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title: Hebrews 6:20
url: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/hebrews-6-20/
markdown: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/hebrews-6-20.md
type: verse
perspective: Protestant (historic Nicene) response to Jehovah's Witness teaching
reference: Hebrews 6:20
testament: NT
section: Letters
index: https://jw-apologetics.app/llms.txt
---

# Hebrews 6:20

## Text (Berean Standard Bible)

> where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

## JW Usage

Hebrews 6:20 — Jesus "has become a high priest forever in the manner of Melchizedek" — sits awkwardly with Watchtower Christology because the verse insists on the *forever* of Christ's priesthood. The JW reading typically affirms Jesus as high priest while leaving unaddressed how a being who reverted to angelic spirit existence (Michael) fulfils the requirement of Hebrews 2:17 that the high priest share his brothers' nature in all respects.

## Protestant Usage

Hebrews 6:20 introduces the Melchizedek argument that runs through chapter 7. The Aaronic priests served until they died and were replaced; Christ's priesthood, like Melchizedek's, is "without beginning of days or end of life" (7:3). The "forever" is not honorific — the chapter's argument depends on Christ's unending human-natured priesthood being the contrast that makes the Aaronic system obsolete. Pair with Hebrews 7:25 ("he is always alive to plead for them") and 2:17 ("had to be made like his brothers in all respects"): forever, alive, fully man. A non- human Jesus cannot fulfil this priesthood; a no-longer-active Jesus cannot intercede now. The Melchizedek argument requires the Christ Christianity confesses — the Son who took true humanity and lives in it forever.

## Arguments Using This Verse

- [Jesus Must Be a Man Now — The Melchizedek Priesthood](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/melchizedek-priesthood.md) — "He always lives to make intercession for them" (Hebrews 7:25) [Deity of Christ]