“And
it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises
another priest who has come, not
according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an
endless life. For]He testifies: “You are a priest forever According to the
order of Melchizedek.””- Hebrews 7:15-17
Our
FATHER,
This
has been a mystery to so many, who was Melchizedek? Was he Shem, son of Noah
who was king and priest to their ancestors, after the manner of the other
patriarchs;? If so, why change his name? Many have thought he to be JESUS, but
why would he be a type of himself? The most general opinion is that he was a
Canaanite king, who reigned in Salem, and kept up religion and the worship of
YOU and that he was raised to be a type of CHRIST and was honored by Abraham as
such. Who was he? YOU know, maybe one day it will be revealed to us. But, one
thing we do know, It is asserted that the priesthood changed- a new priesthood
became under a new regulation. The priesthood and law by which perfection could
not come were abolished, and a priest had arose, by which true believers could
be made perfect. Before, it was the tribe of Levi; but our great HIGH PRIEST
sprang out of Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning the
priesthood. Before, in the Levitical priesthood, they were made after the law
of a carnal commandment; but our great HIGH PRIEST was made after the power of
an endless life. The former law appointed that the office should descend, upon
the death of the father, to his eldest son, according to the order of carnal or
natural generation; for none of the high priests under the law were without
father or mother, or without descent: they had not life and immortality in
themselves. They had both beginning of days and end of life; and so the carnal
commandment, or law of primogeniture, directed their succession, as it did in
matters of civil right and inheritance. But the law by which CHRIST was
constituted a priest, after the order of Melchizedek, was the power of an
endless life. The life and immortality which HE had in HIMSELF were HIS right
and title to the priesthood, not HIS descent from former priests. Thank YOU for
this new priesthood! This makes a great difference in the priesthood. The HIGH
PRIEST of our profession holds HIS office not only to preserve HIMSELF alive,
but to communicate spiritual and eternal life to all those who duly rely upon
HIS sacrifice and intercession. Thank YOU for our HIGH PRIEST!
In
JESUS name AMEN
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