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The Order of Melchizedek
Melchizedek symbolizes the Messiah uniting the roles of High Priest and King. According to Ramban, a Jewish sage, Melchizedek was actually Shem—Noah’s son.[i] Charles Ryrie, the Bible scholar I mentioned before, says he “foreshadowed the crowning of Messiah, who at His second coming will build the (millennial) temple and unite the offices of King and Priest in one Person.”[ii] Others have said he is Seth (Adam’s son), Job, or an angel, but many people believe Melchizedek is a preincarnate manifestation of the Messiah—in which case he would be Yahweh.
Melchizedek is mentioned in the Bible for the first time in Genesis chapter 14 where we are told about Abraham rescuing his nephew Lot after several allied kings had taken him and his family captive. When Abraham returned to Jerusalem after the rescue, Melchizedek came out to meet him. This is what the Bible says about their encounter:
“And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High (El Elyon).[iii] He blessed him and said, ‘Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; and blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.’ He (Abraham) gave him (Melchizedek) a tenth of all.”[iv]
About 1000 years later, King David said,
“Yahweh has sworn and will not change His mind, You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”[v]
Then David said,
“The Lord (the Messiah) is at Your (the Father’s) right hand; He (the Messiah) will shatter kings in the day of His wrath. He will judge among the nations, He will fill them with corpses, He will shatter the chief men over a broad country. He will drink from the brook by the wayside; therefore He will lift up His head.”[vi]
In the book of Hebrews, the apostle Paul says this about Melchizedek:
“For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth part of all the spoils, was first of all, by the translation of his Name, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace. Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually.”[vii]
Paul goes on to say that Melchizedek was greater than Abraham, Levi, or Aaron[viii] and that He prefigured the Messianic priesthood that is different from the Levitical order—a better priesthood that is both perfect and perpetual.[ix] Paul says,
“For, on the one hand, there is a setting aside of the former commandment because of its weakness and uselessness (for the Law made nothing perfect), and on the other hand there is a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God[x] …. Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant[xi] …. because He continues forever, holds His priesthood permanently. Therefore He is able to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.”[xii]
This is the way Yahweh explained the Messiah’s role to Zechariah:
“Take silver and gold, make an ornate crown and set it on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Then say to him, Thus says Yahweh Sabaoth, ‘Behold, a man whose Name is Branch, for He will branch out from where He is; and He will build the Temple of Yahweh. Yes, it is He who will build the Temple of Yahweh, and He will bear the honor and sit and rule on His throne. Thus, He will be a priest on His throne, and the counsel of peace will be between the two offices.’”[xiii]
We know from Jeremiah’s[xiv] and Isaiah’s[xv] prophecies that the One whose Name is Branch is the Messiah, that He made the perfect sacrifice for our sins, and that He is called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Price of Peace. Yahweh confirmed Jeremiah’s and Isaiah’s prophecies by telling Zechariah that One whose Name is Branch (the Messiah) is both King and Priest, and those are the offices Melchizedek held. Therefore, I believe Melchizedek is the preincarnate Messiah—Yahweh. He is King forever and perpetual High Priest, and He established a new and better covenant and became our permanent Intercessor before the Father.
Melchizedek’s Messianic identity was not lost on the ancient rabbis. Many of them believed Melchizedek was the Messiah, and following Jesus’ crucifixion this fact created quite a problem. After His resurrection, Jesus’ disciples explained His priesthood by referring to Melchizedek, and the rabbis essentially abandoned any mention of Melchizedek from that time forward. For a complete discussion of this issue, read Jesus and Christian Origins Outside the New Testament by F.F. Bruce.[xvi]
This is an excerpt from His Name is Yahweh. It explains why the Name of God, Yahweh, is so important. It’s a book that you need to read and share. It’s available in eBook format and in paperback.
[i] Scherman, Rabbi Nosson, The Stone Edition Tanach, The ArtScroll Series®, Mesorah Publications, Brooklyn, New York, 1996, p. 29.
[ii] Ryrie, Charles. Ryrie Study Bible Expanded Edition, Moody Press, Chicago, 1995, p. 1466.
[iii] This is the first time in the Bible El Elyon is used as a Name of Yahweh.
[iv] Genesis 14: 18-20. The parentheses are mine.
[v] Psalm 110: 4.
[vi] Psalm 110: 5-7. The parentheses are mine.
[vii] Hebrews 7: 1-3.
[viii] Hebrews 7: 4-11.
[ix] Hebrews 7: 12-18.
[x] Hebrews 7: 18-19.
[xi] Hebrews 7: 22.
[xii] Hebrews 7: 24.
[xiii] Zechariah 6: 11-13.
[xiv] Jeremiah 23: 5 and 33: 15-16.
[xv] Isaiah 4: 2-3 and 11: 1-5.
[xvi] Bruce, F.F. Jesus and Christian Origins Outside the New Testament, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1984, pp. 64-65.
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Ezekiel 23: 1-4
The word of Yahweh came to me again, saying, “Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother; and they played the harlot in Egypt. They played the harlot in their youth; there their breasts were pressed and there their virgin bosom was handled. Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister. And they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah and Jerusalem is Oholibah.”
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His Name is Yahweh explains why the Name of God, Yahweh, is so important. It’s available in eBook format and in paperback.
- God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This [Yahweh] is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.” (Exodus 3: 15)
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