Melchisidek Is The King of Righteousness

[Thunderrr-mental]

Hebrews 7:2

Expanded Bible



2 and Abraham ·gave [L apportioned/divided to] him a ·tenth [tithe] ·of everything he had brought back from the battle [L of everything]. First, Melchizedek’s name means “king of ·goodness [righteousness; justice],” and he is king of Salem [C another name for Jerusalem], which means “king of peace.”



Hebrews 7:3

King James Version



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.


This is how Melchizedek’ is described,

without any genealogy, without a begining or end.

The king of peace and the king of righteousness.

It's hardly just. a normal person or a title is it.

I would say it means a lot more than that.

 

[Aaron56]

Hebrews 7:2

Expanded Bible



2 and Abraham ·gave [L apportioned/divided to] him a ·tenth [tithe] ·of everything he had brought back from the battle [L of everything]. First, Melchizedek’s name means “king of ·goodness [righteousness; justice],” and he is king of Salem [C another name for Jerusalem], which means “king of peace.”



Hebrews 7:3

King James Version



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.


This is how Melchizedek’ is described,

without any genealogy, without a begining or end.

The king of peace and the king of righteousness.

It's hardly just. a normal person or a title is it.

I would say it means a lot more than that.

"Without father, without mother..."

Do people not know that Jesus had both a Father and a mother? Even if you say "But this is Christ", Christ also had a father.

The "lineage" of Melchizedek is juxtaposed against those in the line of Abraham. The gist of the message was this: Even Abraham, to whom every Jew derives their identity, was less than Melchizedek.

 

[Thunderrr-mental]

"Without father, without mother..."

Do people not know that Jesus had both a Father and a mother? Even if you say "But this is Christ", Christ also had a father.

The "lineage" of Melchizedek is juxtaposed against those in the line of Abraham. The gist of the message was this: Even Abraham, to whom every Jew derives their identity, was less than Melchizedek.

well you may be seeing the earthly figure, but last I checked the spiritual Melchizedek has no mother.

So the spiritual high priest was in Melchizedek 😊

 

[Pilgrimshope]

He was a type. He represented a different priesthood than the Aaronic priesthood. We have no genealogy for him figuring the eternal nature of the priesthood. He was also a king figuring the ruling nature associated with this priesthood. He is characterized by peace and righteousness figuring the nature of the priesthood. And all this in totality figures the superiority of this priesthood.

Yes melchezidek was priest when Abraham received his promise

but the children of isreal received the law under the leviticle preisthood

revealing to us that the gospel was actually before the law preached into Abraham and is the true covenant


the law was added afterwards because they transgressed and worshipped the calf and was Imposed only until the promise of the gospel was fulfilled in Christ

“Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions,

till the seed ( Jesus ) should come to whom the promise was made;

and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭3:19-20‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

[Aaron56]

well you may be seeing the earthly figure, but last I checked the spiritual Melchizedek has no mother.

So the spiritual high priest was in Melchizedek 😊

But Christ has a Father, correct? Do you see how "without mother or father" is not about the spiritual but about the physical?

You're almost there!

Just as Christ was in Melchizedek, He is in all who worship Him.

 

[Thunderrr-mental]

But Christ has a Father, correct? Do you see how "without mother or father" is not about the spiritual but about the physical?

You're almost there!

Just as Christ was in Melchizedek, He is in all who worship Him.

well I may say your almost there to, But do all those in Christ in a spiritual sense know how to love the Canaanites. I believe we all fall short with that.

 

[Thunderrr-mental]

But Christ has a Father, correct? Do you see how "without mother or father" is not about the spiritual but about the physical?

You're almost there!

Just as Christ was in Melchizedek, He is in all who worship Him.

for Christ to have a father with genealogy, that would mean his father would have had to created him.

But the word says Christ was there at the beginning, there's no way to deny hebrews.

hebrews was describing the high priest in heaven the son was in melchizedek.

So which way do you go because it couldn't be any ordinary Christian.

Because we all have genealogy so hebrews is describing something eunique

 

[Aaron56]

for Christ to have a father with genealogy, that would mean his father would have had to created him.

But the word says Christ was there at the beginning, there's no way to deny hebrews.

hebrews was describing the high priest in heaven the son was in melchizedek.

So which way do you go because it couldn't be any ordinary Christian.

Because we all have genealogy so hebrews is describing something eunique

Melchizedek wasn't a Christian. 'Christian' was a title given to the believers in Antioch. It was based upon the Roman tradition of naming the followers of a teacher after their teacher. The writers of the epistles never addressed the believers as "Christians" (a word only used 3 times in the scriptures, and of the three times, twice by unbelievers). Peter references it but his conclusion is: "if they call you a Christian and suffer for it don't lose heart because they associate you with Him."

Melchizedek was "like a son of man". No doubt he was a type and shadow of Christ. What sets him apart is that he functions within the original covenant of God the Father and God the Son: the one ratified in heaven (the Lamb was slain from the foundation of the earth) that appeared in the earth when Christ died and rose again.

Paul makes this point about the original covenant: "The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. 18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise."

His conclusion: "Don't sweat giving up the law, even before the law there was a greater covenant. You all may now enter into that covenant through Christ."

No, the writer of Hebrews is dealing with natural chronology and comparing it to the lineage of Abraham. He is countering the idea of primacy based upon their connection to Abraham. With Melchizedek, the writer is showing that Abraham was not greater than this priest (who was Shem according to the Book of the Upright mentioned in scripture) so, in conclusion, their natural connection to Abraham is not special. Their natural connection does not secure the promises given to Abraham. Now that One has come in the likeness of Melchizedek, Christ, the appearance of this reality is full: they are to accept Christ as the One who was to come.

Today, the religious Jews don't give Melchizedek much thought. Ask them and they will say they are ancestors of Abraham. The book of Hebrews, if received, will save men from that traditional thinking.