The Melchizedek Chronicles - Who is the mysterious Biblical person Melchizedek? What is his role in God's Plan?

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Who is the mysterious Biblical person?

Never born and never dies?

Melchizedek has been around since the Beginning of Time and serves as the overseer of God's Plan for Creation.  Melchizedek calls God the Unknowable One, since only the Creator can know the Creator, the Oneness responsible for all that is. 

Every person out there should have heard of the name Melchizedek.  A most mysterious person of the Christian Bible, the Jewish Torah, and Islamic Qur’an, Melchizedek is clearly one of the closest people to the Creator, the protector of the Mission of Jesus, the Overseer of all of Creation, and the best friend the Human race will ever find.

The duties of Melchizedek extend to long before the appearance of mankind on Earth.  According to Melchizedek, the Big Bang took place nearly 30 billion years ago.  It took nearly three billion years before Earth formed and became hospitable for humans.

Our record of the past is very, very limited so far.  Melchizedek speaks of a total of seven Human Life Cycles on Earth, of which this is the last.  Our known history dates back a few million years within the current seventh cycle, leaving billions and billions of years of our time on Earth unknown to us.

The point is there is incredible information from our true past we are yet to discover and it will be necessary to discover before we reach the End of Time.

In the course of being around all those billions of years, Melchizedek had to guide humanity through Christian, pagan and other forms of civilization throughout time as all humans are God's children.

In this, the Christian era, our sacred knowledge is limited to a few thousands of years yet it s critical to our understanding of all that took place before.  Since we do not view humanity as a single entity, as God intended it to function, we must rely on those sacred teachings where we find Melchizedek in various religions and this is what you would find.

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Dictionaries - Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Melchizedek

Melchizedek [N] [E] [H] [S]

Priest of "God Most High" who appeared in patriarchal times, but whose significance was remembered throughout Old Testament times and eventually explained in the Book of Hebrews.

Melchizedek and Abraham.  Melchizedek of Salem came out to pronounce a blessing on Abraham who was on his way back to Hebron after rescuing Lot from Kedorlaomer, king of the East ( Gen 14:18-24 ). Melchizedek provided food and wine for a sacral meal. As they ate, Melchizedek pronounced a blessing on Abraham in the name of God Most High.

The willingness with which Abraham acceded to Melchizedek as a priest of God Most High is a most interesting aspect of this narrative. This name apparently connoted the same meaningful theology to Abraham as the name "God Almighty" ( Exod 6:3 ). Abraham also equated God with "Creator of heaven and earth" ( Gen 14:22 ; cf. v. 19 ) in his ascription-confessional to the king of Sodom.

A Priest Forever. Psalm 110:4 reads: "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.'" This is a royal psalm. Two significant points are made about the One who is to sit at God's right hand. First, the order of Melchizedek is declared to be an eternal order. Second, this announcement is sealed with God's oath. Neither of these affirmations applied to the Aaronic order of priesthood.

Jesus Christ as the Great High Priest after the Order of Melchizedek. The Book of Hebrews presents Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior, as a priest after the order of Melchizedek (4:14-7:28, esp. 5:5-11 ; 6:13-7:28). The author draws directly from Psalm 110:4 several crucial points to explain that the high priesthood of Christ has superseded and is superior to the priesthood of Aaron.

First, the priesthood of Melchizedek is an "order forever" ( 5:10 ). In contrast, the priesthood of Aaron had a history of disruptions and termination.

Second, the references to being "without father or mother" ( 7:3 ) and to being an "order forever" ( Hebrews 7:3 Hebrews 7:16 Hebrews 7:17 Hebrews 7:24 ) are to be understood as referring to the kind of priestly order rather than to the longevity of a particular priest of Abraham's time. Jesus even carries the longevity of his priesthood back to the Godhead (Hebrews 7:15 Hebrews 7:26 ; cf. 1 Peter 1:20 ).

Third, the divine guarantee for the priesthood of Melchizedek rests on God's oath.

For the writer of Hebrews to look at these Old Testament passages about Melchizedek along christological lines is in keeping with the practice of other New Testament writers. Early Christians were convinced that it was they upon whom the end of the ages had come and hence felt that the Old Testament was written in some divinely intended way to point to them.

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Dictionaries - Easton's Bible Dictionary - Melchizedek

Melchizedek [N] [B] [H] [S]

King of righteousness, the king of Salem (q.v.). All we know of him is recorded in Genesis 14:18-20 . He is subsequently mentioned only once in the Old Testament, in Psalms 110:4 . The typical significance of his history is set forth in detail in the Epistle to the Hebrews, ch. 7. The apostle there points out the superiority of his priesthood to that of Aaron in these several respects, (1) Even Abraham paid him tithes; (2) he blessed Abraham; (3) he is the type of a Priest who lives for ever; (4) Levi, yet unborn, paid him tithes in the person of Abraham; (5) the permanence of his priesthood in Christ implied the abrogation of the Levitical system; (6) he was made priest not without an oath; and (7) his priesthood can neither be transmitted nor interrupted by death: "this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood."

The question as to who this mysterious personage was has given rise to a great deal of modern speculation. It is an old tradition among the Jews that he was Shem, the son of Noah, who may have survived to this time. Melchizedek was a Canaanitish prince, a worshipper of the true God, and in his peculiar history and character an instructive type of our Lord, the great High Priest ( Hebrews 5:6 Hebrews 5:7 ; 6:20 ). One of the Amarna tablets is from Ebed-Tob, king of Jerusalem, the successor of Melchizedek, in which he claims the very attributes and dignity given to Melchizedek in the Epistle to the Hebrews.

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Dictionaries - Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Melchizedek

Melchizedek [N] [B] [E] [S]

King of justice

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Dictionaries - Smith's Bible Dictionary - Melchizedek

Melchizedek [N] [B] [E] [H]

(King of righteousness ), king of Salem and priest of the most high God, who met Abram in the valley of Shaveh, which is the kings valley, brought out bread and wine, blessed him, and received tithes from him. ( Genesis 14:18-20 ) The other places in which Melchizedek is mentioned are ( Psalms 110:4 ) where Messiah is described as a priest forever, "after the order of Melchizedek," and ( Hebrews 5:1 ; Hebrews 6:1 ; Hebrews 7:1 ) ... where these two passages of the Old Testament are quoted, and the typical relation of Melchizedek to our Lord is stated at great length. There is something surprising and mysterious in the first appearance of Melchizedek, and in the subsequent reference to him. Bearing a title which Jews in after ages would recognize as designating their own sovereign, bearing gifts which recall to Christians the Lords Supper, this Canaanite crosses for a moment the path of Abram, and is unhesitatingly recognized as a person of higher spiritual rank than the friend of God. Disappearing as suddenly as he came, he is lost to the sacred writings for a thousand years. Jewish tradition pronounces Melchizedek to be a survivor of the deluge, the patriarch Shem. The way in which he is mentioned in Genesis would rather lead to the inference that Melchizedek was of one blood with the children of Ham, among whom he lived, chief (like the king of Sodom) of a settled Canaanitish tribe. The "order of Melchizedek," in ( Psalms 110:4 ) is explained to mean "manner" = likeness in official dignity = a king and priest. The relation between Melchizedek and Christ as type and antitype is made in the Epistle to the Hebrews to consist in the following particulars: Each was a priest, (1) not of the Levitical tribe; (2) superior to Abraham; (3) whose beginning and end are unknown; (4) who is not only a priest, but also a king of righteousness and peace. A fruitful source of discussion has been found in the site of Salem. [SALEM]

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Encyclopedias - Condensed Biblical Encyclopedia - Melchizedek

Melchizedek

During Abram's sojourn in Canaan this priest and king met and treated him with hospitality (Genesis 14:18-20 ). Much mystery appears to hang about this distinguished personage. Various theories have been advanced concerning him. Some assert that he was God Almighty. This is not a fact, for he was "the priest of the most high God" ( Genesis 14:18 ). Others assert that he was Jesus Christ. This is not a fact, for he was "made like the Son of God" ( Hebrews 7:3 ). It is asserted in the Scriptures that he was a man ( Hebrews 7:1-4 ). If you will reflect that the Scriptures deal with him in his official capacity, the difficulties and mysteries surrounding him will immediately vanish. Let us take a closer view. The history of the world, from the Biblical standpoint, naturally divides itself into three different periods, which for want of better terms I will designate, the Patriarchal dispensation, the Jewish dispensation, and the Christian dispensation.

Each dispensation is characterized by a priesthood peculiarly its own. There was no regular priestly line from the transgression to the giving of the law of Moses. In a general way, it may be asserted that every man was his own priest ( Genesis 4:1-4 ; Genesis 12:7 Genesis 12:8 ; Genesis 15:8-18 ; Genesis 26:19-25 ; Genesis 31:43-55 Genesis 35:1-15 ; Genesis 46:1 ). During this age Melchizedek appeared. He was king of Salem and priest of the most high God. We know nothing of his duties or prerogatives as priest or king.

We know that he did not belong to any special priestly order. His priestly office was independent of all other men. In the priestly office he was without father, and without mother, and without descent. No record was kept of his installation as priest, his official acts, or his death, hence, so far as the record is concerned, he was without beginning of days or end of life. At the inauguration of the second dispensation an entire family was set apart to the priestly office, and the priestly office remained in that family, and was transmitted from father to son and from generation to generation to the death of Christ ( Exodus 29:1 Exodus 29:29 ; Numbers 17:1-13 ; Numbers 18:1-7 Hebrews 7:11 Hebrews 7:23-28 ). David predicted that a priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek ( Psalms 110:4 ).

This is repeatedly affirmed by the author of Hebrews. The priesthood of the Christian dispensation is after the order of Melchizedek, and not after the order of Aaron. Jesus became a priest when he entered heaven by his own blood ( Hebrews 8:1-4 ; Hebrews 10:11-12 ). His priesthood is independent. He had no predecessor, and he will have no successor. He will remain in heaven and officiate as priest until the work of redemption is done.

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Gib Kocherhans wrote an article titled "The Name “Melchizedek”: Some Thoughts on Its Meaning and the Priesthood It Represents."  He wrote this for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, better known as Mormons.  There is a Priesthood of Melchizedek within the Mormon Church.  In these article excerpts he says;

Why, then, does that sacred priesthood, which was titled the Holy Priesthood after the Order of the Son of God, bear Melchizedek’s name rather than that of some other prophet and patriarch (see D and C 107:3). After much study, I have concluded that the name Melchizedek is a name of deep significance, and that we can know, at least in part, why the Lord selected this particular name to identify his holy priesthood.

Too often a search to understand such things ends before it begins. Old Testament matters, we often conclude, are so peculiar and unusual that few can expect to understand them. So we give no further thought to any relationship between the name and ourselves.

But what of the name Melchizedek? Here is a term even stranger to our experience than Aaron. Yet the name is so significant that it is used to identify the order of priesthood by which the Savior atoned for the sins of the world (see Heb. 5–8). Why is Melchizedek given the singular honor of having the higher priesthood bear his name when we wish to avoid too frequent use of the Lord’s name (see D and C 107:3–4).

“Melchizedek was a man of faith, … And his people … obtained heaven” (JST, Gen. 14:26, 34). But this criteria would suggest that the priesthood could just as well bear the name of Enoch (see Moses 7:13, 21)—by virtue of the compelling impact of his similar accomplishments.

In fact, this miracle of both Melchizedek and Enoch preparing and then seeing translated an entire city into the presence of God is indeed a feat so powerful upon the imagination that none should misunderstand the allusion to either a Melchizedek or an “Enochian” priesthood as being the priesthood powerful enough to take us to heaven. Perhaps at last we have found the reason.

Yet, why is it that only Melchizedek has his name used to designate the “Holy Priesthood after the Order of the Son of God”?

We turn again to the scriptures and see that they explain that it “is because Melchizedek was such a great high priest” (D and C 107:2), and that “there were many before him, and … many afterwards, but none were greater; therefore, of him they have more particularly made mention” (Alma 13:19; italics added).

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In truth, there are many names and responsibilities related to the Creator given to Melchizedek and there is no one else in the sacred texts garnering so much attention and evoking so much mystery.

Clearly, this is a person of high privilege to have direct access to the Creator and Jesus Christ among many others in the world outside of time.

My intention is to let you decide for yourself.

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In an article titled THE GREEN MAN AND THE KING OF SALEM, published October 7, 2013 by Philip Jenkins, the following excerpts reflect the Qur’an and Melchizedek.

One very popular Qur’anic hero is al-Khidr, “The Green One,” who appears in Sura 18, al-Kahf, verses 60-82. Seeking Wisdom, Moses travels to meet “One of [God’s] servants”, whom commentators universally identify as al-Khidr (18.65). Moses, in unexpectedly meek mode, begs to follow the Servant as a disciple, despite al-Khidr’s constant warnings that Moses could not stand the pace.

Through Islamic history, al-Khidr has fascinated scholars and ordinary believers alike. They note that Moses treated him so respectfully, suggesting that he was very important, and perhaps a prophet, or at least a saint, a wali, a friend of God. In tradition, also, he never died, placing him in a select category limited to Idris, Ilyas and Isa (Enoch, Elijah and Jesus). In some versions, he owes this immortality to having found and drunk the Water of Life. Sufis rank him very highly as one who attained the highest levels of mystical insight.

The most important thing we know about al-Khidr is who he is not. He cannot be a Biblical figure who is named elsewhere in the Qur’an, or he would have been identified accordingly. That immediately rules out Moses (obviously), Enoch, Elijah, Jesus, and many other obvious names. Subject to that limitation, he must be a figure known in Jewish and Christian memory as a mysterious being of extreme supernatural power, one of mysterious origins, without known circumstances of birth or death.

Unless I am missing something obvious, that really leaves only one candidate, and that is Melchizedek, King of Salem. (I am certainly not the first to make that point). As I wrote in a recent post, “In the canonical Bible, Melchizedek appears briefly as a king and priest who meets Abraham, and blesses him with bread and wine (Gen. 14). Throughout Christian history, Melchizedek has fascinated readers as a forerunner of Christ, and of the priesthood.” He features frequently in European art, usually in a Eucharistic context.

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If you have not had the opportunity to meet and communicate with one having the mystical and spiritual status of Melchizedek you should try, because his perspective is with The Creator and Jesus and he has spent since the Beginning of Time trying to help guide us to eternal salvation.

For years I have been influenced by the teaching of Melchizedek and this and the other articles I write under the The Melchizedek Chronicles and previously Conversations with Melchizedek title are my attempt to share with you the enormous wisdom and teachings of this immortal being who has been to Earth many times in many forms working to keep us all on the Road to Kingdom Come.

However, it is up to you, as you travel the Road to Kingdom Come, to discover the remaining truths we must find.  No one can tell you what to think.  You and you alone, must seek out, find the answers to our salvation, and then help lead all others to salvation and reunion with the Creator.  

There is only one frequency of Truth in God's Creation as told by Melchizedek.  It has been consistent since long before humans were placed on Earth by God, and Truth has been unchanged since the Beginning of Time.

Seek it out and you will find eternal salvation.

The Melchizedek Chronicles – Is the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia destined to serve the will of Allah - God?

As the holy celebration of Eid al-Adha, "feast of the sacrifice" comes to an end, it might be an appropriate time to consider the fate of the world for people of all religions.  Destiny is something we cannot escape.

Harun Yahya wrote in the Arab News:

“A very important secret underlies the testing that takes place in this world.  Believers who possess this secret, confront everything that befalls them with great patience, joy and enthusiasm.  The fact of “destiny” lies at the heart of this secret.

Muslims know that Allah has created all things within destiny and that what befalls them does so solely because He so wishes.  It is Allah Who creates people’s lives, right down to the finest detail.

The Qur’an in its chapter Sura Al-An’am describes how everything, great or small that happens on Earth occurs because Allah wishes it to:

The keys of the Unseen are in His possession.  No one knows them but Him.  He knows everything in the land and sea.  No leaf falls without His knowing it.  There is no seed in the darkness of the earth, and nothing moist or dry which is not in a Clear Book.  (Qur’an, 6:59)" 

        

Melchizedek, a righteous servant of Allah, says before the world can be at peace there must be peace in the Middle East, the cradle of civilization.  It is a microcosm of the diversity and interdependence of Creation.

It is home in our world to most prominent people, religions and races whose influence and actions foreshadow what happens throughout the Earth.  Jews, Caucasians and Muslims, and their religions Judaism, Christianity, and Islam can all trace their very roots to the Middle East and to a history dating back thousands of years.

Arabs and Persians created powerful empires that became world famous for religion, education, science, politics and philosophy rivalling even the great empire of Ancient Greece.  Other aspects included protection of the sovereign rights of the states, religions and cultures within the empires, peace, coexistence among races and honor in ruling.

Today we seem far removed from the era of wonder, learning, peace and joy.  Today we see conflicts between races, even within religions and philosophies, that dishonor whomever we choose to call our God or Allah, “The One who deserves all worship,” and “The One True God.”

God cannot be pleased with our progress, for in the eyes of the Creator we are all God’s creations, all God’s children.

What can we do to overcome our difficulties?

First, we must recognize we all share the One God.  Melchizedek refers to the Supreme God as the “Unknowable One” for no one in creation can know all except the Source.

There is no doubt that Jews, Christians and Muslims worship the God of Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, and Jesus, peace be upon him. The Holy Books of the Jewish Torah, the Christian Bible, and the Islamic Qu’ran are classified as monotheistic and Abrahamic doctrines in honor of the One True God.

لا شك أن اليهود والمسيحيين والمسلمين يعبدون إله نوح وإبراهيم وموسى وداود ويسوع عليه السلام. تُصنَّف الكتب المقدسة لكل من التوراة اليهودية ، والكتاب المقدس ، والقرآن الإسلامي ، باعتبارها عقائد توحيدية وإبراهيمية ، تكريماً للإله الواحد الحقيقي.

Such is the nature of the relationship between these people’s that even the original languages of the Middle East are related, as Aramaic is the ancestral language to both 

Arabic and Hebrew. Both languages developed from Aramaic.

In Creation humans are but one type of being in the cosmos and God’s Creation.  All that exists in our physical world, and the spiritual, magical and mysterious world beyond, what we call Heaven or the Kingdom of God, that is the scope of Creation.

We can hardly be alone, even within the confines of our physical world, for what is the point of creating billions of galaxies and trillions of suns, stars and planets throughout the cosmos only to leave them abandoned of all life forms?

There are most certainly alien races throughout the wonders of the cosmos.  Based on the scientific knowledge we have accumulated over the centuries there are vast differences in the many planets and moons throughout the infinite galaxies such as temperature, atmosphere, density, gravity, oxygen, even land, sea and air.  Lifeforms on such places most likely will bear little resemblance to humans.

Melchizedek says they are coming to Earth soon to help humans overcome their problems.  Why, because the Earth is as important to the life force of the cosmos as the heart is to the life force of humans.  All of God’s creation contains the soul and spirit of the Creator.  All of Creation is interdependent, bound by the need to serve God’s will.

Great insights will soon be available to us as more and more secrets of the past are revealed or discovered.  One will result when the aliens reveal themselves to us.  We will realize if they were able to travel between planets and even galaxies, their technology far exceeds what we can even imagine.

In other words, our weapons of war are useless in a global existence.  We must recognize the waste of trillions and trillions of dollars creating such weapons and the use of them to kill millions and millions of people throughout our history.  The power of these weapons and the senseless testing and use over the years nearly destroyed our very planet and atmosphere we are dependent upon for life.

Today we stand on the threshold of twin paths, one of annihilation of humanity, the planet and probably the cosmos, the other of illumination to the light of God that leads to salvation and everlasting life for all souls.

Melchizedek says the “Unknowable One” will never give up on or abandon what was created.  In times of need there will be Divine Intervention to awaken us from our wayward path and help us return to God’s path.

Divine intervention can take many forms from dispatching angels and saints to Earth, making available to certain people access to the ancient ones in the Heavens to help guide their path, providing miracles or sending adepts to Earth to help speed up the change in our thinking.

Most humans have lost their direct connection to God.  The darkness of chaos, confusion, fear and anxiety surrounding us reflects it.  Yet the Unknowable One never gives up on us.  In this time of need there are those walking the Earth who have been sent to help lead us out of the darkness and into the light of God.

These people receive Divine inspiration and act on it.  In their prayers, dreams and meditation they have opened channels to the higher beings in the spiritual world and can communicate with the Unknowable One through the spiritual entities like Melchizedek.

  

Often, they have been severely challenged in life, to prepare them for what lies ahead.

One such person he identified is Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, colloquially known as MbS, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.  Most certainly he has survived intense tests the past two years.  Ironically, the height of his problems came last year, 2018, when he was thirty-three years of age, the very same age the Son of God, Jesus, faced his greatest challenges.

Melchizedek says the Crown Prince has reincarnated many, many times throughout the history of the Middle East including during the Persian and Arab empires.  Because of that he has access to the ancient ones, those who built the empires and guided the people through a difficult period of history.

Can you imagine what the Crown Prince might accomplish with the guidance of such revered ancient ones like Saladin.

Saladin (1137/1138–1193) was a Muslim military and political leader who as sultan (or leader) led Islamic forces during the Crusades.

In my opinion, the best summary of his life is:

Warrior-King, Muslim hero of the Middle Ages, consummate military tactician, compassionate conqueror, international peacemaker and humble servant of Allah, the One who deserves all worship.

Saladin and many other ancients will show the Crown Prince the path for all humanity to redemption, salvation and eternal Oneness with God.  Through the Kingdom on Earth awaiting the Crown Prince, he can help guide all to the path.

Uniquely, among all people, the Crown Prince will have the resources, power and time because of his youth to help heal the divisions within the Islamic world, show us the path to peace in the Middle East, and enlighten all people to the true path of Oneness with the Unknowable One.

It is a difficult task he faces in serving Allah’s will as God’s work requires him to change history.  To succeed he must overcome all the mistakes over time that have led to where we are today.

Already he has started fulfilling his destiny in his efforts to change the Saudi Arabian culture challenging tenets, dogma and perceptions that deny equality and diminish individuality.  In the process he has built alliances and opened the doors of communication necessary to protect the future of all people.

Now he must turn his attention to healing the schisms within the Islamic world, break down the barriers between all races, religions and cultures, and finally, help bring together all nations and governments of the world in a manner that protects the sovereignty of each in terms of religion, government, culture and ethnicity, in recognition of the fact we are all children of Allah, creations of God.

It is no coincidence that the first to welcome the Son of God, Jesus, when he was born in a stable in Bethlehem, were the wise men and kings of the Arabian and Persian world.  Many came according to Melchizedek, and Jesus remained in touch with many through the rest of his life.

As for the rest of us, there can be no purpose greater than serving the will of the Creator.  If the Crown Prince can serve that will we must all stop judging how the will is fulfilled for only God knows the truth.

If that is his mission and destiny, it is fraught with trials and tribulations and he needs our respect, he needs our prayers.  Muslims, Jews and Christians alike should pray for him.  No culture, no religion, no government and no monarchy are without sin but no sin should stand in the way of salvation for all.  Jesus died so that our sins could be forgiven.

We all know in the end God’s – Allah’s will must be done.  If the Crown Prince can help us get there, then give him a chance to succeed, to be an instrument of Divine intervention.

Praise be to Allah!

 الحمد لله!

Praise be to the One God!

الحمد لله الواحد!

May the will of the One True God be done!   

نرجو أن تتحقق إرادة الله الواحد الحقيقي!