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Who Is Melchizedek?
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canadyjd
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Very well done. Nothing to add.
peace to you
A very good article yet I would like to ask a question or two.
Heb 5:5 YLT so also the Christ did not glorify himself to become chief [high] priest, but He who spake unto him: 'My Son thou art, I to-day have begotten thee;'
What was this, glorification, of which made, the Christ, chief [high] priest? Who glorified the Christ? When? Is it relative to John 17:5? 'And now, glorify me, Thou Father, with Thyself, with the glory that I had before the world was, with Thee;
Is it relative to 1 Peter 1:21? who through him do believe in God, who did raise out of the dead, and glory to him did give, so that your faith and hope may be in God.
Heb 5:5 YLT so also the Christ did not glorify himself to become chief [high] priest, but He who spake unto him: 'My Son thou art, I to-day have begotten thee;'
What was this, glorification, of which made, the Christ, chief [high] priest? Who glorified the Christ? When? Is it relative to John 17:5? 'And now, glorify me, Thou Father, with Thyself, with the glory that I had before the world was, with Thee;
Is it relative to 1 Peter 1:21? who through him do believe in God, who did raise out of the dead, and glory to him did give, so that your faith and hope may be in God.
37818
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"In the New Testament, the writer of Hebrews raises Melchizedek’s profile to a pre-incarnate Christ-figure. Melchizedek is eternal, having no “father or mother” and “resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever” (Heb. 7:3). Abraham’s tithe to Melchizedek also confirms his greatness (Heb. 7:4)."
It is my personal understanding, Melchizedek was a man with no recorded geneology.
It is understandable that some of us may believe Melchizedek to be the preincarnate Christ, ". . . made like unto the Son of God . . . ."
I don't believe so. Instead I believe Melchizedek served as a type. The purpose of his use in Scripture is (in my view) to signify the priesthood of Christ apart from the Old Covenant Levitical system.Is Melchizedek in the Old Testament a Christophany?... Brother Glen
As such, I believe his genealogy, background, and such were not recorded intentionally as Melchizedek stood outside of the Old Covenant people.
BTW...Jewish tradition views Melchizedek as Shem. (I don't....as I don't see a value in speculating....the point is no genealogy, outside the Levitical system).
"Hebrews 7:15 Melchizedek is there as a type of Christ, king of Salem, i.e., Prince of Peace.
18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High. Gen 14
15 And what we say is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there ariseth another priest, Heb 7
" “But made like unto the Son of God”, or, more literally “but assimilated to the Son of God”. It is very striking to note that it is not the Son of God who was “assimilated to Melchizedek”, but vice versa. In the order of time Christ subsisted before Melchizedek; in the order of nature, Melchizedek was a priest before Christ was. The priesthood of the Son of God, ordained and appointed by the Eternal Three, was the original, and Melchizedek’s priesthood furnished the copy, and a copy given in advance is the same thing as the type. Melchizedek was “assimilated to the Son of God” as a type.
First , as priest of the most high God.
Second , as being a royal priest, possessing personal majesty and authority.
Third , as being the king of righteousness.
Fourth , as king of peace.
Fifth , as the one who “blessed Abraham”.
Sixth , as the one who received the grateful gifts of God’s people represented by Abraham.
Seventh, as not owing his priesthood to natural genealogy.
Eighth, as abiding a priest beyond the bounds of the Levitical limitations. “Abideth a priest continually” (verse 3).
Note carefully it is not that the natural life of Melchizedek had no end, but that his priestly life did not cease at the age of fifty; in other words, he continued a priest to the very end of his earthly existence, which shows he had no vicar or successor, deriving a priesthood from his. “The expression ‘abideth a priest continually’, therefore, is the equivalent to saying that he had a perpetual priesthood in contradistinction from those whose office terminated at a definite period, or whose office passed over into the hands of others” (A. Barnes)."
CHAPTER - MELCHIZEDEK (godrules.net)"
Melchizedek
Amen
.Jewish tradition views Melchizedek as Shem... I've heard that too but that's kind of stretching it... Brother Glen
37818
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Is Melchizedek in the Old Testament a Christophany?... Brother Glen
I do not belueve so.
knowing that Christ, having been raised up out of the dead, doth no more die, death over him hath no more lordship; Rom 6:9
Does that above describe, the order of, the priesthood of Melchisedek?
Heb 7:23-25 YLT and those indeed are many who have become priests, because by death they are hindered from remaining; and he, because of his remaining -- to the age, hath the priesthood not transient, whence also he is able to save to the very end, those coming through him unto God -- ever living to make intercession for them.
5:5,6 so also the Christ did not glorify himself to become chief priest, but He who spake unto him: 'My Son thou art, I to-day have begotten thee;' as also in another place He saith, 'Thou art a priest -- to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;'
Col 1:18 And himself is the head of the body -- the assembly -- who is a beginning, first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all things -- himself -- first,
Rom 8:29 because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;
What order of priesthood will we be?
A. the order of Aaron
B. the order of Melchisedek
Does that above describe, the order of, the priesthood of Melchisedek?
Heb 7:23-25 YLT and those indeed are many who have become priests, because by death they are hindered from remaining; and he, because of his remaining -- to the age, hath the priesthood not transient, whence also he is able to save to the very end, those coming through him unto God -- ever living to make intercession for them.
5:5,6 so also the Christ did not glorify himself to become chief priest, but He who spake unto him: 'My Son thou art, I to-day have begotten thee;' as also in another place He saith, 'Thou art a priest -- to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;'
Col 1:18 And himself is the head of the body -- the assembly -- who is a beginning, first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all things -- himself -- first,
Rom 8:29 because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;
What order of priesthood will we be?
A. the order of Aaron
B. the order of Melchisedek
I don't know percho and we shouldn't speculate, I just go by what The Apostle Peter says as should we all and only know that...
1 Peter 2: 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
Brother Glen
Agreed... Especially that it is quite understandable that some think him a Christophany.I don't believe so either, but the type is undeniable....And so obviously inspired by God, it's obviously miraculous. I cannot fathom mere mortal men coming up with that saving God's Providence.