Difference between revisions of "Melchizedek"

== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16689" /> ==

== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16689" /> ==

<p> [[King]] of righteousness, king of Salem, and also priest of the most high God, in which capacity he blessed Abraham, and received tithes at his hand, [[Genesis]] 14:18-20 . [[Scripture]] tells us nothing of his father or mother, of his genealogy, his birth, or his death; he stands alone, without predecessor or successor, a royal priest by the appointment of God; and thus he was a type of [[Jesus]] Christ, who is "a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek," and not after the order of Aaron, whose origin, consecration, life, and death, are known, [[Psalm]] 110:4 Hebrews 7:1-28 . [[See]] [[Genealogy]] . </p> <p> It has been a matter of great inquiry among commentators, who [[Melchizedek]] really was. [[He]] has been variously supposed to be the [[Holy]] Spirit, the [[Son]] of God, an angel, [[Enoch]] and Shem. But the safest and most probable opinion is that which considers Melchizedek as a righteous and peaceful king, a worshiper and priest of the most high God, in the land of Caanan; a friend of Abraham, and of a rank elevated above him. This opinion, indeed, lies upon the very face of the sacred record in Genesis 14:1-24 Hebrews 7:1-28 , and it is the only one that can be defeated on any tolerable grounds of interpretation. See [[Salem]] . </p>

<p> [[King]] of righteousness, king of Salem, and also priest of the most high God, in which capacity he blessed Abraham, and received tithes at his hand, [[Genesis]] 14:18-20 . [[Scripture]] tells us nothing of his father or mother, of his genealogy, his birth, or his death; he stands alone, without predecessor or successor, a royal priest by the appointment of God; and thus he was a type of [[Jesus]] Christ, who is "a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek," and not after the order of Aaron, whose origin, consecration, life, and death, are known, [[Psalm]] 110:4 Hebrews 7:1-28 . [[See]] [[Genealogy]] . </p> <p> It has been a matter of great inquiry among commentators, who [[Melchizedek]] really was. [[He]] has been variously supposed to be the [[Holy]] Spirit, the [[Son]] of God, an angel, [[Enoch]] and Shem. But the safest and most probable opinion is that which considers Melchizedek as a righteous and peaceful king, a worshiper and priest of the most high God, in the land of Caanan; a friend of Abraham, and of a rank elevated above him. This opinion, indeed, lies upon the very face of the sacred record in Genesis 14:1-24 Hebrews 7:1-28 , and it is the only one that can be defeated on any tolerable grounds of interpretation. See [[Salem]] . </p>