Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually.I have to admit, if this wasn't in the Bible, I'd think the author was off his rocker. He goes on and on about this one person who gets a couple verses in Genesis, and basically raises him to virtual equality with Christ. Where did they get this idea from, that isn't in the original passage?
However, since it is in the Bible, I have to wonder what it means. I've heard some who believe Melchizedek was a per-incarnate appearance of Christ, but he was a king of a city, which would be a much longer appearance than Christ is thought to make anywhere else. So what was he, besides a God-fearing man who led a town, served as priest to God, and blessed Abraham after a battle?
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