To the sons of God: The Priesthood of Melchizedek

[Nehemiah6]

Melchizedek was not only a king of the people, but a priest of the Lord. Later priests were of the order of the Levi.

If we dig a little deeper Melchizedek was a Christophany. Before Christ was incarnate as Jesus of Nazareth He appeared in different forms to men. And He appeared as Melchizedek to Abraham. Here is the reason why this is true:

HEBREWS 7: "HAVING NEITHER BEGINNING OF DAYS NOR END OF LIFE"
1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
2To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

This was no ordinary human being but "made like unto the Son of God". That is why Christ has a High Priesthood in the Heavenly Sanctuary.

 

[VARob]

If we dig a little deeper Melchizedek was a Christophany. Before Christ was incarnate as Jesus of Nazareth He appeared in different forms to men.

Citation (biblical) needed.

And He appeared as Melchizedek to Abraham. Here is the reason why this is true:

HEBREWS 7: "HAVING NEITHER BEGINNING OF DAYS NOR END OF LIFE"
1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
2To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

This was no ordinary human being but "made like unto the Son of God". That is why Christ has a High Priesthood in the Heavenly Sanctuary.

The Bible says Jesus is a priest after the order of Melchizedek, not that Jesus is, or was, Melchizedek.

 

[Nehemiah6]

The Bible says Jesus is a priest after the order of Melchizedek, not that Jesus is, or was, Melchizedek.

Only if you wish to be blind to what is written and what was posted.

 

[VARob]

Only if you wish to be blind to what is written and what was posted.

Thanks for the dig and not actually responding to my point, but I have come to expect that from you.

 

[Aaron56]

Melchizedek was likely Shem. The Book of the Upright (mentioned in the Bible) records Abraham’s time with Melchizedek/Shem.

The ministry of reconciliation restores all who receive it to the family of God as sons of God. Also, we become priests in the order of Melchizedek with Christ Jesus as our high priest.

In the order of Levi, which came after the Law was given, priests represented the people before God.
In the order of Melchizedek, which was established before the Law, the priests represent God before the people, as if God is pleading through us for men to be reconciled to Him.

“Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.”

Institutional pastors abhor the priesthood of Melchizedek because it relieves them of their station. The idea that Melchizedek was really just Jesus was invented by such folk. If a Sunday service is designed to disseminate what one person heard from God, it is fashioned after the order of Moses and Levi: an order made obsolete by the appearing of Christ Jesus, the high priest of a greater order.

 

[jb]

I apologize but I have to run...

Lavatory?

 

[Nehemiah6]

Thanks for the dig and not actually responding to my point, but I have come to expect that from you.

Well did you even bother to read what that Scripture said and meditate on it? You said "not that Jesus is or was Melchizedek" even though the description of Melchizedek in Hebrews clearly shows that he was no ordinary human being. So let's go back and confirm that Melchizedek was in fact a Christophany.

1. He appears suddenly in Genesis 14 without any further introduction and brings bread and wine (prefiguring the Lord's Supper) to Abram: And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. [Note: there was no earthly priesthood at that time]

2. He blesses Abraham, and the Bible says that the lesser is blessed by the better or greater: For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

3. Abram gave Him tithes, and it is Christ ("who liveth") who receives tithes in Heaven as noted here: "but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth." To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all...

4. Only God and Christ can rightly be called "King of Righteousness" and "King of Peace": first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; [Note: the name "Melchizedek" -- מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק -- means "King of Righteousness"]

5. Only Christ, the eternal Son of God can be described as follows: Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually... Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession... Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. .. But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.

6. Melchizedek was no ordinary mortal: Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

This is more than enough proof that Melchizedek was actually Christ before His incarnation. And God said (He swore and would not repent) to Jesus "thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek".

 

[VARob]

Well did you even bother to read what that Scripture said and meditate on it? You said "not that Jesus is or was Melchizedek" even though the description of Melchizedek in Hebrews clearly shows that he was no ordinary human being. So let's go back and confirm that Melchizedek was in fact a Christophany.

1. He appears suddenly in Genesis 14 without any further introduction and brings bread and wine (prefiguring the Lord's Supper) to Abram: And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. [Note: there was no earthly priesthood at that time]

2. He blesses Abraham, and the Bible says that the lesser is blessed by the better or greater: For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

3. Abram gave Him tithes, and it is Christ ("who liveth") who receives tithes in Heaven as noted here: "but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth." To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all...

4. Only God and Christ can rightly be called "King of Righteousness" and "King of Peace": first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; [Note: the name "Melchizedek" -- מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק -- means "King of Righteousness"]

5. Only Christ, the eternal Son of God can be described as follows: Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually... Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession... Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. .. But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.

6. Melchizedek was no ordinary mortal: Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

This is more than enough proof that Melchizedek was actually Christ before His incarnation. And God said (He swore and would not repent) to Jesus "thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek".

Thanks for your efforts. I do not agree. If Jesus Christ was Melchizedek, the Bible would simply say that Jesus was Melchizedek, and not that he is a priest after the order of Melchizedek. "Without father, without mother, without descent" simply mean that he was not of a priestly line, just as Jesus Christ is not of the priestly line of Aaron. God can make anyone He wants a priest. I do not believe in "Christophanies." I do not believe that Jesus Christ existed before his conception except in God's plan.

 

[selahsays]

The only high priest that God ever promised and swore by His oath would be able to bring us eternal salvation was Jesus Christ, a priest forever, after the order of Melchisedec, a much better hope.

Hebrews 7:19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

[7:20] And inasmuch as not without an oath He was made priest:​

[21] (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by Him that said unto Him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.)​

[22] By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.​

Jesus was made a guarantee—the eternal High Priest promised by the sworn oath of Almighty God. This is the hope of our salvation, the new Covenant. There was nothing prior to or coming after that could have or will ever provide that salvation.

[23] And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:​

[24] But this man, because He continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.​

Jesus Christ our High Priest is eternal.

[25] Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.​

[26] For such an high priest became (He for) us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;​

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[27] Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this He did once, when He offered up himself.​

Jesus Christ is our Passover, the Lamb of God forever.

​

[28] For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.​

We have the promise and the oath sworn by God. Jesus Christ became our High Priest, not after the order of carnal men, but after the great order of Melchisedec, who abideth a priest forever!

 

[Pilgrimshope]

Melchizedek was likely Shem. The Book of the Upright (mentioned in the Bible) records Abraham’s time with Melchizedek/Shem.

The ministry of reconciliation restores all who receive it to the family of God as sons of God. Also, we become priests in the order of Melchizedek with Christ Jesus as our high priest.

In the order of Levi, which came after the Law was given, priests represented the people before God.
In the order of Melchizedek, which was established before the Law, the priests represent God before the people, as if God is pleading through us for men to be reconciled to Him.

“Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.”

Institutional pastors abhor the priesthood of Melchizedek because it relieves them of their station. The idea that Melchizedek was really just Jesus was invented by such folk. If a Sunday service is designed to disseminate what one person heard from God, it is fashioned after the order of Moses and Levi: an order made obsolete by the appearing of Christ Jesus, the high priest of a greater order.

melchezidek couldn’t have been Shem shem had a geneology melchezidek doesn’t

“For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭7:1-3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

[Nehemiah6]

"Without father, without mother, without descent" simply mean that he was not of a priestly line,

When someone tries to TWIST the Scriptures then there is no hope for that person. Is there any human being who could ever claim to be without father, without mother, without descent, without beginning of days, or end of life? Your problem is that you refuse to believe what is actually in the Bible. That is called "willful blindness, and that is what I said already. You have chosen to be blind, therefore you will also be judicially blinded.

melchezidek couldn’t have been Shem shem had a geneology melchezidek doesn’t

Exactly. That is simply more BALONEY. What is the matter with people who say they are Christians but refuse to believe God?

 

[Aaron56]

melchezidek couldn’t have been Shem shem had a geneology melchezidek doesn’t

“For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭7:1-3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Melchizedek is a title not a name. Common misconception.

 

[Aaron56]

I hope the phrase “like unto” sticks in your craw. For if the Spirit intended to say Melchizedek was in fact Christ He would have said “as the Son of God…”

Melchizedek is a title not a name. Common misconception.

There is no recorded genealogy for Melchizedek. This sets him apart from the Hebrews who traced their lineage to Abraham.
Melchizedek was priest according to God and by no reason of man… unlike the Mosaic priesthood the writer of Hebrews is comparing it to.

This is the account of spiritual sons in a spiritual priesthood. The DNA and the lineage of the man has no part in this administration. To the Hebrews, this was meant to dislodge their obsession with familial access to God by showing a priesthood whom even Abraham honored with the tithe.

In Christ we are also made like unto the Son, as we trace our lineage back to God and not to any man. This is why we are not to call any man on earth our father. Of the eight meanings of “father” this means “do not say your being and substance came from any man”…. God is your father. This was highly offensive to the Jews who reveled in family trees going back to Abraham.

This understanding requires wisdom. Semantic analyses will only help a little.

 

[Aaron56]

Thanks for your efforts. I do not agree. If Jesus Christ was Melchizedek, the Bible would simply say that Jesus was Melchizedek, and not that he is a priest after the order of Melchizedek. "Without father, without mother, without descent" simply mean that he was not of a priestly line, just as Jesus Christ is not of the priestly line of Aaron. God can make anyone He wants a priest. I do not believe in "Christophanies." I do not believe that Jesus Christ existed before his conception except in God's plan.

You are correct.

 

[Pilgrimshope]

Melchizedek is a title not a name. Common misconception.

So why is it talking about him as a person making him comparable to Christ ?

“And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. ( the title is the priest of God most high , the name is melchezidek )


And he blessed him, ( person to person ) and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: and blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭14:18-20‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Hebrews is making a point about melchezidek based on this interaction

“For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭7:1-4‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Melchezidek is the name of the original priest of God before the law was given and Aaron was called and the levites ordained. The title is preist , the name of the priest is melchezidek

He’s actually the only man in the Bible compared to Jesus this way in that he had neither mother or father nor geneology there’s no record of his birth his creation his death or life other than the one reference where he appeared to Abraham in accordance with the promise of Isaac and the appearing of the flesh and blood of Jesus that would later become the communion of the New Testament bread and wine

i don’t think there’s any reason not to accept melchezidek as a name it seems really clear and he’s definately not shem Noah is shems father Noah’s wife his mother but melchezidek is referenced here as a great man made as a figure of jesus

“without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; ( this tells us it’s not jesus but he is made like jesus as a figure in the ot )

abideth a priest continually.

Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭7:3-4‬ ‭KJV‬‬


there no record of melchezideks birth , death , life on earth , appearing in heaven ect anywhere in the ot but it’s said of Christ even his service as high priest of God bit for his interaction with Abraham in chapter 14 of genesis until it speaks of Christ who would be “ priest forever in the order of melchezidek “ and high priest of that same order of melchezidek before the law


Melchezidek isn’t a title brother priest of god is his title later it benefits us in our understandong of Christ in the heavenly temple and not on earth in a temple made for levites services but into heaven made for the preisthood of melchezideks service where Christ atoned for our sins before God levites of Aaron’s order don’t serve in heaven those of melchezideks order do

“Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭3:1‬ ‭KJV‬‬

See here what happened

“So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, To day have I begotten thee. As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchisedec. ( a priest after the order of melchezidek not Aaron )

Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭5:5-10‬ ‭KJV‬‬

just as there was a man named aaron given of the law made higher priest before that law came for transgression , there was an ancient man named melchezidek who was the priest of God most high who we here very very little about until the book of Hebrews teaches us about Jesus using his mysterious figure

“whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭6:20‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchisedec. For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭7:11-12, 14-19, 22, 25-27‬ ‭KJV‬‬

the first seven chapters really are dedicated to exalting Jesus and explaining his preisthood of the eternal covenant between God and mankind

Not this summary half way through the letter

“Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭8:1-2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

levites can’t serve there , Jesus creates those preists of melchezideks order

“and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭1:5-6‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Melchezidek is a priest of Jesus Christ the lord who became mankind’s high priest because there was none worthy so he became the intercessor and not of the leviticle order of Moses law but of what existed before the law from everlasting theres a lot that we can just read an learn about melchezidek and his ordination of preists in the book of Hebrews t he ugh becoming Christian’s we’ve become a part of that order under God the order of faith

 

[VARob]

When someone tries to TWIST the Scriptures then there is no hope for that person.

I'm not twisting anything.

Is there any human being who could ever claim to be without father, without mother, without descent, without beginning of days, or end of life?

Again, it's talking about priestly lineage.

Your problem is that you refuse to believe what is actually in the Bible.

I do believe what is in the Bible. Your problem is that you think anyone who doesn't see things as you do is automatically wrong and refusing to believe what is in the Bible, and you tend to get nasty about it.

That is called "willful blindness, and that is what I said already. You have chosen to be blind, therefore you will also be judicially blinded.

Time will tell, my judgmental friend. Time will tell.

 

[Pilgrimshope]

When someone tries to TWIST the Scriptures then there is no hope for that person. Is there any human being who could ever claim to be without father, without mother, without descent, without beginning of days, or end of life? Your problem is that you refuse to believe what is actually in the Bible. That is called "willful blindness, and that is what I said already. You have chosen to be blind, therefore you will also be judicially blinded.
Exactly. That is simply more BALONEY. What is the matter with people who say they are Christians but refuse to believe God?

“When someone tries to TWIST the Scriptures then there is no hope for that person. Is there any human being who could ever claim to be without father, without mother, without descent, without beginning of days, or end of life? “

how is quoting scripture twisting it ? Listen I don’t want to argue with you without cause lol

when you hear this quotes directly from scripture you think someone is twisting it this is just what it says friend it’s only that you have never heard it before

“For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.

Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭7:1-4‬ ‭KJV‬‬

this is just the Bible teaching us something about melchezidek

if you can’t accept it it doesn’t mean anyone has “ twisted scripture “ it means you haven’t heard it before and apparently think it’s not true because you already know it can’t be true doesn’t make sense to look at scripture that way

a study the first 8 chapters of Hebrews ots the most you can find in the Bible about the subject of melchezidek and it will also open up your eyes to the subject matter of many parts of the book of revelation also when you realize Hebrews and revelation have a lot to do with the temple in heaven where the preisthood of melchezidek serves

a brother you have a good biblical mind on many things but also you need some humility when you study scripture in order to let it correct some things you think you know about but haven’t heard about yet I’m just saying that as a friend and brother in the lord though

 

[Aaron56]

So why is it talking about him as a person making him comparable to Christ ?

“And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. ( the title is the priest of God most high , the name is melchezidek )


And he blessed him, ( person to person ) and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: and blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭14:18-20‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Hebrews is making a point about melchezidek based on this interaction

“For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭7:1-4‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Melchezidek is the name of the original priest of God before the law was given and Aaron was called and the levites ordained. The title is preist , the name of the priest is melchezidek

He’s actually the only man in the Bible compared to Jesus this way in that he had neither mother or father nor geneology there’s no record of his birth his creation his death or life other than the one reference where he appeared to Abraham in accordance with the promise of Isaac and the appearing of the flesh and blood of Jesus that would later become the communion of the New Testament bread and wine

i don’t think there’s any reason not to accept melchezidek as a name it seems really clear and he’s definately not shem Noah is shems father Noah’s wife his mother but melchezidek is referenced here as a great man made as a figure of jesus

“without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; ( this tells us it’s not jesus but he is made like jesus as a figure in the ot )

abideth a priest continually.

Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭7:3-4‬ ‭KJV‬‬


there no record of melchezideks birth , death , life on earth , appearing in heaven ect anywhere in the ot but it’s said of Christ even his service as high priest of God bit for his interaction with Abraham in chapter 14 of genesis until it speaks of Christ who would be “ priest forever in the order of melchezidek “ and high priest of that same order of melchezidek before the law


Melchezidek isn’t a title brother priest of god is his title later it benefits us in our understandong of Christ in the heavenly temple and not on earth in a temple made for levites services but into heaven made for the preisthood of melchezideks service where Christ atoned for our sins before God levites of Aaron’s order don’t serve in heaven those of melchezideks order do

“Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭3:1‬ ‭KJV‬‬

See here what happened

“So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, To day have I begotten thee. As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchisedec. ( a priest after the order of melchezidek not Aaron )

Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭5:5-10‬ ‭KJV‬‬

just as there was a man named aaron given of the law made higher priest before that law came for transgression , there was an ancient man named melchezidek who was the priest of God most high who we here very very little about until the book of Hebrews teaches us about Jesus using his mysterious figure

“whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭6:20‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchisedec. For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭7:11-12, 14-19, 22, 25-27‬ ‭KJV‬‬

the first seven chapters really are dedicated to exalting Jesus and explaining his preisthood of the eternal covenant between God and mankind

Not this summary half way through the letter

“Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭8:1-2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

levites can’t serve there , Jesus creates those preists of melchezideks order

“and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭1:5-6‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Melchezidek is a priest of Jesus Christ the lord who became mankind’s high priest because there was none worthy so he became the intercessor and not of the leviticle order of Moses law but of what existed before the law from everlasting theres a lot that we can just read an learn about melchezidek and his ordination of preists in the book of Hebrews t he ugh becoming Christian’s we’ve become a part of that order under God the order of faith

Are we not also compared to Christ? Are we not actually His flesh and bones, His body? Is He not actually our head? Are we not of the same spiritual lineage with the same Father? Surely many verses come to mind.

 

[Magenta]

Your problem is that you refuse to believe what is actually in the Bible.

 

[Pilgrimshope]

Are we not also compared to Christ? Are we not actually His flesh and bones, His body? Is He not actually our head? Are we not of the same spiritual lineage with the same Father? Surely many verses come to mind.

yee but we weren’t the priest of God most high in genesis chapter fourteen named melchezidek though , we are granted to be part of the priesthood through Jesus the high priest ….sort of the point there

Melchezidek is just the name of the original preist of God and he isn’t of the order of Aaron added later by the law

“If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,)

what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec,

and not be called after the order of Aaron?”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭7:11‬ ‭KJV‬‬


See each original preist is how the order is named the levites are the preists of Aaron’s order pertaining to the law of Moses , the man made temple before it was destroyed , all the services and ordinances

But there’s another better order in the heavens that was ordained before mans ultimate rebellion against God

This order of melchezidek the priest of God most high appears 430 years before Moses leads the people out from Egypt and receives the law and Aaron is made high priest of the law establishing Aaron’s order that was only until Christs ascention

Notice this part ?

“After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. ….And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭7:9-10, 14-17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

that’s what preists do serve God in his temple ( thier body )

“and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭1:5-6‬ ‭