A take on Melchizedek

"A Mystery Solved: The Identity of Melchizedek," article by the United Church of God (ucg.org), and a fun little video.

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Huh. Another interesting point to ponder. This is one of those names I tend to get so caught up in how to pronounce it that I don’t internalize the rest of the text my eyes are following. 😅 Although I do know how to pronounce it, I still didn’t pay attention enough to put this together. (I can be a little slow on the uptake.)

Consider that Melchizedek means "King of Righteousness." It would essentially be blasphemy to apply this title to any human being because "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). Only a divine Being would appropriately bear this awesome title.

Says The New Bible Commentary: Revised: "Note that Scripture pictures him [Melchizedek] as one who is a king as well as a priest. The combination of these two offices was to be a distinguishing characteristic of the Messiah" (1970, p. 1203, emphasis in original).

Melchizedek's next awesome title is "King of Peace." Of course, fallible human beings simply do not know the way to peace (Romans 3:10, Romans 3:17), and to apply such a title to any man would, again, be virtually blasphemous. Jesus Christ Himself is the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6).

The full article: https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/who-is-god/a-mystery-solved-the-identity-of-melchizedek

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