3298.-Melchizedek by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Nov 29, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 47.

3298.—Melchizedek

By Editor

Please explain Heb. 7:3. Who is this man Melchizedek? J. E. R.

It has before been shown in this journal, and it seems to us quite conclusive, that Melchizedek was one of a great order of priesthoods of which our Lord originally was the first, the Melchizedek of the universe, a king-priest. In God's plan Adam was to be the Melchizedek of this world; but Adam failed, and in consequence our Lord Jesus Christ comes down to this world and wins the place which Adam lost, and becomes our Melchizedek in a still closer sense. This Melchizedek who met Abraham may have been, as has been suggested by different ones, the Melchizedek of another world, whom God saw fit to place here for a little time as a type of that later Melchizedek of this world who should be manifested as the Seed of Abraham, yet receiving His priesthood from a higher quarter now, from the oath of God. If that be true that the Melchizedek who met Abraham was from another world, we could see the force of what is said that he is "without father, without mother, . . . having neither beginning of days, nor end of life," but was made a priesthood after the order of Melchizedek forever. We believe that the very subject itself opens a wonderful field of thought, shows marvelously what our Lord Jesus Christ has done for humanity, and throws new light on the priesthood, the sanctuary question, and the eternal future. It is impossible, however, to give more than a brief note in this department.