his ministry and not by his death!
Lastly, NOTE: Hebrews 9.11
“Christ came/appeared as high priest (paraginomai),” to arrive or to come on the scene (Wuests' Word Studies, Hebrews; Vine's NT Word Pictures).
As a result, the covenant Jesus had already made during his ministry was eventually ratified by his death at the cross: Hebrews 9:16.
“For where there is a covenant, there must be the death of the one who made it.”