![]() ![]() He said that he was the priest of El Elyown, the Most High God, when he introduced himself to Abraham. It is interesting that Melchisedec gave to Abraham bread and wine, the symbols of communion, the body and blood of our Lord.įor this Melchisedec, the king of Salem, priest of the most high God ( Hbr 7:1), And that He was actually Melchisedec who came out to meet Abraham who received tithes from him and who blessed him. ![]() Now this statement, "Abraham rejoiced to see my day and saw it." When did Abraham see Jesus? Many Bible scholars, and myself included (but not necessarily the Bible scholar, I just love the Bible), many Bible scholars believe that Melchisedec was, in reality, one of what they call the Christophanies of the Old Testament, the appearance of Jesus in the Old Testament to Abraham. You are not even fifty years old." And Jesus responded, "Before Abraham was, I am." And they took up stones to kill Him" ( John 8:56-59). They said, "We are the sons of Abraham." Jesus said, "If you were the sons of Abraham, you would have acknowledged me, because Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it." And they looked at him and they said, "What are You trying to tell us? Abraham saw You. One day as Jesus was disputing with the Pharisees, they were challenging Him concerning His claims as Messiah and the Son of God. One further note before we get into the text itself. Suddenly this comes forth, "God has sworn and will not repent, 'Thou art a priest forever, (talking of the Messiah), after the Order of Melchisedec,'" not after the order of Aaron, after the order of Melchisedec. You see, we read of it in the same Bible and it's only a few books back, but it is a thousand years back. when he met Melchisedec, a thousand years later. And that even after the Aaronic order had been established, a thousand years later.in fact, there is a thousand years' time difference between the two mentions of Melchisedec in the Old Testament. So the writer of the book of Hebrews, in the seventh chapter, is going to point out that this priest, Melchisedec, was of a higher order of priesthood than was the Aaronic order of priesthood established under the law. A priesthood to which Abraham, the father of the nation, gave tribute, paid tithes, and received a blessing. Here is an order of priesthood that antedates the Levitical priesthood by 400 years. One of the requirements of being a high priest in the nation of Israel under the law was, first you had to be from the tribe of Levi, and then of the Aaronic order. Now there was the Aaronic order of priesthood from the tribe of Levi. The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, 'Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchisedec.'" Thy people shall be willing in the day of Thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: Thou hast the dew of Thy youth. It begins, "The Lord said unto my Lord, 'Sit Thou at my right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool.' The Lord shall send the rod of Thy strength out of Zion: rule Thou in the midst of Thine enemies. But then in Psalm 110, out of the blue the psalmist writes concerning God, that He had sworn with an oath that, "Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchisedec." This one hundred tenth Psalm is a psalm concerning the Messiah. The first time being there in Genesis 19, when he met Abraham. ![]() Melchisedec, a mysterious priest of which we know so little, is only mentioned twice in the Old Testament. This was 400 years before Moses and the law. We know nothing of what happened to him after his meeting with Abraham. We know nothing of his genealogy, nothing of his parents. The name means "the King of Righteousness." He was also known as "the King of Salem," which being interpreted is "the King of Peace." Nothing is told us concerning the origin of Melchisedec. He took from them the spoils that they had taken from the many cities that they had conquered.Īs Abraham was returning victoriously with the spoils from these five kings, there came out to meet him a man by the name of Melchisedec. Abraham, hearing of it, armed his servants and he went out to met these five kings in battle, and defeated them. In the book of Genesis, after Abraham and Lot had parted company, there was a confederation of five kings that conquered in the area where Lot lived, and took him captive and spoiled several cities. Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Hebrews, the seventh chapter. Click here for the correlating audio message ![]()
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