WHO IS MELCHISSEDEC.
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Hebrews 7
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; 2 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; 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.
Hebrews 7
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; 2 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; 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.
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First time I read this passage I said to myself this must be a Christophany,but then upon reading Hebrews 5:4-6 and Hebrews 7:3 I got confused again.
Heb 5:4-6 "No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was. So Christ also did not (emphasis mine) take upon himself the glory of becoming a high priest, But God said to him, You are my Son; today I have become your Father. And he says in another place, "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek." What is throwing me is the phrase "in the order". Is the passage saying basically Jesus is not unlike Melchizedek?
Heb 7:3 "Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever." Melchizedek could just be a created being for a specific purpose in Scripture, maybe?
Heb 5:4-6 "No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was. So Christ also did not (emphasis mine) take upon himself the glory of becoming a high priest, But God said to him, You are my Son; today I have become your Father. And he says in another place, "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek." What is throwing me is the phrase "in the order". Is the passage saying basically Jesus is not unlike Melchizedek?
Heb 7:3 "Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever." Melchizedek could just be a created being for a specific purpose in Scripture, maybe?
Melchizedek is spoken about in Genesis ch. 14.
The name is said to be translated literally as "righteousness is my king", but also the translations of "king of righteousness/righetous king" are said to be possible as well.
He was the king of Salem and a priest who brought bread and wine, blesses Abram, and receives tithes from him. (verses 18-20)
He is referred to in Psalm 110:4 as well, speaking of being a priest after the manner of Melchizedek
By many Christians this is used as a reference that was foretelling that Christ was meant to be after the order long before His birth.
In the New Testament he is only referred to in the book of Hebrews, although extensively. He is mentioned in the verses of 5:6,10; 6:20; 7:1,10,11,15,17,21
In these verses Christ is referred to as a priest after the order of Melchizedek.
Many interpret this by looking back at where he is found in Genesis. In Genesis Abram tithes to Melchizedek, showing the order of Melchizedek to be higher than the Aaronic priesthood that came with the law.
In the same way, the verses in Hebrews shows Jesus to be of the order of Melchizedek, which was higher than the priesthood that came with the covenant made with Abraham. This sets Jesus as our High Priest forever.
I'm actually now trying to figure out why people would assume he is anything more than this when it seems quite clear. I've seen at least 2 posts on him saying it's possible he is God..but I don't see any evidence for it. Be sure to see that it also says Christ was after the order of Melchiedek, not that He was Melchizedek.
The name is said to be translated literally as "righteousness is my king", but also the translations of "king of righteousness/righetous king" are said to be possible as well.
He was the king of Salem and a priest who brought bread and wine, blesses Abram, and receives tithes from him. (verses 18-20)
He is referred to in Psalm 110:4 as well, speaking of being a priest after the manner of Melchizedek
By many Christians this is used as a reference that was foretelling that Christ was meant to be after the order long before His birth.
In the New Testament he is only referred to in the book of Hebrews, although extensively. He is mentioned in the verses of 5:6,10; 6:20; 7:1,10,11,15,17,21
In these verses Christ is referred to as a priest after the order of Melchizedek.
Many interpret this by looking back at where he is found in Genesis. In Genesis Abram tithes to Melchizedek, showing the order of Melchizedek to be higher than the Aaronic priesthood that came with the law.
In the same way, the verses in Hebrews shows Jesus to be of the order of Melchizedek, which was higher than the priesthood that came with the covenant made with Abraham. This sets Jesus as our High Priest forever.
I'm actually now trying to figure out why people would assume he is anything more than this when it seems quite clear. I've seen at least 2 posts on him saying it's possible he is God..but I don't see any evidence for it. Be sure to see that it also says Christ was after the order of Melchiedek, not that He was Melchizedek.
we know that no one is above God; Jesuss is to be said,that he is a high priest after he order of melchisedec,king of salem(peace) king of righteousness,no beginning no end of life
we also know that Jesus(the word of God) follow no other. this mechisedec must have been the same word of God, translated into the flesh; not born. he met abraham and showed abraham a vision of his day,and abraham was glad. so what was the purpose of
melchisedec? well we know that in everything Jesus is the preeminance,col.1:18.
so melchisedec is the FIRST KING in jerusalem: when he comes back, he is simply taking what was his; not some other king: ez.21:27. i will overturn,overturn,overturn it ,and it shall be no more ,UNTIL HE COME WHOSE RIGHT IT IS.
SO THIS MELCHISEDEC IS THE WORD OF GOD, TRANSLATED,(NOT BORN) INTO THE FLESH. i hope i have done a alright in explaining.
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It's a really good thing nobody takes time to read the post that actually explain who Melchizedek was.
Just because Jesus was compared to Melchizedek in the book of Hebrews does not mean Melchizedek was Jesus.
It is far more likely that Melchizedek was actually Shem, the son of Noah, which is something held in Jewish tradition as true.
Yes Jesus was after the order of Melchizedek. This is only showing that in the same way the order of Melchizedek was higher than the Aaronic order and priesthood, Jesus was higher than the Aaronic order as well, which included the law.
Just because Jesus was compared to Melchizedek in the book of Hebrews does not mean Melchizedek was Jesus.
It is far more likely that Melchizedek was actually Shem, the son of Noah, which is something held in Jewish tradition as true.
Yes Jesus was after the order of Melchizedek. This is only showing that in the same way the order of Melchizedek was higher than the Aaronic order and priesthood, Jesus was higher than the Aaronic order as well, which included the law.