1758.-Who Was Melchizedek? Heb. 7:3 by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jan 3, 1905

1758.—Who Was Melchizedek? Heb. 7:3.

By Editor

Was there ever such a man as Melchizedek, given in Heb. 7:3?

Certainly there must have been such a person as Melchizedek for it is very clearly stated in Hebrews, and also in Genesis 14, that such a one met Abraham, received from Abraham tithe, and blessed Abraham, himself a greater than Abraham was, and a member of the order of the Melchizedek priesthood. The term man is used of him, but that does not necessarily mean that he was an inhabitant of this world. The term man is used of angels, (Gen. 19:1), of the angel Gabriel (Dan. 9:21). Some have thought that the Melchizedek who met Abraham may have been one of the "sons of God" from another world, a representative of God, so to speak, for a little time in this world. Read the various articles and suggestions which have been given in the SIGNS OF THE TIMES during the last eight months, and they will certainly give you some thoughts worthy of study.