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The Order of Melchizedek. Melchizedek. ”…called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek, ” of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain… ”; Heb 5:10-11. Land of Confusion.
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Melchizedek ”…called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,” of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain…”; Heb 5:10-11
Land of Confusion The Order of Melchizedek is an ancient mystical priesthood, serving the universe since there have been souls evolving. The name comes from the Hebrew "Melchi," meaning king, and "Zedek," meaning righteousness or the right use of consciousness. The purpose of the order is to bring divine energies into human form and to guide civilizations of the universe into higher levels of evolution, through consciousness shifts and physical influence. We work directly with this mystical order, rather than with any human-based organization.
Receive the MELCHIZEDEK ROBES OF MASTERY as a part of the overall ascension program directly here: The Order of Melchizedek is an aspect of Christ and a part of the overall Christ Consciousness. Christ who works specifically with Beings of Light who are in service to the Earth and other planets and places throughout Creation. The Order of Melchizedek was established as a platform to plan, organize, and administer aid in spiritual growth and evolution. Its members help to hold the Light and spiritual teachings open for peoples incarnating throughout the realms of Creation. Melchizedek and The Order of Melchizedek predates the Earth and other planets and realms, as it was established before their creation and put in place for the advent of their needs.
Land of Confusion INDIGENOUS COSMIC GOLDEN RE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK
Melchizedek: Who was he? • Christophany? • Type of Christ? • Shem?
Melchizedek • Remember Abram and Lot • Lot chose of his own free will • Taken captive during war • Spiritual symbolism • Abram saves Lot • 318
Melchizedek • This “King of Salem and Priest of God Most High”, met with Abram in the Valley of Shaveh, as Abram was returning from the war of the kings, brought him bread and wine and blessed him, to whom also Abram apportioned a tenth part of all the spoils. Genesis 14:17-20 • His name was Melchizedek
Melchizedek • Melchizedek consists of two Hebrew words: • “melek” which means ‘king’ • “tsedeq” which means ‘righteousness’. • “Melchizedek King of Salem” • “King of Righteousness” • King of Peace (peace being the translation of Salem) • City of Salem later became Jerusalem
Melchizedek • Historical Encounter • Prophetic Encounter • Fulfillment/Application
Melchizedek: History • Melchizedek is the first Priest/King mentioned in the Bible in the Old Testament. • Disconnect between what God’s people have been told by Moses
Abraham Isaac Jacob Asher Benjamin Issachar Joseph Gad Dan Judah Reuben Naphtali Levi Simeon Zebulon
Abraham Isaac Jacob Asher Benjamin Issachar Joseph Gad Dan JUDAH Reuben Naphtali LEVI Simeon Zebulon
Melchizedek • Priest-King concept not necessarily new but not accepted by Jews
Melchizedek • Melchizedek Priest and a King • Abram receiving blessing? Giving Tithes? • Tribal Structure? Qualification? • “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet…” Gen 49:10 • Jerusalem • Melchizedek came before the tribes of Israel and was a Canaanite • Does God have people beyond the boundaries of the nation of Israel? • Elohim vs. Yahweh/Jehovah
Melchizedek • Historical Encounter • Prophetic Encounter • Fulfillment/Application
Melchizedek • 'Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ Ex19:5-6 • ‘But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light…’ - 1Pet.2:9
Melchizedek: Prophecy • “The LORD said to my Lord, ’Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.’ The LORD shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of Your enemies! Your people shall be volunteers in the day of Your power; In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, You have the dew of Your youth. The LORD has sworn and will not relent, ’You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.’” Ps 110:1-4 • The LORD said to my Lord • Messianic significance • God starting to clarify His greater plan
Melchizedek: Prophecy • The Order of Melchizedek • Defining a new priesthood • The LORD said to my Lord • Messianic significance • God starting to clarify His greater plan
Melchizedek: Prophecy • “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— 32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt.” Jer 31:31-32
Melchizedek • Historical Encounter • Prophetic Encounter • Fulfillment
Melchizedek: Fulfillment • “Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man” Heb 8:1-2 • Hebrews written to Greek-speaking Jewish Christians who were being drawn back to Judaism
Melchizedek: Fulfillment • “Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron? For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law. For He of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no man has officiated at the altar.” Heb 7:11-13 • The priesthood of Christ is in the priestly order of Melchizedek.
Melchizedek • In the presence of the Pope or Bishop: • After the reading of the Psalm we say: “Let us exalt him in the church of his people, and bless him in the assembly of the elders, for he makes his families like a flock, the righteous will see and be glad. The Lord swore and will not relent, you are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek”. • At the conclusion of the service: “You received the grace of Moses, the priesthood of Melchizedek. You received the honor of our father Peter the head of the apostles”.
Melchizedek: Fulfillment • Superiority • Blessed Abram • Familiarity • Received tithes • Ordained by God • “…without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.” Heb 7:3
Melchizedek • Not a Christophany • Only ONE Incarnation Patterned after Christ but a Type (foreshadowing) of Christ
Melchizedek • St. Jerome “This is he Melchizedek who offered the Holy sacrifice as Jesus offered Himself as a sacrifice through His Body and Blood” • St. Ambrose “As Melchizedek was a Holy man, priest ,and king ,he symbolized The Lord Jesus Christ.” • St. Cyprian “When Melchizedek offered the bread and wine to our father Abram, he gave us the understanding of the priesthood shown in the figure of the High priest Our Lord Jesus Christ”
Melchizedek Besides being Divine, Christ meets all the qualifications to be our Savior and to achieve the redemptive process and established for us a Divine priesthood