MELCHISEDEC IS NOT JESUS CHRIST.  GOD THE WORD.

 

MELCHISEDEC IS PRIEST OF THE MOST HIGH GOD.

 

Heb 7:1  For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

 

Jesus Christ is High Priest in the Melchisedec Priesthood or order.

 

Heb 6:20  where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

 

Zacharias is mentioned in the bible as belonging to a priestly order.

 

Luk 1:5  There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Luk 1:8  So it was, that while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division,

 

Now let’s look at Heb 7 v 3.

 

Heb 7:3  without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.

 

Without father without mother.

 

Melchisedec was a created angel, he did not have a mother or father. Jesus had physical parents, in His physical life and before that He was born of God the Father, before creation, therefore Christ had a Father. 

 

Without genealogy.

 

Melchisedec was a created being, angels neither marry nor are given in marriage, therefore they do not reproduce and therefore do not have descendants. 

 

Jesus had physical descent.  Matt 1 v 1 shows the generations of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.

 

Having neither beginning of days.

 

Days were created in creation week. Beginning of days occurs at a physical birth. Jesus had a physical birth.

 

Heb 7:3  without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.

 

Gen 1:5  God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.

 

Nor end of life.

 

Jesus had end of life. Melchisedec has not died.

 

Made like the Son of God.

 

Melchisedec is similar to Christ, He is not Christ.  Christ is similar to the Father, but He is not the Father.

 

Heb 7:15  And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest

 

Notice this verse: There arises another priest in the likeness of Melchisedec.

 

Note that carefully, ANOTHER Priest IN THE LIKENESS of Melchisedec, that means He is like Melchisedec but definitely not Melchisedec.

 

Melchisedec is a created being, God created him and gave him a priesthood and eternal life.

 

Jesus Christ is not created.  He is the born Son of God, before creation.  Christ is a High Priest in the Melchisedec order. Christ is senior to Melchisedec.

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