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Heb 7:1-3 The Order of Melchizedek
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The Order of Melchizedek
Heb 7:1-3 This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, his name means "king of righteousness"; then also, "king of Salem" means "king of peace." Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever.
In chapter 7 the author will speak of the order of Christ's priesthood and of its superiority to the Levitical order established under the Law of Moses. The reason for doing this is that he is speaking to Jews who had only been schooled in the Levitical priesthood. Jesus was not a Levitical priest, indeed he did not even qualify to be a Levitical priest. So the question arises as to how one should reckon his priesthood.
By way of illustration the author speaks of Melchizedek as a shadow, a forerunner, the precedent for the order of Christ's priesthood. And though it is but a shadow as there are also many shadows in the Old Testament, and therefore only two dimensional, we nonetheless can learn by inference from such illustrations.
The name "Melchizedek" first refers to a king. This is distinct from the Levitical priesthood in that the kings of Israel were of the tribe of Judah, while it's priests were of the tribe of the Levites. Thus one could not be both a priest and a king under the Law of Moses. But Christ is both our King and our High Priest. Also Christ is both king of righteousness and that of peace, meaning that he justifies us and gives us peace with God. "He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" Rom 4:25-5:1
Another thing is that Jesus' priesthood was not dependent upon his genealogy. Which is the sense in which he brings up Melchizedek being without father or mother. Not that he didn't have a father or mother, but rather as the Bible mentions nothing of his father or mother, then the author infers from this precedent that genealogy was not relevant to the Melchizedekian order. Likewise as the Bible makes no mention of his death nor an end to Melchizedek's priesthood, the precedent infers that Christ's priesthood - the "Par Excellent" version of the priesthood - is likewise without end.
Heb 7:1-3 This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, his name means "king of righteousness"; then also, "king of Salem" means "king of peace." Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever.
In chapter 7 the author will speak of the order of Christ's priesthood and of its superiority to the Levitical order established under the Law of Moses. The reason for doing this is that he is speaking to Jews who had only been schooled in the Levitical priesthood. Jesus was not a Levitical priest, indeed he did not even qualify to be a Levitical priest. So the question arises as to how one should reckon his priesthood.
By way of illustration the author speaks of Melchizedek as a shadow, a forerunner, the precedent for the order of Christ's priesthood. And though it is but a shadow as there are also many shadows in the Old Testament, and therefore only two dimensional, we nonetheless can learn by inference from such illustrations.
The name "Melchizedek" first refers to a king. This is distinct from the Levitical priesthood in that the kings of Israel were of the tribe of Judah, while it's priests were of the tribe of the Levites. Thus one could not be both a priest and a king under the Law of Moses. But Christ is both our King and our High Priest. Also Christ is both king of righteousness and that of peace, meaning that he justifies us and gives us peace with God. "He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" Rom 4:25-5:1
Another thing is that Jesus' priesthood was not dependent upon his genealogy. Which is the sense in which he brings up Melchizedek being without father or mother. Not that he didn't have a father or mother, but rather as the Bible mentions nothing of his father or mother, then the author infers from this precedent that genealogy was not relevant to the Melchizedekian order. Likewise as the Bible makes no mention of his death nor an end to Melchizedek's priesthood, the precedent infers that Christ's priesthood - the "Par Excellent" version of the priesthood - is likewise without end.
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