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Melchizedek;
priest of the most high G-D!
Melchizedek king of Salem [later called
Jerusalem] brought out bread and wine [for their nourishment]; he
was the priest of God Most High, And he blessed him and said,
Blessed (favored with blessings, made blissful, joyful) be Abram by
God Most High, Possessor {and} Maker of heaven and earth, And
blessed, praised, {and} glorified be God Most High, Who has given
your foes into your hand! And [Abram] gave him a tenth of all
[he had taken]. And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me
the persons and keep the goods for yourself. But Abram said to the
king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand {and} sworn to the
Lord, God Most High, the Possessor {and} Maker of Heaven and earth,
(Genesis 14:18-22)
Who was Melchizedek? He
was obviously a G-D-fearing man, for his name means “king
of righteousness,” and "king of Salem" means “king of
peace.” He was a “priest of G-D Most High”
(Hebrews 7:1-2). He recognized God as Creator of heaven and earth. What else is
known about him? Four main theories have been suggested:
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Who was Melchizedek
(1) Melchizedek was a
respected king of that region (Salem). Abram was simply showing him
the respect he deserved.
(2) The name Melchizedek
may have been a standing title for all the kings of Salem.
(3) Melchizedek was a
type of
Yeshua Messiah/Christ
(Hebrews 7:3). A type is an Old Testament event or teaching that is so closely
related to what
Yeshua Messiah/Christ did that it
illustrates a lesson about
Yeshua Messiah/Christ.
(4) Melchizedek was the
appearance on earth of the pre-incarnate
Yeshua Messiah/Christ in a
temporary bodily form!?
Melchizedek;
priest of the most high G-D,
Genesis 14:18,
was
Shem,
Noah’s
Oldest son.
Genesis 10:21,
Shem was the `Rabbinical’ teacher of Eber’s family; origin of the
spiritual use of the term, “Hebrew”, soon after the confusion
of languages at the Tower of Babel.
Shem developed
a school, then a city which gained the reputation of “Salem”,
city of Peace. (Became later
Yerushalaim / Jerusalem)
Abraham was 10th generation from
Noah.
Abraham was a Hebrew,
sixth
generation from Eber.
Abraham paid tithes to
Melchizedek,
Genesis 14:20
while
Noah
was still alive, and Shem was
429 years old, 329 years after the Flood.
Shem lived another 70 years.
The term “Hebrew”
comes from the name of the
fourth descendant of
Noah,
Eber,
meaning - with verbal vowels - “crossing
over to the other side.” - a spiritual transformation by the
Holy Spirit
which enables the human soul to interact with Angels in the spirit
realm!
This ‘New Birth”
experience was not limited to any family; Moses found a wife amongst
the daughters of the
“Priest of Midian”
who was a Hebrew,
a great great grandson of Abraham’s
2nd wife,
Ketura, by
one of her many sons,
Midian. Jethro, Moses’
father-in-law, was also called, Reuel.
Exodus 2:18 & 3:1,
meaning, ”His Excellency”!
Shem lived
500 years after the Flood.
Shem became
King of "Salem" just before
Noah
died. Eber outlived
Abraham,
(Genesis 11:16,
17)
Abraham lived 175 years; his father, Terah lived 265 years!
(Genesis 11 &
12; 25:7)
Linguistics Hebrew
was the language of Abraham’s father, and above mentioned Patriarchs
who were still living. Descendants of
Shem are called “Semites”.
Semites who obtained a personal relationship with the Heavenly
Father and His
Holy Spirit
Angels are called, `Hebrews.’!
Several Bible teachers think there were over 2 billion people on the
Earth before the Flood, and many tribal languages besides the
original spoken by Adam & Eve, &
developed literatures, which
Noah
brought on the Ark. Shem and
Noah
spoke Hebrew,
amongst other languages.
Prophecy was not limited to the Hebrews. The eyes of the Lord run to and
fro throughout the whole Earth, to show Himself strong on
behalf of him who is right with G-D. So, it is likely that
Noah had writings and maps on the Ark!
Reconciliation / Priesthood / Individual, Personal responsibility to
make things right with G-D.
Genesis 4:7
- G-D spoke directly with Cain before the Flood, and told him
that he shall rule over the
devil {sin}.
Yeshua/ Jesus Christ
told His Disciples they would receive power over all
the power of the enemy!
As
tribes grew into nations the rulers had to make sacrifices to the
“Higher Powers”, thereby
acting as religious leaders and priests. When the citizens hear and
obey the voice of G-D, they will demand that the king be righteous.
Melchizedek means king of
righteousness.
Yeshua/ Jesus Christ
was fore- ordained to rule the world as King of Kings; this
is His inheritance from the Creator for dying to take away the
sin/guilt
of all G-D’s fallen and rebellious
servants.
G-D was in Yeshua/ Jesus
Christ reconciling the world unto
Himself.
The rebellious Angels are on probation until the Great White Throne
judgment.
(Revelation)
In
the New Testament, the religious group called `Sadducees’ considered
themselves to be `just’ and `right’ because they kept the
physical liturgy of the religion; but they were `materialists’
and failed to recognize the moving of
the Spirit of G-D in mercy and compassion! The phrase, “Spirit
of G-D” could refer to any person in the G-D-head, or to any chosen
Angel on assignment from G-D, or even to the neuter gender {in
Greek} of precise force to work at G-D’s command.
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Over
the millennia, there have been different names for Jerusalem in
different languages.
Several Jewish midrashim say that "Jerusalem has
70 names". Lists have been compiled of 72 different
Hebrew names for Jerusalem in Jewish Scripture
Salem...
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Language
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Name
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Translit.
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Variant
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Translit.
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Meaning
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Biblical
Greek
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Σαλήμ
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Salēm
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Σόλυμα
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Solyma
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"Peace"
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Biblical
Latin
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Salem
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Arabic
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ساليم
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Sālīm
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Tiberian
Hebrew
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שָׁלֵם
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Šālēm
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Standard
Hebrew
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שָׁלֵם
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Šalem
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"Whole", "Complete"
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Scriptural Hebrew ירושלם
Yerushalaim
probably "Heritage
of Shalem" or "Heritage
of the Complete"
In the
Book of Genesis, Salem or Shalem
is the name of the place of which
Melchizedek
is king.
Genesis 14:18 has
מלכי־צדק מלך שלם ... כהן
לאל עליון׃
The KJV
renders this as "Melchizedek
king of Salem ... the priest of the most high G-D (El
Elyon)." The Hebrew root
שלם
š-l-m means "whole,
complete" in the idiomatic sense of "at peace".
That the name
Salem refers to
Jerusalem is evidenced by
Psalms 76:2 which uses
"Salem" as a parallel for "Zion", the citadel of Jerusalem.
Similarly the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews equates
Salem with Jerusalem and the same identification is made by Josephus
and the Aramaic Targums.
In the Amarna letters,
Urušalim is used
for Jerusalem and is
recognized as being a cognate of Hebrew
Ir Shalem -
city of Salem
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The first
mention of the city of Jerusalem...
The first mention of the city of
Jerusalem is in
the Egyptian Execration Texts of the 19th–18th
centuries B.C.E. The name is spelled wš mm and was probably
pronounced "rushalimum." In the Tell el-Amarna letters of the 14th
century B.C.E., it is written Urusalim, and in Assyrian
Ursalimmu (Sennacherib inscription). In the Bible it is usually
spelled yrushlm and sometimes yrushlym (pronounced "Yerushalayim").
The city of Salem
(Genesis14:18; Psalms 76:3) is evidently Jerusalem. The Greek Hierosolyma reflects
the "holiness" (hieros, "holy") of the city. It seems that
the original name was Irusalem, and the meaning of the two
words composing it is "to found". The popular later midrashic
explanation of the name Jerusalem as "foundation of peace (shalom)"
is associated with the poetic appellations given to the city.
This city is mentioned 809 times in
Scripture
by this name, beginning with
Joshua 10:1
and ending with
Galatians 4:25.
It is God's chosen place for the capital of His eternal earthly
kingdom under the
Messiah! (2Chr. 6:6; 33:4; Isa. 2:1-4; 9:6-7; 44:26; 62:7; Jer. 17:25;
Ezek. 43:7; 48:35; Joel 3:20; Zech. 14:1-21).
Jerusalem will be the center of the battle of Armageddon
(Zechariah 14; Revelation 19).
Source:
Dake's Annotated Reference Bible.
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The king of Salem
Melchizedek
or Malki
Tzedek (from Hebrew
מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק
malḵ-i
ṣédeq,
literally "my king is righteous(ness)") is a priest mentioned during
the Abram narrative in the
14th chapter of the Book
of Genesis.
He is introduced as the
king of Salem, and priest of El Elyon ("The
highest G-D"). He brings out bread and wine and blesses Abram.
Chazalic literature, specifically Targum Jonathan, Targum
Yerushalmi, and the Babylonian Talmud, presents the name
(מלכי־צדק)
as a nickname
title for Shem,
the son of
Noah
Shem
(Hebrew:
שם,
Modern
Shem
Tiberian
Šēm
;
Greek:
Σημ
Sēm;
Arabic: سام Sām; Ge'ez:
ሴም, Sēm;
"renown; prosperity; name")
was one of the sons of
Noah in the Hebrew Bible as well as in Islamic literature. He is most
popularly regarded as the eldest son, though some traditions regard
him as the second son.
Genesis 10:21 refers to
relative ages of Shem and
his brother Japheth, but with sufficient ambiguity in each to have
yielded different translations. The verse is translated in the KJV
as "Unto Shem also,
the father of all the
children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to
him were children born.".
Genesis 11:10 records that
Shem was still
100 years old at the birth of Arpachshad, (but nearly 101 - see
Chronology note,) two years
after the flood, making him barely
99 at the time the flood
began; and that he lived for
another 500 years after this, making
his age at death 600 years!
The children of Shem;
five sons: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud
and Aram, in addition to daughters.
Abraham, the
patriarch of the Hebrews and Arabs, was one of the descendants of
Arpachshad; so also from
Shem &
Noah!
According to some Jewish traditions (e.g., B.
Talmud Nedarim 32b;
Genesis
Rabbah 46:7;
Genesis Rabbah 56:10; Leviticus Rabbah 25:6;
Numbers
Rabbah 4:8.),
Shem is believed to have been Melchizedek,
King of Salem whom Abraham is recorded to have met
after the battle of the four kings!
In
a few of the many extra-biblical sources that describe him, Shem
is also credited with killing
Nimrod,
son of Cush. Shem is mentioned in
Genesis 5:32, 6:10; 7:13; 9:18,23,26-27; 10; 11:10;
also in
1 Chronicles 1:4.
The 1st century historian
Flavius Josephus, among many others, recounted the tradition
that these five sons were the progenitors of the nations
of Elam, Assyria, Syria, Chaldea, and
Lydia, respectively.
The appointed one...
The name "Shem" as does the name "Seth",
means :"The appointed one"!
Before the Noah-flood, Seth was appointed the 'father' the godly,
the Messianic line. After the flood, Shem was the appointed by G-D
to carry on the Noahic Covenant and patriarchal authority as well as
'father' to the chosen Jewish race, and eventually, the Messiah
Himself! We know from the Scripture and history that Noah and Shem
were Godly men, particularly blessed of G-D! (Source: They came from
Babel; by S.A. Cranfill)
Patriarchal rule...
And
Noah was five
hundred years old: and
Noah begat
Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
(Genesis 5:32)
The government was patriarchal, meaning that the oldest mail was
the ruler of the family or tribe and the 'Priest' of the household
and the people. Patriarchy is the rules of the (ancient) fathers!
(Source: They came from
Babel; by S.A. Cranfill)
Shem,
the firstborn son of
Noah, escaped the destruction of the earth by
flood and joined his family in the ark
(Genesis 2:20-27).
After the flood, Shem covers his father's nakedness when he becomes
intoxicated from his vineyard he plants.
Shem had five
sons: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud
and Aram. Some rabbinic sources note that
Shem is also
King Melchizedek. The term Semite is
linguistically related to the name
Shem!
(Sources: Bridger, David. Ed.
The New Jewish Encyclopedia,
NY: Behrman House, 1976;
Navigating the Bible II)
Melchizedek
king of
Salem; Priest of
G-d the Most High;
he blessed Abraham...
And
Melchizedek
king of
Salem brought forth bread and wine; and he was
priest of
G-d the Most High. And he blessed
him, and said: 'Blessed be Abram of G-d Most High, Maker of Heaven
and earth;
and blessed be G-d the Most High, who hath delivered thine
enemies into thy hand.' And he gave him a
tenth of all.
And the king
of Sodom said unto Abram: 'Give me the persons, and take the
goods to thyself.'
And Abram said to the king of Sodom: 'I have lifted up my hand unto
HaShem, G-d Most High, Maker of Heaven and earth,
that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is
thine, lest thou shouldest say: I have made Abram rich;
save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of
the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, let them take
their portion.' (Genesis 14:18-24)
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Noah
and his 'after' flood descendants/
Nations/ Cultures...
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Noah
Æ
Comforter
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Shem
Æ
Appointed one
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Jews
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Middle Easterners
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Asians
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Japheth
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Enlarged
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Celts
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Germans
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Medes
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Slavs
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Greeks
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Asians
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Ham
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Inflamed
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Put
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Mizraim
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Cush
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Canaan
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(Libya)
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(Egypt)
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(Ethiopia)
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(Palestine)
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Arabians - Nimrod (Babylon)
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Mount Moriah...
is the name
of the elongated
north-south
stretch of land
lying between
Kidron Valley
and "Hagai"
Valley, between
Mount Zion to
the west and the
Mount of Olives
to the east...
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Mount
Moriah
Moriah Area -
The Hebrew name
used for the
archeological
area visible
today known in
Arabic as "Haram
As-Sharif' and
whose average
measurements are
300 by 500
meters.
Melchizedek
is spoken of as
a
king of
Salem,
supposed to be
the place
afterwards
called
Jerusalem,
and it is
generally
thought that he
was only a man.
(In the Books of
Josephus you
will find more
information)
Bread and wine
were suitable
refreshment for
the weary
followers of
Abram;
Melchizedek
blessed Abram
from G-D. He
blessed G-D from
Abram.
Jeru-salem...
Even prior to
the conquest of
the city of
Jebus - which
became the City
of David,
(1 Chronicles
11:4)
- we know of the
existence of
Jerusalem from
the record of
Abraham's visit
to
Melchizedek
there, recorded
in
Genesis Chapter 14.
Although the
original
inhabitants were
descendants of
Noah's
son Caanan,
Melchizedek was
both a priest
and a king of
"God Most High,"
in Jerusalem
about 4
millennia ago.
Melchizedek
(his name means
"king of
righteousness")
was a man to
whom Abraham
paid tithes, and
he is a "type"
of
Yeshua/Jesus
Christ
as the
believer's Great
High Priest,
(Psalm 110:4,
Hebrews 5-7).
The northern
area of the
mountain's
summit lay
desolate for
long after
Zion's capture
by David. It was
in fact still
the private
property of
Araunah, the
city's former
Jebusite king.
For various
reasons David
did not
confiscate the
site but
preferred to buy
it from Auranah
for full value:
"So David paid
Ornan [Auranah]
for the site 600
shekels' worth
of gold. And
David built
there an altar
to the Lord and
sacrificed burn
offerings and
offerings of
well-being"
(1 Chronicles
21:25,
and a slightly
different
version at
2 Samuel
24:18-25).
Jewish
connection
Jewish
connection
and veneration
to the site
stems from the
fact that it
contains the
Foundation Stone
which, according
to the
Talmud,
was the spot
from where the
world was
created and
expanded into
its current
form. It was
subsequently the
Holy of Holies
of the Temple,
the Most Holy
Place in Judaism
Jewish
tradition names
it as the
location for a
number of
important events
which occurred
in the Bible,
including the
Binding of
Isaac, Jacob's
dream, and the
prayer of Isaac
and Rebekah.
Similarly, when
the Bible
recounts that
King David
purchased a
threshing floor
owned by Araunah
the Jebusite,
tradition
locates it as
being on this
mount
Abraham's
sacrifice
The
site of
Abraham's
intended
sacrifice,
and the mountain
on which the
Temple of
Jerusalem was
built.
The best-known
tradition
related to
Mount Moriah
is
the binding of Isaac for sacrifice by his father Abraham, related in
Genesis 22.
Abraham's
meeting with
Melchizedek
In
the course of
time the
mountain had
acquired an aura
of sanctity and
he subject of
many traditions.
Indeed, its
sacred status
may date back to
the early
Canaanite
period, when it
perhaps was the
cultic center of
"El Elyon," G-D
of Melchizedek,
king of Salem:
"And Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine;
he was
a priest of G-D
Most High [=El Elyon]. He
blessed him,
saying, Blessed
be Abram of G-D
Most High,
creator of
Heaven and
earth" (Genesis
14:18).
Jacob's
Dream"
The tradition of
"Jacob's
Dream" is
also identified
with Mount
Moriah: "He
came upon a
certain place
and stopped
there for the
night, for the
sun had set.
Taking one of
the stones of
that place, he
put it under his
head and lay
down in that
place. He had a
dream; a
stairway was set
on the ground
and its top
reached to the
sky, and angels
of G-D were
going up and
down on it.
And the Lord was
standing beside
him... Jacob
awoke from his
sleep and said,
... "How
awesome is this
place! This is
none other than
the abode of G-D
and that is the
gateway to
Heaven"
(Genesis
28:10-18).
Two
Jewish Temples;
a Third and
Final Temple
Ancient Temple in Jerusalem.
The Temple Mount
is a religious
site in the Old
City of
Jerusalem.
According to
Jewish
tradition, it
was from here
that the world
expanded into
its present form
and from where
God gathered the
dust used to
create the first
man, Adam. It
was the place
God chose to
"dwell", hence
the construction
of two Jewish
Temples at the
site.
Traditionally,
it is believed
that a Third and
final Temple
will also be
located here.
The Mount is
considered the
holiest site in
Judaism and due
to this, many
Jews will not
set foot on the
Mount itself.
Solomon's
Temple
Solomon's
Temple, famed
for its
sumptuous
splendor, the
Ark of the
Covenant was
placed within
its confines.
The sanctity of
the site is
reflected in the
graphic
description
provided by the
Book of Kings:
"the priests
came out of the
sanctuary for
the cloud had
filled the House
of the Lord and
the priests were
not able to
remain and
perform the
service because
of the cloud,
for the Presence
of the Lord
filled the House
of the Lord..."
(1 Kings 8:11).
Solomon built his palace in the "miloh" (infill) area which separated
the summit of
the mountain and
the Temple
from the city
below.This was also a
concrete
expression of
the Divine
inspiration that
was attributed
to his kingship.
Other palaces
were also built
nearby, such as
the "House of
the Forest of
Lebanon" and the
House of
Pharaoh's
Daughter.
Solomon used
dirt to fill in
this east-west
lateral rift,
hence the area's
name: "miloh"
(infill), or
Ophel , from a
Hebrew word
referring to the
road that
ascended to the
Temple from the
city which at
that time was
topographically
lower.
City of David
The Jebusite
"Zion" was
situated on the
southern slope
of Mount Moriah,
above the Gihon
Spring. After
King David
captured the
city he made it
his capital and
named it for
himself: the "City of David."
Foundation
Stone
This is perhaps
the most
colorful
representation
of the essential
nature of the
site which some
would later
claim was the
"navel of the
world". At
the summit of
Mount Moriah,
traditionally,
is the "Foundation
Stone," the
symbolic
fundament of the
world's
creation, and
reputedly the
site of the
Temple's Holy of
Holies, the
supreme
embodiment of
the relationship
between G-D and
the people of
Israel. Upon the
completion of
King
Psalms Chapter 110
A Psalm of David. HaShem saith unto my lord: 'Sit thou at My right
hand, until I
make thine
enemies
thy footstool.'
The rod of Thy
strength HaShem
will send out of
Zion: 'Rule thou
in the midst of
thine
enemies.'
Thy people offer
themselves
willingly in the
day of thy
warfare; in
adornments of
holiness, from
the womb of the
dawn, thine is
the dew of thy
youth. HaShem
hath sworn, and
will not repent:
'Thou art a
priest for ever
after the manner
of
Melchizedek.'
The L-rd at thy
right hand doth
crush kings in
the day of His
wrath. He will
judge among the
nations; He
filleth it with
the dead bodies,
He crusheth the
head over a wide
land. He will
drink of the
brook in the
way; therefore
will he lift up
the head.
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Temple's Holy of
Holies, the
supreme
embodiment of
the relationship
between G-D and
the people of
Israel.
Behind the veil,
the Holy of
Holiest with the
Ark of the
covenant!
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Melchizedek --
a Type of
Yeshua Messiah /Christ
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Yeshua Messiah
The better High Priest!
Having
therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by
the blood
of Jesus;
by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us,
through the veil, that is to say,
His
flesh; And having an High priest over the house of G-D; (Hebrews
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Many unscriptural interpretations have been given about
Melchizedek;
but the simple facts of the
Scripture
give a clear understanding. The person, order and duration of the
Melchizedek
and Aaronic priesthoods are contrasted. In His sacrificial work
Yeshua Messiah/Christ followed the Aaronic which was merely the shadow of His
sacrifice
(Hebrews 8:1 -- 10:19). Melchizedek typifies
Yeshua Messiah/Christ in seven ways:
1.
Genealogy
(Hebrews 7:3,6
compared
with Micah 5:2)
2.
Sacrifice
(Genesis 14:18
compared with
Luke. 22:14-30)
3.
Endless priesthood
(Psalms 110
compared with
Heb. 5:10; 6:20; 7:3,17,21,23-28)
4.
King-Priest
(Heb. 7:1
compared with
Zech. 6:12-13)
5.
Greater than Abraham
(Hebrew 7:4-8
compared with
John. 8:55-59)
6.
King of righteousness
(Hebrew 7:2 compared with
1Cor.inthians1:30; Hebrews 1:8)
7.
King of peace
(Heb. 7:2
compared with
Isa. 9:6)
14:18
Melchizedek—This
victory conferred a public benefit on that part of the country; and
Abram, on his return, was treated with high respect and consideration,
particularly by the king of Sodom and by
Melchizedek, who seems to
have been one of the few native princes, if not the only one, who knew
and worshiped “the most high G-D,”
whom Abram served. Salem,
Melchizedek’s city, is thought to have been
Jerusalem (cf.
Psalms76:2).
This king, who was a type of the
Savior/Messiah
(Hebrews 7:1),
came to bless God for the victory which had been won, and in the name of
G-D to bless Abram, by whose arms it had been achieved—a pious
acknowledgement which we should imitate on succeeding in any lawful
enterprise.
14:19-20—Verses 14:19,
a constitute a blessing on Abraham by the
priest-king. he gave him
tithes of all—Here is an evidence of Abram’s piety, as well as of his
valor, for it was to a priest or
official mediator between G-D and himself that Abram gave a
tenth of the spoil—a
token of his gratitude and in honor of a Divine ordinance
(Proverbs 3:9).
Abram’s act became a standard for Jacob
(Genesis 28:21) and,
subsequently, for the law
(Leviticus
27:30-32; Numbers 18:24-28).
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Shem; Noah's son...
Noah's son
Shem, who was born 98 years
before the flood, would live to be 600 years old,
dying according to our calculations, in 1843 B.C., 152
years after the death of Noah,
and 10 years after the marriage of Isaac and Rebekah
(Genesis 11:11; 25:20).
When Noah cursed Canaan, the
son of Ham, he blessed Shem,
and Shem was to be
the "father" of the Jewish nation, through his son
Arpachshad. Of the genealogies of the sons
of Noah,
only Shem's is
recorded in detail, by name and year, as it meticulously traces the
ancestry of Abraham!
Shem,
as Seth before him, fathered the Godly line, the line of the
promised Messiah. As
implied by the Scripture and
evidenced by tradition, Shem
carried on his father's Godly leadership over the minority who
remained faithful the the Truth! Because of the exercise of this Godly
authority, Shem would
become "the devil" of the pagan world!
Shem
personally fought the idolatry of Nimrod.
Idolatry was a problem with the ancient
Jews throughout history, that Terah (father of patriarch Abraham)
wandered from his Shemite relatives into the "Hamite civilization", and
that the patriarchs lived elsewhere in an age where communications were
much more limited than they are 'today'! Abram (later Abraham) was
opposed to his father's idol worship,
destroying idols and refusing to bow to the
sacred fire of the 'Chaldeans'! Abraham was a descendant of Noah
and Shem!
Source: from Book: "They came from Babel" by S.A.
Cranfill; Pages: 23, 83
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The list of Shem's descendants
1 Chronicles 1:1-27
(KJV)
1
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
2
Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
3
Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
4
Noah,
Shem,
Ham, and Japheth.
5
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and
Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
6
And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath,
and Togarmah.
7
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish,
Kittim, and Dodanim.
8
The sons of Ham; Cush, and
Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and
Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and
Dedan.
10
And Cush begat
Nimrod:
he began to be mighty upon the earth.
11
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and
Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
12
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the
Philistines,) and Caphthorim.
13
And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
14
The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the
Girgashite,
15
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
16
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the
Hamathite.
17
The sons of
Shem; Elam, and
Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether,
and Meshech.
18
And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat
Eber.
19
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of
the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his
brother's name was Joktan.
20
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and
Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
21
Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
22
And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
23
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these
were the sons of Joktan.
24
Shem, Arphaxad,
Shelah,
25
Eber, Peleg, Reu,
26
Serug, Nahor, Terah,
27
Abram; the same is
Abraham.
Berosus mentions our father Abram
without naming him, when he says thus: "In the tenth generation after
the Flood, there was among the Chaldeans a man righteous and great, and
skillful in the celestial science." (The Works of
Flavius Josephus).
Genesis 10:22-32
(KJV)
22 The children of
Shem;
Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad,
and Lud, and Aram.
23 And the children of Aram; Uz,
and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
24 And Arphaxad begat
Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
25 And unto Eber
were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in
his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and
Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and
Diklah,
28 And Obal, and Abimael, and
Sheba,
29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and
Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
30 And their dwelling was from
Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
31 These are the sons of
Shem, after
their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their
nations.
32 These are the families of the
sons of Noah,
after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations
divided in the earth after the flood.
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Melchizedek
is spoken of as a king of Salem, supposed to be the place afterwards
called Jerusalem, and it
is generally thought that he was only a man. The words of the apostle,
Hebrews 7:3, state only, that the
sacred history has said nothing of his ancestors.
(In the Books of Josephus you will find more information) The
silence of the Scriptures on this,
is to raise our thoughts to Him, whose generation cannot be declared.
Bread and wine were suitable refreshment for the weary followers of
Abram; and it is remarkable that Yeshua Messiah /
Christ appointed the same as the memorials of His body and blood,
which are meat and drink indeed to the soul.
Melchizedek blessed Abram from G-D. He blessed
G-D from Abram. We ought to give thanks for other's mercies as for our
own. Yeshua Messiah or
Jesus the Christ, our
great High Priest, is the
Mediator both of our prayers and praises, and
not only offers up ours, but his own for us. Abram gave him the
tenth of the spoils,
Hebrews 7:4. When we have received
some great mercy from G-D, it is very fit we should express our
thankfulness by some special act of pious charity.
Yeshua Messiah or
Jesus Christ, our great
Melchizedek, is to have homage done Him, and to be
humbly acknowledged as our King
and Priest; not only the
tithe of all, but all we have, must be given up to
Him! (Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary.)
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