MELCHISEDEC
By WD Kemner May 2025
6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
10 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews 6:20
20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews Chapter 7 – entire chapter comparing Jesus and Melchisedec.
Genesis 14:18-20
18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
Salem = Ancient Jerusalem
Melchisedec typology to Jesus
No records of ancestry or any descendants - Hebrews 7:3,6
As God, Jesus had no beginning or ending - Micah 5:2
Endless Priesthood – Psalm 110:4 with Hebrews 5:10, 6:20, 7:17
King-Priest - Hebrews 7:1; Zechariah 6:12-13
Greater than Abraham – Hebrews 7:4-8 John 8:55-59
King of Righteousness - Hebrews 1:8; 7:2, 1 Corinthians 1:30
King of Peace – Hebrews 7:2 Isaiah 9:6