Hebrews 5:6a
"As he said also in another place, you are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek."
Now look, who’s speaking it? God the Father. To whom? God the Son. And yet we know that the Son is a part of the Godhead the same as the Father. But here we’re separating them just like in His earthly ministry. In His earthly ministry, we pointed out, why does Jesus, especially in John 17, pray to the Father? Well, He’s praying from His humanity and our humility as the son of man and then He can pray to the Father.
On another instance, He can make the same statement as the Father and so here’s where we have to separate these things by a study of the Scripture and just simply take it by trusting faith. But nevertheless, here we find that God the Father designates to God the Son that He is to be the High Priest, not patterned after Aaron in the material or external priesthood, but after Melchizedek (a spiritual Priesthood). A gentile who was designated as high priest of the Most High God, who's temple was in Salem located on Mount Zion in Canaan.
Go back to Psalms chapter 2 where Paul is quoting. Where we have it word for word as Paul is using it here in the book of Hebrews. As written by king David as a conversation between God the Father and Yhovah God the Son.
Psalms 2:7 "I (God says,) will declare the decree: the LORD has said to me, you are my Son; (so who is speaking to whom? Well, God the Father is speaking to God the Son) this day have I begotten you."
Now we have to be careful, when did David write the Psalms? Well, somewhere in the neighborhood of 1000 BC. Was that when Christ was begotten, the only begotten Son of the Father? No, this is prophecy. This is something that is going to take place years and years out into the future. But, here’s the setting God the Father has spoken to the Son and He says, "this day I have begotten you." This took place not at His birth or baptism but rather after His ascension, when He entered the Holiest place with His Blood.
Psalms 2:8
"Ask of me, and I shall give you the heathen for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession."
So then you come all the way down through this chapter - it’s a delegation of the authority that God imparts to the Son. And as we've stated else where this is God's timetable of prophetic events which where to have taken place after the Lord's execution and ascension but with in difference a pause between verses 8 and 9. Which has an unseen parenthetical clause inserted which we call the Age of Grace, just as Romans has a similar parenthetical between chapters 8 and 12 which is the mystery of Israel's nature revealed, chapter 9, past, 10, present and 11, future.
Now let’s turn all the way up to Acts chapter 13 and find out what that meant when God said "this day I have begotten thee." We pointed out, that David wrote the Psalms around 1000 BC but that’s not when Christ became the only begotten Son of God - but prophecy-wise, that was when it was spoken. But in Acts chapter 13, we have the Scriptural definition of what it meant to be the only begotten Son of God. Now remember to that John also uses this term in chapter 3 verse 16 upon which most place there redemption upon.
We imagine most would be shocked that probably most people think that He became the only begotten Son of God in Bethlehem when He was born of the woman. But that is not the cast. Rather Acts tells us exactly when He became the only begotten Son. Here in Acts 13 we find Paul rehearsing how Christ was crucified, and how He was buried.
Acts 13:33-34a
"God has fulfilled the same unto us their children, (that is the promise which was made to the forefathers) in that he hath raised up Jesus again; (that is from the dead) as it is also written in the second psalm, (that’s why I took you back there before I came into Acts) Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee." (now verse 34 defines it) And as concerning that…"
Acts 13:34
"Now as concerning that, he raised him from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David."
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