To the sons of God: The Priesthood of Melchizedek

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.

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.

I apologize but I have to run...

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".

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.

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

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

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

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.

Melchizedek is a title not a name. Common misconception.

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.

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?

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

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

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.