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Gen_14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
Psa_110:4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Seems to be both a person and an "order". This may hint at some sort of post-flood method of communication to people about God.
 
Melchizedek means My King is Righteousness ------

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Who is the King of Righteous -----

Melchizedek ---has no beginning and No end -----Hebrews 7:3

Melchizedek and Abraham
…2and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness.” Then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”
3Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life,


The King of Salem ---Salem becomes Jerusalem ------

Hebrews 7:1-3 draws directly on Genesis 14, interpreting “king of Salem” as “king of peace”

NASB: Salem
Word Origin: [the same as H8003 (שָׁלֵם - whole)]

1. peaceful
2. Shalem, an early name of Jerusalem

Clues are everywhere Here as to who Melchizedek was portraying -----May not be Jesus Himself but was a foreshadowing of the coming of the King of Righteousness and Peace of Jerusalem =====
 
Who is Melchizedek?

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Gen 18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
Gen 18:2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground.
Gen 18:33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

God appeared to Abraham in the visible image of flesh along with 2 of His angels.

This was a temporary image of God from the dust of the earth.

Gen 19:1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
Gen 19:3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

Gen 19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
Gen 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

Gen 19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

Gen 19:9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
Gen 19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

Gen 19:16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

Gen 19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
Gen 19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
Gen 19:25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

The 2 angels went to Sodom to test the city to see if there was any righteous there and if so God would not overthrow the city.

The men of the city compassed Lot's house wanting Lot to bring out the 2 men to have sex with them.

Lot offered his 2 daughters which they refused.

The men were in one accord supporting the act which then God knew there was no righteous there and overthrew the city.

Gen 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
Gen 14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
Gen 14:20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

Melchizedek was a temporary image of God in flesh from the dust of the earth.

Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Joh 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Joh 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

Rev 4:2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

Rev 22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him.

Jesus is a permanent image of God in flesh which is a glorified body now.

If people understood the meaning of right hand they would understand that Jesus is not on a throne next to the Father and the only person we will see is Jesus.

Heb 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;

Heb 7:2 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;

Heb 7:3 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.

Melchizedek a visible image of God was made unto the visible image of Jesus who is our High Priest of a better covenant than the Old Testament.

But Melchizedek was a temporary image of God that went back to dust.

And Jesus is a permanent image of God which is His visible image to the saints.
 
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