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So also Christ did not choose himself to have the honor of being a high priest. But God chose him. God said to him,

“You are my Son;
    today I have become your Father.” Psalm 2:7

And in another Scripture God says,

“You are a priest forever,
    a priest like Melchizedek.”[a] Psalm 110:4

While Jesus lived on earth, he prayed to God and asked God for help. He prayed with loud cries and tears to the One who could save him from death. And his prayer was heard because he left it all up to God.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:6 Melchizedek A priest and king who lived in the time of Abraham. (Read Genesis 14:17–24.)

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