MELCHIZEDEK EXPLAINED IN SIMPLICITY

I have always felt that many of the basic things we believe in the scriptures are often over thought and over taught. We tend to make things much more complicated than they need to be. The scripture says that too much knowledge can “puff” one up. We humans like to form societies that require hidden or secret knowledge that only the chosen few can or will understand. This is the foundation of elitism.

Yeshua taught the written word in its simplicity. He challenged His listeners to dig into the word, seek the Father for understanding, and go out and proclaim the “good news”. We complicate things by over thinking things and by our own misunderstanding of the word.

If we can get to the place of allowing the word to interpret itself we will begin to understand the truth. It will also reveal to us that many of our “Christian traditions” are false. This is quite difficult for many people to overcome.

The Melchizedek Priesthood is one of these topics we have over thought and over taught.

The name Melchizedek is only found a mere eleven times in the entire Bible. Why then is it so difficult to understand? In my humble opinion it is because we have complicated it.

Melchizedek means “king of righteousness” in the Hebrew. This King, king of Salem or peace, came and blessed Abram, before his name was changed to Abraham. Melchizedek came with bread and wine and blessed Abram. Read Genesis 14.18-24. Already we see a shadow and type of Messiah Yeshua!

It is obvious this Melchizedek is Yeshua our king of peace. The Apostle Paul, or whomever wrote the Book of Hebrews, goes into detail about Melchizedek in chapters 5, 6, and 7 of Hebrews. Read these and the following chapters. Read the whole book of Hebrews prayerfully and all will become clear. Hebrews focuses on this topic.

Yeshua is our high priest after the order of Melchizedek Paul explains. He died for our sins once and for all time. Paul explains the law as being the first covenant. Yeshua, as high priest dies for our sins and frees us from the curse of the law which is death. The Melchizedek “covenant” is better than the law. The law brings death, the Melchizedek covenant brings us life.

This is the gist of the teaching in Hebrews. The old covenant required blood sacrifice of bulls and goats. Melchizedek, Yeshua, gave His own blood as sacrifice for sin once and for all.

This is fulfilled in accordance with the scriptures in Ezekiel 37.27, Jeremiah 31.31-37 which confirm that the new covenant will be a circumcision of the heart. When we accept Yeshua/Melchizedek as our king and savior we are born again, into the new and better covenant.

We are freed from the curse of the law—however we must still follow the code of conduct outlined in the law. The law no longer justifies us—nobody is capable of obeying it completely. We are, however, to live a righteous life. This is the code of conduct written in the law. See Galatians 5.16-26.

Please note that the “works of the flesh” are all violations of the law. Therefore the law is good. Paul is telling us to conduct ourselves according to the “spirit of the law” our code of conduct. This is our witness to a dying world!

Note in Hebrews 6.1-3 Paul says we must understand the basic teachings of the faith in order to understand the deeper things like the Melchizedek Priesthood. Those basic teachings are: repentance from dead works, faith towards God, doctrine of baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgement.

I must humbly say that the majority of believers DO NOT understand these basics. Note the order of them: We must repent and accept Yeshua’s salvation, then turn from dead works toward faith in God, understand we are baptized into new life, the purpose of laying on of hands, and the most misunderstood of all—resurrection from the dead, and eternal judgement. The last two are the most misunderstood.

When we die we are asleep in the grave waiting to hear Yeshua’s voice and resurrect into new and immortal life (John 5.17-31, John 7.37-57, John 11,1 Corinthians 15). Search this blog for more information on this topic.

We do not die and go to heaven. We await resurrection. This is what Yeshua is teaching in John 5, 7, and 11.

When we are resurrected from the dead we receive an immortal incorruptible body. This is the body the apostles saw Yeshua transfigured on the mount of transfiguration in Luke 9.28-36.

Yeshua was showing them the bodies we would have upon resurrection prior to our entrance into the Millennial Kingdom (MK)—the thousand year reign as Melchizedek kings and priests with Yeshua (Revelation 20).

After the thousand year MK comes the final eternal judgment for those who did not rise in the first resurrection at His second coming. Those who rise from the dead with Yeshua’s return do not face the second death. This is all in Revelation 20.

Yeshua is Melchizedek, He is the captain of our salvation, and he is our high priest. He is the first fruits of those whom He will resurrect at His second coming. The second death has no power over them. This is what Paul means about understanding eternal judgement in Hebrews 6.1-3.

We will become like Him when resurrected in our new spiritual immortal bodies. We will be like Him. We shall also become priests and kings after the order of Melchizedek.

What a glorious future. Isaiah 64.4, 1 Corinthians 2.9, Isaiah 65.

This only becomes complicated if we refuse to allow the scriptures to interpret themselves and refuse to let go of our false traditions. This is exactly what Yeshua was attempting to point out to the Sadducees and Pharisees.

Don’t be like them.

Take your time and study the above portions and if you are sincerely seeking the Father will reveal it to you—it is not that complicated!