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oOze FAQ, by tyagi nagasiva tyagI@houseofAos.abyss.coM with
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11.4: "Who is Melkizedek? (Order, etc.)" cont
...opinions differ over at what point the Bible narrative passes
from legend to history. Wherever one draws that line, the times of
Abraham were several generations distant from the time when the accounts
were written. While Melchizedek may well have been a historical figure,
but there is little one can be certain of.
[Hebrews 7:27-28 deleted]
First, keep in mind that the book of Hebrews was written specifically
to be read by Jewish people and the purpose of the book is to show that
particular audience that Jesus was the Messiah. So, that book is full
of Jewish images. Jesus was described in terms of Jewish images.
So, when the writer needed an example of Jesus' role as a priest, he
picked the mysterious character Melchizedek who, legend says, had
wasn't born and never died. (I think maybe that there are some extra-
Biblical stories about Melchizedek that the reader of Hebrews may
have been familiar with.)
The point of the Hebrews passage is the Jesus is superior to the
Levitical priesthood that the Jews experienced.
PS. You might ask some of the Mormons on the net about this. Their
church takes the Melchizedek presthood quite seriously.
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Addendum:
>Gen 14:20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies
>into your hand!" And Abram gave him one tenth of everything.
^^^^^
from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible.
I have since learned that the word "Abram" in this verse does not
appear in the Hebrew. Some believe that Melchizedek gave Abram
the tithe, as a King granting a boon to a retainer.
The New American Standard Bible translates this phrase: "And he gave
him a tenth of all."
Kevin Davidson
<soft-logik@cup.portal.com>
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[DISC: Interpretations of REF-TEXT]
[Hebrews 7:27-28 omitted]
It is impossible to understand the Melchizedek Priesthood from the record
in ancient scripture including the Bible. The record is just too spotty.
Melchizedek was not immortal. His priesthood was immortal, meaning his
pristhood was an order {of priesthood} without father, without mother,
without descent, having neither beginning of days nor end of life."
This priesthood is the higher priesthood. It is a pseudonym for the Holy
Priesthood After the Order of the Son of God which pseudonym was used
anciently in order to avoid using the name of God too frequently. In the
days of Moses, there was only one man upon the earth who held this higher
priesthood, and that was Moses. He received it under the hand of his
father-in-law, Jethro. It is the priesthood held by Jesus Christ who is
the great High Priest of this priesthood.
This priesthood is the power and authority of God which he used in
organizing this world and many other worlds. It is the government of God
by which he governs the universe from that place where he lives. In every
age, his church upon this earth has been a local project of this priesthood.
John W. Redelfs
tsjwr@acad1.alaska.edu
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[DISC: Interpretations of REF-TEXT]
...The "had no beginning and had no end" part comes from his quality
of haveing the name of God upon him and his sitting on the divine throne
1/3 of the time dispersing mercy. He is known as Metatron, the Divine
High Priest of Heaven and Adam Kadmon. As far as him being the Christian
Messiah, it is understandable that he and the messiah may be confused
since the spirt of the Messiah traditionally issues forth from Metatron.
Also his begining and end nature is manifested in the begining of the
highly kabbalistic first books of Genesis. He was the first created
thing, thus the letter aleph having no sound becomes the letter beth the
first sound, wich begins the book.
Elijah
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[DISC: Interpretations of REF-TEXT]
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