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Trinitarian Christians argue that Melchizedek in the Old Testament is a Theophany of the Son of God. In other words, they claim that Jesus appeared in the form of the man, Melchizedek in Genesis 14:17-24. So then, is Hebrews 7:3 truly teaching us that the Son of God appeared to Abraham in Old Testament times? The simply sound Biblical answer is NO! For you see, the writer of Hebrews clearly teaches us that God did NOT SPEAK to his people in the Old Testament by His Son.
Please read Hebrews 1:1,2.
“ God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2. Has in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He has appointed HEIR of all things, by (Or FOR) whom also He made the worlds;”
Now, Trinitarian Christians pluck the phrase “having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God” right OUT of its CONTEXT and TWIST the God INTENDED meaning by claiming that the Son of God had NO beginning of days nor end of life. But what they fail to see and understand is that the writer of Hebrews is comparing the two different PRIESTHOODS, the Levitical priesthood between the priesthood after the order of Melchizedek. For you see, the Levitical priesthood REQUIRES a DESCENT. In other words, either the father or the mother had to be born in the LINEAGE of the LEVITE tribe of Israel. But to be MADE a priest after the ORDER of Melchizedek has no requirement of DESCENT. Here are some points to ponder as to WHY Melchizedek is NOT a so-called Theophany of the so-called pre-existing, pre-incarnate God the Son.
#1. According to Hebrews 1,2. God did NOT speak to anyone in past times by way of His Son.
#2. According to Hebrews 3:8, Melchizedek was a MAN. And mere common sense teaches us that a Melchizedek was BORN. So the phrase “without father, without mother, without DESCENT” cannot possibly mean that Melchizedek had NO mother and father.
#3. According to Hebrew 3:7, Melchizedek was MADE LIKE the Son of God. It does not say that he WAS the Son of God.
#4. According to Hebrews 5:5, and Hebrews 6:13-20, Jesus was MADE a High priest just like God MADE Melchizedek a priest. In other words, Jesus did not glorify himself to be made a high priest. Jesus is the FORERUNNER who entered before us, and at the coming of Jesus we will ALSO be made priest unto God, according to Revelation 1:5,6, and Revelation 5:10.
#5. Every Christians knows full well that Jesus had a human MOTHER. Therefore, the phrase “Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abides a priest continually” cannot possibly mean that Melchizedek had no father or no mother. Hebrew 7:3 says without DESCENT and the CONTEXT is a comparison between the Levitical priesthood and the priesthood after the ORDER that Melchizedek was MADE a priest OF the MOST HIGH God. And the DIFFERENCE is that Melchizedek DIED and Jesus was given the divine nature of immortality after the cross and resurrection.
#6. How can a priest OF the MOST HIGH God BE the MOST HIGH God Himself? Is that not what the doctrine of the Trinity is TRYING to prove, that Jesus IS Almighty God Himself in the flesh? Well, we will be made priests unto God at the coming of Jesus and that does not make us Almighty God in the flesh. Also, how can an Almighty HIGHEST God have another God over Himself?
#7. According to Revelation 3: Jesus has the Almighty God who ALONE is the Father as being his God. And this is AFTER the cross and resurrection, so Trinitarian Christians cannot argue that it was his HUMAN nature that was UNDER his God and Father.
#8. Jesus could not BE the PRIEST Melchizedek AFTER the order of Melchizedek IF he was Melchizedek Himself. Can you not see that it was AFTER the cross that God MADE the Son of MAN, Jesus a high priest after the ORDER of Melchizedek? That means that the “priesthood” ITSELF already existed before Jesus was ever born, and also before Melchizedek was born.
#9. The Greek word “translated” as WITHOUT father also carries the meaning of having NO RECORD of a father or mother or any from whom he descended. The Syriac version reads “whose father and mother are not written in the genealogies”. And the Complete Jewish Bible says, “There is no record of his father, mother, ancestry, birth or death; rather, like the Son of God, he continues as a cohen (Or as a priest) for all time.” In other words, the writer of Hebrews is saying that there is no WRITTEN genealogical account of the father and mother of Melchizedek.
#10. Psalm 110 is a PROPHECY of the Messiah who would be SET or seat at the right hand of Yahweh UNTIL Yahweh finishes placing all his enemies under the feet of His NOW highly exalted human Son, Jesus. Always remember that God MADE the Son of MAN, Jesus, to be both Lord and Christ AFTER the cross and resurrection. Please read the three part study called O-14. When did Jesus BECOME God's Son? Part 1
#11. Almost all Bible scholars AGREE that the writer of Hebrews in Hebrews 7:3 did NOT INTEND his words to mean that Jesus appeared to Abraham as the man Melchizedek.
#12. So, in TRUTH, Melchizedek is a SHADOW, or figure having some of the SAME TYPE of characteristics of the Messiah much like the first Adam, Joseph, Moses, Jonah, and some of the other patriarchs in the Old Testament.
If you desire to dig deeper into the Scriptures, then please read the in depth study called V-4. Was Melchizedek a THEOPHANY of Jesus? Thanks for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus. So, for ALL of the studies on the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus, please click on the subject heading >>>D-0. THE BIBLICAL UNITARIAN VIEW of JESUS!<<< And for the SUBJECT on the true foundation of the church, please click on the subject heading >>>C-0. THE TRUE FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH!<<< This way you can just send ONE link to those who you want to share the TRUE sound Biblical FOUNDATIONAL teachings of the church that Jesus and his Apostles taught in the first century church.
Your brother in our Lord Jesus Christ, Brother Mark.
My heartfelt prayer is that all Christians RETURN to the TRUE FOUNDATION of the church that is taught by the very Apostles of Jesus in the first century. So let us all come into the UNITY of the faith and return to what Jesus and his Apostles taught us in SIMPLICITY in the New Testament.
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