The Bible Study Of Melchizedek In The Bible

God promised Abram three promises which the narrator repeated several times. It is important to know to understand the rest of the bible. The first promise was that Arbam would have a great nation. The second promise to Abram was that the lad he was standing on would be for him and his people and family. The final promise was that God would bless the whole earth through one of his descendants. God created a covenant with Abram and renamed him Abraham. This was a patron covenant. It is a covenant that solely depends on God and does not rely on others.

About 500 years after the death of Abraham, his descendants through Isaac were living in Egypt as slaves. Genesis 37 to 50 tells the story of how this came about. The 10 oldest sons of Abraham's grandson Jacob disliked their younger brother Joseph so much that they found a way to sell him to traders who in turn sold him to an Egyptian officer as a slave. In his new land, Joseph went through a series of ups and downs and eventually became the prime minister of Egypt, the highest official under the king. God enabled Joseph to foresee an approaching time of famine, and used him to store up food and then distribute it during the famine. His political position made it possible for him to settle his father's family in Egypt's most fertile territory. Here they prospered for many years. However, the time came when the leaders of Egypt began to view the rapidly growing Israelite community as a threat. As a result, they made slaves of the Israelites, treating them with ever-increasing harshness. Finally, desperate because the descendants of Jacob continued to multiply, they issued an order that all their male babies be destroyed at birth. The first 12 chapters of Exodus tell the story of how the Lord responded to the cries of His people. He miraculously provided Moses to be their leader, sent 10 plagues on the Egyptians, helped the Israelites celebrate their first Passover, and led them out of the land of bondage. It appears that as they left for Canaan, they had no

Jesus Christ is both priest and King in the Order of Melchizedek. As He rules in the spiritual realm, He ministers to man in order to bring them into unification with God. This is the key to understanding what happens in the end, the day of reconciliation between the Church and Israel.

In Deuteronomy 14:22-26, God instructs the Israelites, "You shall tithe all the yield of your seed, which comes forth from the field year by year. And before the LORD your God, in the place which he will choose, to make his name dwell there, you shall eat the

God’s covenant with Abram, whose name was later changed to Abraham, was to be the father of many nations. The covenant includes promises concerning a land covenant, a seed covenant, and a blessing covenant. The foundation will flow out of the “Seed Covenant” to his descendants Isaac and Jacob, through whom the twelve tribes of Israel were born.

I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” God makes an extensive covenant to Abram, declaring that he will become a great nation. Little does Abram know, this is the dawn of the nation of Israel, God’s chosen

Sojourner Truth is remembered as an ex-slave who changed her name from Isabella and gave her famous Ain’t I a Woman speech regarding abolition and women’s rights. But before her speech, Truth actively participated in a religious cult and faced a murder charge. Authors Paul E. Johnson and Sean Wilentz provide a descriptive account of the religious cult in their book The Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-century America. Their book follows the life of Robert Matthews and the events of his life leading up to the creation of his new religion in New York in the 1830s. Robert Matthews started to refer to himself as the prophet Matthias and recruited wealthy families to join his religion where they lived in isolation. American society in the 1830s encountered rapid change with the emergence of the market revolution and the Second Great Awakening. Impacts from the market revolution, the second great awakening, and personal factors led Matthias to create and influenced his own religion which other Americans eventually denounced.

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

Josesph A. Fitzmyer speculates that Melchizedek was a Canaanite King who met Abram on his return. Fitzmyer argues that Salem references the city of Jerusalem where Melchizedek was a king, or a Canaanite chief, of pre-Israelite Jerusalem. Later in the Epistle to the Hebrews, he becomes a type of Christ. The reference to having no mother or father in Hebrews 7:3 is because the appointment of a priest depended on genealogy or its ability to trace a linage from Levi through Aaron and Zadok. This absence gave rise to Jewish speculation because priestly family depended on its ability to trace its genealogy. Fitzmyer believes that Genesis 14 may not have even been part of the original text and was inserted for a separate manuscript or story, possibly

The reading from Thompson’s commentary this week covered chapters 7 and 8 of Hebrews; one of which, chapter 7, I had previously had difficulty in understanding. Chapter 7 addresses the author’s example of Christ as a new High Priest in the order of Melchizedek. This example has always proven difficult for me to grasp, as I always contemplated why the author would use such an obscure character that only warrants mention one other time outside of the book of Hebrews (Gen. 14). However, upon reading Thompson’s explanation in chapter 7, I now have a much clearer answer to my question, for Thompson explains how heavily the character Melchizedek appears in Jewish literature (pp. 144-146). Additionally, I never understood the author’s pastoral purpose

Of all the minor prophets, I chose to do my research paper on the book of Joel because in the book of Joel it dealt with adversity just like I have in my life which makes it more interesting and fascinating since I can personally connect with the book of Joel. In addition, the book of Joel deals with a serious plague with destroying tons of crops and livestock and my uncle works with the government in attempt to stop these types of disasters from occurring like famine in the world which I thought would be neat to do research on and write about.

There are many connections linking the Old Testament and the New Testament. These connections are formed to parallel Jesus Christ in the Gospels from the stories of the Old Testament. These examples are used to show the truth of the Old Testament and to present the fulfillment of Jesus Christ. A few of these examples are Moses and the Pharaoh and Jesus and King Herod, Lamb of God and Passover, Moses and the Burning Bush and “I AM” statements, and finally, the parting of the Red Sea and Jesus Christ’s baptism. All of these examples are shown in the Old and New Testament and are shown as miracles because these parallels happened years apart from each other. This is the fulfillment of the Messiah, Jesus Christ.

Melchizedek is only mentioned four times in the Bible; he is mentioned in (Genesis 14:18-20, Psalm 110:4, Hebrews 5:6-20, and Hebrews 6:20-7:28). Some theories suggest that he was a theophany, or an Old Testament appearance of Christ. Others suggest that he was an angel, or just a simply a man who was a king/priest. Melchizedek was, in fact, an early appearance of Christ according to John 8:56 Jesus visited Abraham in the Old Testament. The passage says “Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad”. Melchizedek was also the king of Salem, and he worshipped God even though he was not a Jew. Therefore Melchizedek being Jesus, appointed himself to be High Priest fulfilling the Old

Chapter one of Melachim focuses on characterizing Shlomo as a King; these first few actions and descriptions of Shlomo are the first bases by which the reader can judge Shlomo. While at the start the chapter presents Shlomo as insecure and not necessarily ready to assume the throne, the last Pasuk emphasizes the transition Shlomo made from a simple man to a great king.

vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants…. He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. Your menservants and maidservants and the best of your cattle and donkeys he will take for his own use. He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, and the LORD will not answer you in that day" (Zondervan, 2002 pg 387)