Redeemer, Word made flesh, Messiah, Savior, Son of God, Prince of Peace, Christ, Good Shepherd. There are many different terms that are used in the New Testament to describe who Jesus was. When you start to look at all these terms a couple of things become clear. First of all, Jesus was not a one-dimensional person and secondly, there are many ways of interpreting who he was and what he was all about.

The writer of Hebrews has a unique way of describing who Jesus was. Hebrews is the only book in the New Testament where Jesus is called the great high priest. For the Jews who would have been reading this, the notion of Jesus being the great high priest would have been just plain wrong. Because, for the Jews, being a priest was a family thing. It was reserved for the Levites, and Jesus wasn'…