<p>7:16 <i>Who has been appointed, not on the basis of a law about physical descent, but according to the power of an endless life</i>- The Levitical priests became priests by reason of their age and descent, whereas the Melchizedek Messiah priest had to be &quot;appointed&quot;. The basis of the Lord's appointment was His immortality- because the priest had to have an eternal ministry, so it was necessary that he was immortal. And the only immortalized human was Jesus of Nazareth.</p>