( C) Have you dealt with Y'shua's mother Miriam being a Levite? Y'shua is equally of Yahudah and Levi. He combined the office of King and of Priest. ( A) 1st Mary is not a levite!?This is exactly why her genealogy is given in scripture!????She is of the tribe of David! This was also necessary because of prophecy. Who is going around telling you these things???.2nd Jesus is not of the levitical priesthood for that reason as well as the fact that....Psalms 110: 4. The Lord has sworn And will not relent, "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.'' This man was not even a Jew! Carl Felland <cfelland@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Allen, Have you dealt with Y'shua's mother Miriam being a Levite? Y'shua is equally of Yahudah and Levi. He combined the office of King and of Priest. If the writer of Hebrews writes contrary to Y'shua's teaching, guess which I'll choose? Carl If Justification were through the law and levitical priesthood then your own attempt at justification via the law condemns you! Because you do not keep it nor are there any more Levitical priest to perform the rituals commanded by the law for you?.. and you are all unclean!?. Nowhere does JESUS state that you should keep some of the law but not all of it? He never told his disciples to extend or continue to observe the Mosaic law. You would have to take a selective approach to the law which is scriptural baseless notwithstanding the complete impossibility to perform it???. Dan states plainly that the confirmation of the covenant would bring to an end the Sacrifice and offerings and Jesus talked abut that new covenant, He never talked about continuation and extenuation of the law nor did he explain what portions of the law to keep and you cannot keep the law by the terms of the law. Then you are all still then lost if justification were to be found in the law and their woul d have been no need for a Messiah in the first place!????. Even Moses himself stated that he would come and that they would listen to him rather than Moses, by whom they received the OT law. ?.Jesus gave commandme nt for a NEW COVENANT not a continuation or extension of the old you put words into Jesus mouth that are NOWHHEWRE to be found while along ignore what both HE and the Prophets spoke of regarding his mission what & he would accomplish to do and how he would do it! Jesus is a priest after the order of Melchisideck not the levites! Psalms 110:4. The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. Melchizedek was not even a JEW!!! ??.The OT law gave nothing about priest outside the Levites. Christ came and delivered the NEW COVENANT and he Being of an entirely different priesthood??the LAW spoke nothing concerning these things how can you even begin to assert that Jesus instructed a continuation of the OT law...both the cov ena nt and the priesthood were changed?.. You can?t keep part of the law and claim to keep it??. .. Your assertions are inconsistent with scripture??..If continuity of the scriptures is dependent upon the continuation of the OT law then we are ALL in a lot of trouble. How can you selectively decide what you are going to obey and what is and is not still in force??..You can not be a follower of Jesus and adhere to the law if you adhere to the prophets then you must accept Jesus and lay aside the law? Mat 22: 37. Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38. This is the first and great commandment. 39. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.