Discussion Quotes፡ Alemayeyhu Abebe መልከ ጼዴቅ በክርስቶስ ተመስሎ ይኖራል መልከ ጼዴቅ ግን ከኖኅ ልጆች መካከል አንዱ የሆነው ሴም ነው።

ክፍል 1፤ በዘፍጥረት ላይ ስናስተውል ኖህ  ገበሬ መሆን ጀመና ወይንም ተከለ ከወይን ጠጁም ጠጣና ሰከረ፤ በድንኳኑም ውስጥ ዕራቁቱን ሆነ። የከነዓን አባት ካምም የአባቱን ገመና እንደ መሸፈን የአባቱን ዕራቁትነት አይቶ የአባቱን ድካም ሊያወራ ወደ ውጭም ወጥቶ ለሁለቱ ወንድሞቹ ነገራቸው። ሴምና ያፌትም እ/ርን እንደሚፈሩ ከተግባራቸው እናስተውላለን ሸማ ወስደው በጫንቃቸው ላይ አደረጉና የኋሊትም እየደኩ ሄደው የአባታቸውን ዕራቁትነት ለከለላ አለበሱት፤ ፊታቸውም ወደ ኋላ ነበረ፥ የአባታቸውንም ዕራቁትነት አላዩም። ኖኅም ከወይን ጠጁ ስካር ነቃ፥ ከእ/ር ቃል የመጣለት የአምላኩ መንፈስ ያደረበት ስለነበር በስጋ ጢንብራው ዞሮ ቢሰክር ግን በእርሱ ላይ የነበረው መንፈስ ያይ ነበርና ታናሹ ልጁ ያደረገበትንም አወቀ። እንዲህም አለ፦ ከነዓን ርጉም ይሁን፤ ለወንድሞቹም የባሪያዎች ባሪያ ይሁን።

ኖህ በከነዓን አባት ካምም ላይ በተናገረው መርገም መሰረት የከናን ዘሩ የሴምን ዘርን አገልግለዋል። (ዘፍጥረት 9: 25-27 ) ሴም የኢየሩሳሌም Jerusalem ከተማ መስራችና ቆርቃሪ ነው። (Ieru-Salem ኢሩ-ሳሌም , “City of Salem የሰላም ከተማ”) ነው። በሰላም ከተማም ንጉሥ ነበር።  መልከ ጼዴቅ Melchizedek, “የጽድቅ ንጉስ King of Righteousness.” በሚል የመአረግ ስሙም ይገዛ ነበር። በይያሽር የነገስታት መጽሓፍ[ይህ መጽሃፍ ታማኝ ነው።….. ይህስ በያሻር መጽሐፍ የተጻፈ አይደለምን? መጽሐፈ ኢያሱ ወልደ ነዌ 10፤13፤ …..እነሆ፥ ይህ በያሻር መጽሐፍ ተጽፎአል። መጽሐፈ ሳሙኤል ካልዕ 1፡18] ላይ ላይ ፍንጭ እንደሚሰጠን ሴም ከአዳም ሲዋረድ የመጣውን የቡክርና የበረከት ሃይል ካባ በወንድሙ በሃም ከተሰረቀ ቡሃላ ወደ ናምሮድ ተሻግሮ ነበር ናምሮድም ታላቅዋን ተቀናቃኝ ከተማ ባቢሎን በመሪነት የገነባ ነው ይለናል። Nimrod[conquer men], የመጀመርያው ሰውን በህይል የገዛ ነበረ ። ኦሪት ዘፍጥረት 14/18 የሳሌም ንጉሥ መልከ ጼዴቅም እንጀራንና የወይን ጠጅን አወጣ፤ እርሱም የልዑል እግዚአብሔር ካህን ነበረ። በያሻር መጽሐፍ አብርሃም ሎጥን ነጻ ካወጣ ቡሃላ መልከ ጼዴቁ የእዮርሳሌም ንጉስ ሴምን እንደተገናኘውና  እንጀራንና የወይን ጠጅን ያመጣው፤ እርሱም የልዑል እግዚአብሔር ካህን ነበረው ሴም እንደሆነ እናስተውላለን።  መሆኑን እናስተውል ዘንድ በያሻር መጽሐፍ ይህን ጥቅስ እንዲህ እንዲህ ሲል ያስረዳናል። Jasher 16:11, 12, 11 And Adonizedek king of Jerusalem, the same was Shem, went out with his men to meet Abram and his people, with bread and wine, and they remained together in the valley of Melech. 12 And Adonizedek blessed Abram, and Abram gave him a tenth from all that he had brought from the spoil of his enemies, for Adonizedek was a priest before God. እኔ ይህ መጽሓፍ ዋናው አለኝ አሁን ግን በኦንላይን ላይ ማግኘት ይቻላል።

ክፍል2 ፣ ብዙ ወገኖች እየሱሱ ክርስቶስ መልከ ጸዲቅ ስጋ ለብሶ ነው ብለው ያስባሉ። ይህንንም የሚያምኑበት ምክኛት ወደ ዕብራውያን 7፡ 1-8 በቁጥር 3 ላይ “አባትና እናት የትውልድም ቍጥር የሉትም፥ ለዘመኑም ጥንት ለህይወቱም ፍጻሜ የለውም፥ ዳሩ ግን በእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ተመስሎ ለዘላለም ካህን ሆኖ ይኖራል” ስለሚል ብቻ ለብቻው ነጥለን ካየነው የመረዳት መጣረስ ይይዘናል። ይህን በሙላት በቁጥር 6 ያለውን አካተን ልናስተውለው ግድ ይለናልና። በቀድመው ትርጉም “6 ትውልዱ ከእነርሱ የማይቈጠረው ግን ከአብርሃም አሥራትን አውጥቶአል፥ የተስፋ ቃል የነበረውንም ባርኮአል።” ብሎ ሲያስቀምጠው በአዲሱ ትርጉም  “5ክህነት የተሰጣቸው የሌዊ ልጆች ምንም እንኳ ወንድሞቻቸው የአብርሃም ዘሮች ቢሆኑም፣ ከሕዝቡ ማለት ከገዛ ወንድሞቻቸው ዓሥራት እንዲቀበሉ ሕጉ ያዛል። 6ይህ ግን ትውልዱ ከሌዊ ወገን አይደለም፤ ይሁን እንጂ ከአብርሃም ዓሥራት ተቀበለ፤ የተስፋ ቃል የተቀበለውንም ባረከው። “ በNASB ስናይ ለየት ያለ መረዳት እንዲኖረን ይጋብዛል ” But the one whose #genealogy is #not #traced from them collected a tenth from Abraham.” ይህ ማለይ በመጽሃፍ ቅዱስ ጸሃፍያን እ/ር አባት የክርስቶስ ምሳሌ ይሆን ዘንድ የትውልዱ ሃረግ እንዳ ይመዘገብ ማድረጉን እናስተውላለን። ያም እንደ እግዚአብሔር ልጅ ተመስሎ እንዲቆጠር አድርጎታል። ወደ ዕብራውያን 7፡3 አባትና እናት የትውልድም ቍጥር የሉትም፥ ለዘመኑም ጥንት ለህይወቱም ፍጻሜ የለውም፥ ዳሩ ግን በእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ተመስሎ ለዘላለም ካህን ሆኖ ይኖራል። በዚህ ጊዳይ ላይ የጊዜ ሚስጥርን ብታስተውሉ እድሜ እንዳሁኑ ዘመን ወደሃላ አልተጠቀለለም ነበርና። ሴም በጠቅላል ኖሮ የሞተው 600 አመት ሲሆን በኖህ ዘመን ጎርፉ ሲመጣ የ100 አመት ሰው ነበር። ከዛ ቡሃላ 500 አመት ኖረዋል እንዲያውም ሴም አብርሃምን በድሜ በልጦታል እንዳውም ሴም ሲሞት የአብርሃም ልጅ ይሳቅ 50 አመቱ ነበር። ኦሪት ዘፍጥረት 11፡10 የሴም ትውልድ ይህ ነው። ሴም የመቶ ዓመት ሰው ነበረ፥ አርፋክስድንም ከጥፋት ውኃ በኋላ በሁለተኛው ዓመት ወለደ።

ኦሪት ዘፍጥረት 11፡11 ሴምም አርፋክስድን ከወለደ በኋላ አምስት መቶ ዓመት ኖረ፥ ወንዶችንም ሴቶችንም ወለደ ሞተም።

ኦሪት ዘፍጥረት 10፡8 ኩሽም ናምሩድን ወለደ፤ እርሱም #በምድር ላይ #ኃያል መሆንን ጀመረ።9 እርሱም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ኃያል አዳኝ ነበረ፤ ስለዚህም፦ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ኃያል አዳኝ እንደ ናምሩድ ተባለ።10 የግዛቱም መጀመሪያ በሰናዖር አገር #ባቢሎን፥ ኦሬክ፥ አርካድ፥ ካልኔ ናቸው። 11 አሦርም ከዚያች አገር ወጣ፤ ነነዌን፥ የረሆቦትን ከተማ፥ ካለህን፥ 12 በነነዌና በካለህ መካከልም ሬሴንን #ሠራ፤ እርስዋም #ታላቂቱ #ከተማ #ናት። ናምሮድ አለምን የመገዛ የተቀባው መሲህ እንደሚመጣ በደመ ነፍስ[በነፍስ ጩሆት] አውቆት ነበር። ናምሮድ መንፈሳዊው ነገር በመንፈስ እንጂ በኃይልና በብርታት እንዳይደለ ስለማያስተውለው በሃይል በሴቲቱ[ነፍሱ] ግለት መሲሁ ሊሆን ይሻ ነበር።

በዚህም ውጥረት ሽሽት ሴም ከናምሮድ የባቢሎንን መንግስት ፈልሶ ወጣ። ወደ መራብ ወደ ከናናን ምድርም ተጋዘ። ተዝያም ሰላም ወይም (Ieru-Salem ኢሩ-ሳሌም , “City of Salem የሰላም ከተማ”)  ቆረቆረ ወይም መሰረተ።  በዚህን ግዜ ነበር መልከ ጼዴቅ Melchizedek, “የጽድቅ ንጉስ King of Righteousness.” በሚል ክብር ይገዛ የጀመርው። እነዚህ ሁለት ተቃራኒ ጥልና ግጭት፤ ፍልሚያ በ2ቱ ታላላቅ ከተሞች archetypes በታሪካዊ-ተምሳሎ ወይም ተምሳሌትና ምሳሌ ሆነው የመንፈሳዊው ባህርያት እውነታ እናስተውል ዘንድ የባቢሎን ሚስጥር እና የአዲስትዋ እዮርሳሌም አይነተኛ ሰላዊ ገላጭ ሆኑ።

ወንድም ቢኒ።

Hebrews: The Book of Better Things
by Bill Britton Chapter 7
Chapter 6 of Hebrews begins by saying: “Let us go on to perfection” and ends by telling us that Jesus has already entered into that which is within the veil, as a forerunner for us, made an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Thus we get an introduction to this powerful chapter 7, in which Melchisedec is mentioned by name 6 times, more than all the rest of the Bible put together. This is truly the chapter of eternal priesthood of the Christ.
This man is mentioned three times in chapters 5 and 6, but all that is said about him is simply that Jesus was made an high priest forever “after the order of Melchisedec”. Now in the first 3 verses of chapter 7 we learn a great deal more about the man himself. First of all, it says he was king of Salem, which is regarded as the original site of Jerusalem. As a king, he was a man of authority. “Where the word of a king is, there is power” (Ecclesiastes 8:4). And as it reads in the Amplified translation: “For the word of a king is authority and power, and who can say to him, What are you doing?” But he was not just an ordinary king. Abraham had just defeated 4 kings in battle and rescued his nephew Lot when he met this king of Salem. Hebrews 7:4 says: “Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.”
Shem, Son of Noah?
A question that has troubled the minds of many scholars is, just who was this man, so great and yet mentioned only twice in the Old Testament? One thing we know for sure, he was a man, not an angel, not a manifestation of God in human form. He was a priest. Angels are not priests, men are priests.
The book of Jasher is mentioned twice in the scriptures, Joshua 10:13 and 2 Samuel 1:18. The word “jasher” is not a man’s name, but a word which means “the upright and righteous record”. This is a historical book, not regarded in the same light as scripture. I have a copy of this book and in chapter 16:11, in speaking of Abraham meeting (Melchisedec) this king of Salem, it says “the same was Shem”. In checking this out with scripture, I found that it was entirely possible, for Shem, the son of Noah was still living at this time. In fact, he was then the oldest living man, Noah having died some years previous. Being the oldest patriarch alive, thus the federal head of the human race and the priest of the most high God to the family of God on the earth, he was the only man we know of alive at that time, who was greater than Abraham. “The less is blessed of the greater”, and Shem was the only man alive qualified to bestow a blessing on Abraham. So is this Melchisedec was a man, there is a strong possibility that he was Shem. Shem had come from the other side of the flood. He was the only man alive who had not been born in the age following the flood, and he outlived Abraham by many years. His great-grandfather, Methusaleh, was contemporary with Adam. So Shem was not far removed from the mysteries of God in Eden.
The name Shem, like Jesus, speaks of his humanity or being a son of man. But “Melchisedec” means “King of Righteousness”, and as such, he is made like unto the Son of God. This speaks of his eternal quality, his undying priesthood. We have no proof that the man Melchisedec (or Shem) is still alive. As a man he is dead. But the “order of Melchisedec” is still God’s order of priesthood, and it is an eternal order. Of the 11 times his name appears in the Bible, 7 times it says: “after the order of Melchisedec”, and once “after the similitude of Melchisedec”. So it is not the man God is telling us about, but the order of his priesthood. With that firmly in mind, let us examine this 7th chapter and see what is in store for us in this order of priesthood behind the veil.
Jesus Alone?
There is a great deal said in this chapter regarding the difference between the Levitical priesthood, which was passing away, and the priesthood of Christ. The reason for the writing of this book of Hebrews was that many of the Jewish Christians were still going through the ritual of the law of Moses, blood sacrifices, etc. The priests who were believers and filled with the Holy Ghost, still felt they had a ministry under the law, in the Levitical priesthood. “And the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.” (Acts 6:7). “Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law.” (Acts 21:20). This allegiance to the Levitical law had to be smashed. They had to be shown a greater priesthood, one in which the believers were involved.
But what about this Melchisedec order? It is obvious that when it speaks of this priesthood, it refers to the Lord Jesus, the son of God. Where does that leave us? In Him! For in Hebrews 10 he says: “Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me.” Yes, God gave Jesus a physical body to offer up, once and for all, as atonement for all our sins. But more than that, He makes it plain to us that the body of Christ is not just one man, but many (1 Corinthians 12:12).
The Many Membered Son
“Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone”. (John 12:24). But Jesus did not intend to abide alone. That is why He died at Calvary. To pour His life, His blood, into this earth. Thus a way was made for the sons of Adam to be cleansed from their carnal nature, and to become a part of the body of Christ. It is that body of Christ, in it’s fulness, with Jesus as the Head, that makes up the many-membered son of God. Hebrews 2:10 says He is “brining many sons unto glory”.
The life of Adam can never enter this kingdom. It is only that which was eternally pre-existent in God, that returns back to God. There is a false doctrine which teaches a conscious pre-existence for all the sons of God before the world began. This is not what the Bible teaches. The true teaching is given here in Hebrews 7.
Abraham was Levi’s great-grandfather. At the time Abraham met Melchisedec, Levi’s grandfather Isaac had not even been born. Yet the Bible says that Levi was in Abraham’s loins, and thus Levi was given credit as paying tithes to Melchisedec. Verses 9 and 10 say “Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.”
The blood that flowed in Abraham’s veins contained the life that would one day produce Isaac, and through him, Jacob and Levi. Levi was not a conscious entity. But he was alive, as it were, in the bloodstream of Abraham. As I tell my children: “When your dad was a paratrooper, and made twelve parachute jumps, you were all there and jumped with him, for you were at that time in his bloodstream”. But only through union with my dear wife could that life become real sons and daughters. Do you see what I’m getting at? The sons of God leaped for joy and the foundations of the world, for He leaped for the joy that was set before Him, and we were in His bloodstream. His life produced us as real sons and daughters. And it is so important that we recognize that Jesus was virgin-born, that He did not get His blood from Adam. His blood came from God the Father, and this is why His life is eternal. It is this eternal life that He came to give us. That is why His blood had to be poured out upon the earth. Not because God is a blood-thirsty tyrant insisting on a blood sacrifice. But because only through union with mother earth could He bring forth sons and produce out of that which is earthly, a divine company in His own image. Adam’s blood, life, nature has to go. It cannot enter the kingdom of God. Our life from Him is eternal.
An Indestructible Life
Verses 11 through 15 tell us that we cannot be perfected by the Levitical priesthood, therefore another order of priesthood must arise. Jesus is the high priest of this new order. Therefore, since the priesthood is changed, there is also of necessity a change of the law. The old law did not get priests from the tribe of Judah. That law is changed. So therefore in this new order it does not matter what tribe, nationality, or race you belong to. Only that you belong to Christ. And in Christ there is neither Jew or Gentile, bond nor free, male nor female. So here is a spiritual order of priesthood that does not eliminate the women, as did Moses’ law. Then in verses 15 and 16 the glorious statement is made that another priest arises after the similitude of Melchisedec who is made “after the power of an endless life”. In the RSV translation it says he has become a priest “not according to a legal requirement concerning bodily descent but by the power of an indestructible life.” In the Phillips translation we find the statement: “From the power of indestructible life within.” And the New English Bible states: “the new priest who arises is one like Melchisedec, owing his priesthood not to a system of earthbound rules but to the power of a life that cannot be destroyed”. And the Amplified Bible says he “has been constituted a Priest, not on the basis of a bodily legal requirement–an externally imposed command concerning His physical ancestry but on the basis of the power of an endless and indestructible Life.” Glory to God for life that cannot be destroyed!
Is it Jesus alone who has this indestructible life, or does He share this with His body? He said in John 17:22, “And the glory which thou (Father) gavest me I have given them.” Now doesn’t the Bible say somewhere that God will not give His glory to another? Yes, in Isaiah 48:11 where He is speaking about idolatry and Babylon. But beloved, you are not “another”. You are bone of His bones, and flesh of His flesh. You are His body, His beloved. And He has given His glory and His eternal life to you. Bless His name!
Aaron’s Rod that Budded
After the judgment upon Korah, Dathan, and Abiram in Numbers 16, we find the Lord God settling the matter as to who constitutes His priesthood. In chapter 17 we find the Lord instructing the prince of every tribe to bring his rod to the Tabernacle of witness. Every prince has his name written upon his rod. These rods were representative of their ministry, their authority. Every one of them were dead dry sticks that once had been part of a living green tree. On the morning, every rod was still a dead dry stick, except Aaron’s rod. Verse 8 says that: “the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.” “And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels.” Over in Ezekiel 10:37-38 we read: “And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant; And I will purge out from among you the rebels.”
Now that rod was kept in the Ark of the Covenant in the tabernacle of Moses. But when the temple was built, the permanent resting place for the Ark, the manna and the rod were not to be found. 2 Chronicles 5:10 says there was nothing in the Ark save the 2 tables of stone. What happens to this rod of priesthood, the one that speaks of resurrection life, when God’s eternal house is finished? Revelation 2:26-27 lets us know that it is given into the hand of the Overcomer, that great body of saints who have come into the likeness of Christ. They rule and reign with Him. And their ministry is a priesthood brought forth in the power of an indestructible life.
Jesus is the Guarantee
How do we know for sure that the body of Christ will come into all that we have been talking about? We have a guarantee. We read in Hebrews 7:22 (Amplified): “In keeping with the oath’s greater strength and force, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better (stronger) agreement–a more excellent and more advantageous covenant.” As a forerunner, He has entered into all that He has promised for us. The Phillips translation says: “And he is, by virtue of this fact, himself the living guarantee of a ‘better’ agreement”.
Look at Him! Behold the son of God! “As He is, so are we in this world.” (1 John 4:17). He is the head of the body, the pioneer, the captain of our salvation, the author and the finisher of our faith. He is the pattern Son. It is strange to me that no one seems to mind admitting that they are like their father Adam. But very few want to talk about being like the Son of God, conformed to His image. They seem to think that either this is impossible with God, or that He does not desire it for us. But I say to you by the word of the Lord, that He has declared this to be His purpose for us, His body. And nothing is impossible with Him!
Bread and Wine
As we look in Genesis 14 at the first mention of this ministry, we find him bringing forth bread and wine as he blessed Abraham. These are the elements that speak of the body and blood of Jesus Christ, the very things He gave His disciples at the last supper. “This is my body, take eat… this is my blood, drink ye all of it.” These things were never brought forth during the 3 ½ years earthly ministry of Jesus. Only at the time of Calvary were these elements ministered to the disciples. This tells us that this ministry of Melchisedec will be ministering the life of the crucified and resurrected Christ.
Jesus could not bring forth sons of God in His own image until after His death, burial, resurrection, and ascension. For until He ascended, He could not pour out His Spirit upon them. “For the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified” (John 7:39). “But you have received the Spirit of adoption–the Spirit producing sonship” (Romans 8:15, Amplified). You see, everything brings forth after it’s own kind. Cattle bring forth more cattle, birds bring only more birds, vegetables produce vegetables and Adam can only bring his own nature into being upon the earth. So Jesus came to bring into being a new race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people. He was “the beginning of the creation of God”. “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creation.” But He did not choose to have this race in the image of Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of man in his limited humanity. He chose to wait until after His glorification before pouring His Spirit upon us to produce sons. Thus he brings “many sons into glory”. But these are “sons of God”, conformed to the image of the Son of God. Sons of His resurrection, of His eternal glorified state! In Revelation 21:7 Jesus says that “He that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he shall be my son”. Son of God! Who? He that overcometh!
The Rod of Thy Strength
Except for the Genesis account, the only other place in the Old Testament that Melchisedec is mentioned is in Psalms 110: “The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, THOU ART A PRIEST FOREVER AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK. The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.”
Notice in this beautiful passage all the words relating to the end-time. “Until I make thine enemies thy footstool” (see Hebrews 10:13). “Thy strength out of Zion” (Psalms 102:21 with Hebrews 2:12 show us that Zion speaks of the sons of God). “Rule thou”, “in the day of thy power”, and “in the day of his wrath”. All these in the passage concerning Melchizedek.
The sons of God, in the image of the pattern son, become the rod of His strength. Just as Jesus was, in His ministry here on the earth. They shall rule, with Him, in the midst of their enemies until every enemy has been put under their feet. “Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power.” Yes, the will of God will be done on this earth as it is in Heaven. And the Kingdom of God shall come to this earth. Of this there can be no doubt, no argument.
“The Lord strike through kings in the day of his wrath”. This is not speaking of earthly kings, prime ministers, presidents, mayors, etc. It is speaking of the rulers of the age of darkness, the principalities that shall be smitten and destroyed. The strong man of this age shall be bound, and his house shall be spoiled.
The King-Priest Ministry
“There is authority in the word of a king”. In the Levitical order, kings could not intrude into the priest’s office, and priests could not sit on the throne. Levi produced the priests, and Judah produced the kings. But a new order has arisen in Jesus Christ. He is a king-priest. And He has made us a kingdom of priests, a “royal priesthood”. Revelation 1:6 and 5:10 tell us that he hath made us unto our God kings and priests, and we shall reign on the earth. He is king of kings. Glory to His name!
There were times in Israel when the priests saw the need, but because of a wicked king, they could not minister in the temple of God. So the doors were shut, and filth accumulated in the holy place. They saw the need, had the desire, but did not have the authority. So it has been with so many ministries. But not so with the Melchisedec order. They have the ministry of the priest of compassion, and the authority of the king. What a glorious time of restoration for the earth! All things will be set in order. By the church will be seen the eternal wisdom and glory of our God! All creation shall rejoice, because they shall be brought into the glorious liberty of the children of God, delivered from the bondage of death and corruption.
The balance of chapter 7, from verses 23 through 28 goes to prove the eternal quality of the priesthood of Christ. No use to depend on the Jewish temple anymore, no more sacrifices of bulls and goats to offer. Christ has replace all other orders, and God will no longer recognize any other sacrifice as valid or effective. You are wasting your time, Jewish Christian, dabbling with the law of Moses. It is dead. Only in Christ is there life, and forgiveness of sin. Only through Him can this life and eternal ministry be shared with humanity. For “you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor that ye through his poverty might be rich.”
Press on, sons of God! Press on to the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Ye are called to be a royal priesthood, a king-priest company of the Melchisedec order. As we go on to chapter 8, we sum up what God has been saying about a better priesthood, a better tabernacles, and a better covenant. Our God is great, and His plan is generous, rich and magnificent! Hallelujah!