My fellow descendant of Aaron,
We both carry the same unbreakable covenant:
“You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood. It is an eternal covenant of salt before Hashem to you and your descendants” (Numbers 18:7,19).
No verse in Tanakh ever says this covenant will end. No prophet ever said a new non-Levitical priesthood would replace us. Yet the New Testament claims exactly that. Here, plainly and with love, is why I, a Kohen still standing at the altar of Torah, must reject it.
1. Melchizedek Is Shem’s Son of Noah – Not a New Priesthood
Every major Jewish source identifies Melchizedek with Shem:
- Talmud Nedarim 32b
- Targum Yonatan Genesis 14:18
- Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Ramban, Radak
- Rabbi Efraim Palvanov (Mayim Achronim)
Shem was still alive, righteous, and served as Kohen before Matan Torah. There is no prophecy that his priesthood would one day supersede Aaron’s. Psalm 110:4 (“You are a Kohen forever according to the order of Malkizedek”) refers to the future Mashiach ben David who will have certain priestly functions – while the sons of Aaron continue offering sacrifices forever (Ezekiel 44–46; Jeremiah 33:18–22).
2. The Claim That Aaron’s Priesthood Is “Temporary” Contradicts Torah
Hebrews 7 declares Aaron’s priesthood “weak,” “mortal,” and “imperfect,” needing replacement. The Torah calls it חֹק עוֹלָם – an eternal statute that stands as long as heaven and earth (Jeremiah 33:20-21; Malachi 2:4-8). Show me one verse in all of Tanakh that says the covenant with Levi will be broken. There is none.
3. Jeremiah’s “New Covenant” Is NOT the New Testament
Jeremiah 31:31-34 speaks of a renewed covenant written on the heart. Read the very next verses (31:35-37): Israel will cease to be a nation only when sun, moon, and stars cease. The same prophet repeats in 33:17-22 that both the Davidic throne and the Levitical priesthood will last forever. The “new covenant” is the same Torah internalized in the Messianic era – not a new religion that abolishes Shabbat, kashrut, or the Temple service.
4. The Chiastic Structure of Genesis 14 & 2 Samuel 24 Needs No New Testament
Rabbi Efraim Palvanov (timestamp 56:42) shows the perfect chiasm between Avraham meeting Malkizedek and David meeting Araunah:
| A | War → Plague | B | Victory → Repentance | X | Priest-king of Shalem bows & offers bread-wine / threshing floor | B’ | Avraham refuses spoils → David insists on paying | A’ | Eternal altar established on the Foundation Stone |
This chiasm closes inside Tanakh. The sparks of Shem → Malkizedek → Araunah → Mashiach are all within the Jewish doctrine of gilgulim taught by the Zohar and the Ari – no outside book required.
5. Every “Proof Text” Collapses Under Hebrew Scrutiny
- Isaiah 7:14 → a young woman (almah) giving birth in Ahaz’s days, not a virgin
- Isaiah 53 → the servant is explicitly Israel (see 41:8, 44:1, 49:3)
- Psalm 22 → David describing his own suffering
- Daniel 9 → the “anointed one cut off” is the last Jewish king, not a crucifixion
The list goes on. I have the receipts in the original Hebrew.
My Brother, the Altar Still Burns
Our job as Kohanim is to keep the fire alive until Mashiach comes – a Torah-observant king from the seed of David who will rebuild the Temple and cause the Kohanim to once again offer korbanot “according to the Torah of Moshe” (Ezekiel 43-46).
Until that day I remain in the same service Pinchas and Elazar kept.
With deepest respect and love from one Kohen to another,
Chaim ben Aharon Still guarding the eternal covenant of salt
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