Essay On Melchizedek

In the Old Testament, the Israelites were seen as people who failed to listen to God’s commandments. Despite knowing beforehand that they would be punished for their disobedience, they still continued to commit sin. God tried to deter their misbehavior by promising them many blessings, but it worked to no avail. Due to the insubordination of the Israelites, He made sure that the promises He made to them would be withheld and that they would face consequences.

Melchizedek is an interesting character as the Hebrew writer points out because he comes on the scene and has no beginning or end. That is we don't know where he comes from. We have no genealogy and we aren't told of his death. He is symbolic of an eternal character, one without beginning or end. We also find out that he is the king of Salem. Salem is translated as "peace" according the writer of Hebrews. He says "He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace." This Melchizedek is also a priest. Thus he is seen as a type or shadow of the Christ who is to come, who is also the true king of peace and a priest forever (Hebrews 7:1-5). Abraham gives Melchizedek a tithe while he, Melchizedek, gives Abraham bread and wine as well as a blessing. We see here that Abraham clearly recognizes Melchizedek as superior in some way to himself because, again we read in Hebrews 7:7 "It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the

In Matthew 1-2, the infant stories are used to prepare the ground for the theme of Jesus; the new and perfect Moses, the great teacher and interpreter of God’s ways. A parallel can be drawn between the experiences of the infant Jesus and the experience of Moses. This can be seen in Matthew 2:16-18, where the slaying of innocent male Hebrew children occurred around the time of the birth of Jesus, and in Exodus 1:15-22, where Hebrew children were also murdered at the time of Moses’ birth. Just as Moses came out of Egypt, leading the people of God, so does Jesus. Following the infancy stories, the rest of Matthew’s Gospel is structured around five long discourses where Jesus teaches. On each occasion, the evangelist indicates that a great teacher has been at work (Maloney, 1988, p. 133-34).

God’s redemption plan in the Old Testament foreshadows His redemption plan in the New Testament. The physical redemption of the Hebrews is that of the spiritual redemption Christians experience through Jesus Christ. Everything in the Old Testament Tabernacle points the Israelites to Jesus Christ, which follows the Order of Melchizedek. These components of revelation inform understanding of God’s progressive revelation of redemption and have an important impact on individual faith.

The story says that God told Moses to have each family take a lamb and to slaughter the it then and paint the door posts with the lambs blood. Then that night, the Angel of Death would “passover” the homes protected by the blood, but take the lives of the first born children unprotected by the blood of the lamb. Also in Christian religion it says “Though he was harshly treated, he submitted and opened not his mouth; like a lamb led to the slaughter or a sheep before the shearer, he was silent and opened not his mouth” (Isaiah 53:7). Just like who the lamb was used in Egypt, Jesus was used when on the cross. They sacrificed his blood just like the

This made me perceive myself as if I were subordinate or not enough, later on I found out that was not it; but for a while that was my battle. Daniel Munczek Edelman in his short academic journal also writes about the fear his mother had of him being different and not being able to speak the language (English), “My immigrant mother freaked out when I couldn't speak English at the beginning of nursery school.” (Edelman 59.40). His mother knew how hard it would be for him not knowing the language, how the difference of his culture would and could affect him. This article was written in two-thousand thirteen, it is a recent article proving that the differences in cultures are still relevant. His anecdote is essential because he gives background to what goes on in the differences of culture and examples of how culture has perceptions and how it can shape oneself. “My boss, half African-American and half white herself, jokingly called me "half-caste," insisting that I would one day admit that I wasn't totally white.” (Edelman 59.40) This justifies my point that the way we look does have an influence on the way others view “us”. Daniel Munczek Edelman’s boss did joke about his ethnicity because of the way he looked, he didn’t totally look like his other ethnicities and didn’t really involve himself

Melchizedek is a priest and king of Salem mentioned three times in the Old Testament and once in the New testament. He is first mentioned in the book of Genesis in the fourteenth chapter (See above). He is said to have met Abraham after a battle victory. He blessed Abraham while feeding his men who were famished after the battle. In turn Abraham gave Melchizedek a tenth of his belongings. In Biblical times this was a gesture showing high religious status. This is significant because Melchizedek’s name means “king of righteousness.”

In order to completely understand the meaning of Romans chapter 8, verses 1-4, one must comprehend the full meaning of the book. To be able to do so, one must first know the historical context, the author, and the first recipients of the manuscript. The book of Romans was written by the apostle Paul to the church in Rome. He wrote it on his third missionary trip, probably in 60 A.D. The church there had already existed for a number of years and had an immense multitude of Christians. The congregation were not recent converts, they had been properly instructed, and seemed to be organized and well-grounded. The Roman church had a large Jewish population as well as Gentiles who had been converted from paganism, both free and slaves. The general theme of the book of Romans is about the Gospel of Christ. Paul wanted his readers to understand how a sinner may be seen as righteous by God, as well as how a redeemed sinner should daily live to the glory of God. Romans can be described as a clarification of the Old Testament in view of the Gospel of Christ, which explains how sinful people can gain access to heaven through sacrificial atonement. The focus of Israel’s sacrificial system was the same, so it is no surprise that the book pulls from the pattern of those ancient sacrifices (Introduction to the Book).

when jesus let the jerusalem soldiers “kill” him, he did it for the greater good, he sacrificed

"Three times a year should be all male (Israel) before the Lord, the Lord" - to worship him and make sacrifices . The Lord sees ("discreet") the needs of those who appear before him, and executes them. An Aries (not lamb; compare Gen. 22: 8.), was caught in a thicket horns (verse 13) and was provided (“discreet") by God in his grace as a substitute for the lad. Subsequently, all Israel will be "bringing" animals to the Lord.

. God asks Abraham to sacrifice his son, Abraham shows full love to Christ and goes to sacrifice as he was told eventually God sees Abraham loyalty toward him and stops this sacrifice. (22:2-22:19)

Melchizedek, the Old Testament priest, who were appointed, to be the Highest priest during, many years ago, of sacrifices of ritual and rites. The Levitical priesthood was not under a perfect law. Thus, Melchizedek, collected tenth of Abraham's funding, and he blessed, Abraham,(Hebrews 7:6) to whom had already, had good grace from the Almighty God. Therefore, Abraham, was not a cast away as, the priest of the Mosaic law. Furthermore, Christ is the only Highest priest of the universe and He can not change, neither shall His Words and Works be changed. Christ is the the priest of life and death,God used Melchizedek, to set an example of the coming Messiah, who is not of the fleshly commandment, but of the power of the Holy Spirit. Christ is

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